Thanks a lot for the information. Yeah, I'm looking at one over at gBase for 300USD. I'm grateful to TB'ers continuing to help us make informed decisions and help us to learn about stuff we would not have a chance to see first hand.
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Used Ibanez Ergodyne eda900
- Thread starter Sir Edward V
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Yay for necro-threads!
I love my EDA 900 and am about to transport it halfway around the world so I can have a bass that I already love here. I am a little worried about taking the neck off (which I will have to do to transport it) but with the prices of used ones, I think I will be safe doing so even if I mess something up. They are a fantastic bass for the money.
I love my EDA 900 and am about to transport it halfway around the world so I can have a bass that I already love here. I am a little worried about taking the neck off (which I will have to do to transport it) but with the prices of used ones, I think I will be safe doing so even if I mess something up. They are a fantastic bass for the money.
Luthite's not MDF - it's polyurethane with either plastic or glass microbubbles mixed in to match the density to wood. Completely inorganic and very dimensionally stable with temp/humidity changes, but softer than wood.
No problem. Being that you might possibly pick one up, Here's how you would test the piezo.
1) completely turn down the soapbar pickup completely (first knob)
2) turn up the piezo volume (2nd)
3) play each string and test for volume consistency. It should be the same volume for each string. If not, adjust the output trim on the back of the bass for that particular string -clockwise for increasing the volume. If you don't get any sound at all from one or more strings, then the piezo for that string is defective. I've seen a few that have this problem so definitely worth checking it out. A few posts here and on the web about people who have accidentally snagged the piezo when changing strings- if you're careful and not haphazard, it's no problem to change strings- pretty easy actually. I believe replacement parts are still available through Ibanez with the bridge and pickup, as a recent BTB model uses it too (BTB780/785).
Below is the 1st page of the EDA900 instruction manual. Gives you instructions on changing the strings and all. Best of luck and hope you get it. They're a one of a kind bass and a pretty good player -however, should you decide not to keep it, they're also pretty easy to re-sell as they're unique so a pretty low risk purchase if everything checks out.
Thanks. It took a move from the US to Latvia to make me start playing again and now I get to go back and get my old basses and put them back into service.
I haven't gotten to bring it here yet but I will go back to the US for a visit in a month. After the visit, when I go back to Latvia, I'll bring it along with an Ibanez BTB that I also have in storage.
Hi.
You're mostly right, but I came back like last week to ask a question.
I never bought it. IIRC I went back to GC and they wouldn't budge on the price so I let it go.
I've been trying to buy a silver EDA900 for a couple years now and haven't had any luck tracking down a good one in the wild.
Any chance anyone here has one or knows where I could find one?
Any chance anyone here has one or knows where I could find one?
