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I joined the Ibanez club today with BTB 555. No pic and I haven't played it through my amp yet... but soon. Looks damn good and plays well. I love it.
edit: It was short of one 5
edit: It was short of one 5
Phe said:
+ 1, add one more to the long list of Ibby lovers and now...owners!!! Finally paid off my EDA900, helluva good find, sounds simply phenomenal. Sooooo many tone capabilities, gotta love the peizo's. Super fast neck and of course, the comfort is the stuff legends are made of. 1 up on Ibanez for creating such beautiful, well crafted and great sounding instruments, my EDA has a home with me for life, just might have to bury it with me, as long as there is room for my first bass, that will always be my baby. Will post EDA pics soon.
Hey, I too own an '85 Musician, and while it takes some tweaking for me to get a sound I'm happy with, I think it it a great bass. I'm not too crazy about the EMGs on it, replacement parts are damn near impossible to find, and it weighs a hefty amount, but it's a great underappreciated bass that can often be found for a good price. Damn funky looks, too. Do you have any better-lit pictures of yours? I'm curious as to whether it's black or dark green in color. Anyways, enjoy your new bass, and let us know how it works out for you.
Now, because I can't resist, pictures of mine:
-Stephen
Now, because I can't resist, pictures of mine:
-Stephen
+3fourstringbliss said:
Rock on Dude
I have owned an SRX300 in the past and loved it. Traded it to fund my DLX Jazz, and now I want another. Maybe the SRX with the dual humbuckers (Not sure of model).
I'm about leave the ibanez club as I'm selling my SR300DX, which has been my beater-backup, haha. Good bass though. I like Ibanez. I wish I had started as young as some of these blokes too.
Sweet ATK man.
Hey I always wondered what the switching system was on the 400's... Can you enlighten me? Do you get all the humbucker combinations you get with the 300 series, or do you sacrifice some to gain use of the J pickup?
Steve
Hey I always wondered what the switching system was on the 400's... Can you enlighten me? Do you get all the humbucker combinations you get with the 300 series, or do you sacrifice some to gain use of the J pickup?
Steve
Nope, you get them all i think
Its a 3 way switch on the 300s isnt it?
Its a 5 way on the 400, and only 2 of the points on the 5 way switch use the neck J pup.
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It shows how the selector works on that page, well, the top page, on the bottom.
Hope that helps!
Its a 3 way switch on the 300s isnt it?
Its a 5 way on the 400, and only 2 of the points on the 5 way switch use the neck J pup.
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It shows how the selector works on that page, well, the top page, on the bottom.
Hope that helps!
Finally got my camera out and took pics of my family. As usually happens, most pics are triggered by new arrivals and my new baby is a Lakland, but grandfather blues is an '81 Ibanez Roadster 924.
Probably should have given it a clean first, but I didn't want to rub off all that mojo! Strings are almost as old as the bass and it sounds great for that down south dirty blues.
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Probably should have given it a clean first, but I didn't want to rub off all that mojo! Strings are almost as old as the bass and it sounds great for that down south dirty blues.
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Thanks for the link I_got_a_mohawk!
That's a pretty cool switching setup. I had thought it was a 3-way rather than a 5.
I am very happy with my 300(defretted) and 305 as far as sounds go, but it must be cool to have even more versatility.
Steve
That's a pretty cool switching setup. I had thought it was a 3-way rather than a 5.
I am very happy with my 300(defretted) and 305 as far as sounds go, but it must be cool to have even more versatility.
Steve
Yea, I got myself a brand new Ibanez sr505 - not the red variety, its more like super dark brown/mohagany - on "sale" (know the owner) for $450.
Great bass very playable, but somewhat quiet.
Anyway, like any purchase I make, I usually find something that I like better after I purchase something.
and that would be the SRX705.
My local guitar center had the LAST one on clearance for $300.
I plugged it in and thought it was fantastic. I liked the srx neck better than the one on the sr505.
But, oh well.
I still got a good deal on my sr505 though!
Great bass very playable, but somewhat quiet.
Anyway, like any purchase I make, I usually find something that I like better after I purchase something.
and that would be the SRX705.
My local guitar center had the LAST one on clearance for $300.
I plugged it in and thought it was fantastic. I liked the srx neck better than the one on the sr505.
But, oh well.
I still got a good deal on my sr505 though!
hyp.spec said:
Finally! Someone with a Soundgear as dark as mine. Haha. Around here, and just about everywhere else I've looked, all of the SRs are the red colour.
That's the colour that I thought I was getting when I ordered it, but then it showed up like yours.
I like it more with the dark colour, anyway.
Since TB is becoming more and more like Harmony Central everyday (sadly) I think it's obligatory for us start putting our Ibanez club member numbers in our sigs.
Marcus, you with me? You are the starter of this thread and all.
Marcus, you with me? You are the starter of this thread and all.
fourstringbliss said:These look good too:
Almost bought the one above on Ebay but I bought the 94' ICB300 I'm playing in the pic a few weeks earlier and my wife was giving me the hairy eyeball when I told her I wanted the Destroyer too. I can't blame, she's cool enough with me having 4 basses & 2 heads!!
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I've owned an RB800, SR800 & an EX Series and always like Ibanez. Don't like many of the newer ones but in the
80's they were pretty awesome.
poor_gear_whore said:
325.00 with a case, it was a good deal and I've gotten a lot of props for it. Sounds really good too, really fat and plays great. My guitarplayers both play Deans (V's & Z's) and it looks killer next to them.
My band is gonna be on a comp for Dean Guitars and if Dean wants to give me a Z tour bass I'll play that too!!!
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