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The Ibanez Club

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#621
Yell03SpecV said:
With a good setup, it plays really awesome. It has a fairly low output (at least on the Fairlane model in the picture) though, which isn't an issue if you own a DI box, or even just a good EQ with a good boost. Fit and finish are especially good for a low-cost instrument.
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Active or passive and how much you pay for it?
 
#622
:help: A year or so ago I got my Ibanez SR900 which I really love after owning Fender basses for the past 30+ years. Now, I'm not a newbie obviously,and I rub down my bass neck(and body) with a clean cotten cloth after "almost" every time I play it...but it's gradually getting stickier and stickier over time. I am a person who perspires heavily,and some times I have to wipe my neck and strings down every hour or more while playing. And I've never used "guitar polish" on it before. But this never happened with my Fender Basses...so what gives? I noticed that the Fender basses seemed to have a heavier coating of laquer (or whatever it is)on the neck and body). Has anyone else noticed this and what should I do:help: ? Its really slowing down my playing...:) Peace...DAcat:cool:
 
#623
gsr200.jpg sorry my camera isnt workin so i got a stock photo. that's pretty much mine except i have custom knobs
 
#626
...an RD905, which they've never carried in the U.S., for some reason. Anyone out there, know of one for sale? I've looked at other countries' prices, and I don't feel like payin' around $1000 for one, especially since I just bought an SRX500. Here's the 905 that I'm looking for, a Blueburst SRX500 that I am also pursuing (it's pretty!), and the rest are the ones I currently own. These basses of mine, are the SRX500HS (honey burst), a BTB405QM (got it for FREE and fixed it up-plays beautifully), and a custom-converted fretless SR506. The last pic is a crappy webcam shot, that kind of shows the mirror-like finish on the fretless's board. I don't have a pic for my BTB405QM, but you all know what they look like (the dark black/purple color).
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#627
DAcat said:
:help: A year or so ago I got my Ibanez SR900 which I really love after owning Fender basses for the past 30+ years. Now, I'm not a newbie obviously,and I rub down my bass neck(and body) with a clean cotten cloth after "almost" every time I play it...but it's gradually getting stickier and stickier over time. I am a person who perspires heavily,and some times I have to wipe my neck and strings down every hour or more while playing. And I've never used "guitar polish" on it before. But this never happened with my Fender Basses...so what gives? I noticed that the Fender basses seemed to have a heavier coating of laquer (or whatever it is)on the neck and body). Has anyone else noticed this and what should I do:help: ? Its really slowing down my playing...:) Peace...DAcat:cool:
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Your SR has a tung-oil finished neck, whereas your Fenders either have a gloss finish, or a matte satin finish. The latter two, you can just wipe with a cloth, and take all sweat, oil, and other crap off. Tung-oil finishes require something like lemon oil, to get sticky gunk off your neck or body (your SR's body is oiled, too). Tung-oil finishes are simply a cheap and/or "natural" alternative to hard gloss or satin finishes. It's just finishing oil that penetrates into the wood, to create a hard seal INSIDE the wood, so you feel the natural texture of the wood. A lot of people like oil finishes because not only for the natural feel, but since they are a lot lighter/thinner than gloss or satin, they believe this lets a lot more of the natural tone through. But, you do have to use more than just a towel to get gunk off here, since the tung oil leaves the surface of all the wood's pores exposed. Also, an oiled finish can decay, by drying out over time. That's why you need something like lemon oil. It's acidic enough to get into those little pores, and take junk off a natural tung finish, but safe enough that's it's an oil, so you're feeding the wood at the same time. Remember, don't use a lot of oil-too much will leave a lot of build-up, and a little goes a LONG way. Finally, DO NOT use regular guitar polish or car polish on a tung oiled neck and body. This will ruin the wood. Gloss and satin finishes totally cover up the wood surface, and are really hard and thick, so a regular heavy-duty polish is safe for these finishes, and will not harm the wood-kind of like hard finishes on furniture. Oh, and besides lemon oil for finish, never use any oil cleaner (like Murphy's Oil Soap), that has petroleum-based ingredients-these are too harsh on tung oiled INSTRUMENT surfaces. I hope this helps!
 
#629
I don't know why anyone would say I've been "had" for owning Ibanezes. When I was growing up, all I heard about were Fenders and Ibanezes...and the few that had Ibanezes were revered as owning more "select" instruments. My father had an Ibanez Roadstar II, passive bass (which I still use as a backup), and I own an Ibanez BTB 405QMTK and an Ibanez SR506. The BTB is awesome, with a great, baby-bass like tone ability. The SR506 has a better tone for funk, modern stuff, and you can really tweak the sound better, but for some reason, the first three strings' output is weaker than the lower three (no, it' snot a balance thing, I have the balance thing shifted to power the first three strings louder...still weak). I'm going to take it to a shop and have them look at the pickups.

But, I'd hardly say the sound I get out of the basses is crappy...done plenty of gigs and people have complimented me on my bass(es) many times.

I'm not buying anything more, if I can help it...with proper care, these will be my basses forever.
 
#635
Recently sold my AEB10 and picked up a black ATK300. Sold the ATK to a buddy after I found an Amber one in pristine condition.

So here are my three Ibanez basses in a "family" shot, left to right: ATK300, RKB900 and SR400. I've got Ernie Ball Slinkies on the ATK and the RKB, and TI flats on the SR400. Not pictured (because it's not an Ibanez!) is my sunburst Fender Jag.


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#637
cmhgreg said:
Recently sold my AEB10 and picked up a black ATK300. Sold the ATK to a buddy after I found an Amber one in pristine condition.

So here are my three Ibanez basses in a "family" shot, left to right: ATK300, RKB900 and SR400. I've got Ernie Ball Slinkies on the ATK and the RKB, and TI flats on the SR400. Not pictured (because it's not an Ibanez!) is my sunburst Fender Jag.


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I envy you for owning that black RKB... I have the orange-burst one and I want a black one to go with it =)
 
#638
songwriter21 said:
Your SR has a tung-oil finished neck, whereas your Fenders either have a gloss finish, or a matte satin finish. The latter two, you can just wipe with a cloth, and take all sweat, oil, and other crap off. Tung-oil finishes require something like lemon oil, to get sticky gunk off your neck or body (your SR's body is oiled, too). Tung-oil finishes are simply a cheap and/or "natural" alternative to hard gloss or satin finishes. It's just finishing oil that penetrates into the wood, to create a hard seal INSIDE the wood, so you feel the natural texture of the wood. A lot of people like oil finishes because not only for the natural feel, but since they are a lot lighter/thinner than gloss or satin, they believe this lets a lot more of the natural tone through. But, you do have to use more than just a towel to get gunk off here, since the tung oil leaves the surface of all the wood's pores exposed. Also, an oiled finish can decay, by drying out over time. That's why you need something like lemon oil. It's acidic enough to get into those little pores, and take junk off a natural tung finish, but safe enough that's it's an oil, so you're feeding the wood at the same time. Remember, don't use a lot of oil-too much will leave a lot of build-up, and a little goes a LONG way. Finally, DO NOT use regular guitar polish or car polish on a tung oiled neck and body. This will ruin the wood. Gloss and satin finishes totally cover up the wood surface, and are really hard and thick, so a regular heavy-duty polish is safe for these finishes, and will not harm the wood-kind of like hard finishes on furniture. Oh, and besides lemon oil for finish, never use any oil cleaner (like Murphy's Oil Soap), that has petroleum-based ingredients-these are too harsh on tung oiled INSTRUMENT surfaces. I hope this helps!
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oops... I've dunlop 65'd my bass a couple of times now...
d'oh!
 
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