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Ibanez Ibanez SR Bass, 4 String Lined Fretless Brown Mahogany

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Ibanez SR Bass, 4 String Lined Fretless Brown Mahogany
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For 25 years the SR has given bass players a modern alternative. With its continued popularity, Ibanez is constantly endeavoring to answer the wider needs of a variety of players, at a variety of budgets. But no matter what the specs, the heart is the same-SR continues to excite with its smooth, fast neck, lightweight body, and perfectly matched electronics.

Fretless

Fret-lines provide orientation on the Rosewood fretless fingerboard.

Accu-cast B300 Bridge

The B300 Bridge is newly designed for 2012 and standard on SR500 and higher basses. String height continues to be a simple and quick single set-screw adjustment, but the new saddle design improves string-to-body vibration conductivity. Walls and channels of the new bridge plate effectively "trap" the saddles, ensuring perfect directional uniformity.

Jatoba/Bubinga Slim Neck

Coupling Jatoba with Bubinga has made the neck strong and stable despite its thinness.

Extended Neck Joint

The neck tongue not only creates a unique look, it also makes utilizing the higher frets easier.

Bartolini MK1 Pickups

The MK1 pickups are split coil designs that provides a very wide frequency range and enhanced definition for maximum accuracy. The Neck and Bridge pickups have equal response, like traditional single coils, but without the hum and noise.

Specifications:

Colour: Brown Mahogany
Neck type: 5 piece SR4 Jatoba/Bubinga neck
Body: Mahogany body
Fret: Fretless
Bridge: B305 bridge (16.5mm string spacing)
Neck Pickup: Bartolini MK1
Bridge Pickup: Bartolini MK1
Equaliser: EQB-IIIS 3-band eq
Strings: Elixir strings
Hardware colour: Cosmo Black

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Ibanez SR500 Fretless 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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I've owned an Ibanez Soundgear 800 LE that I bought new in 1989. This is my 4th Soundgear bass, and I've loved them all. The sounds I'm able to get out of this fretless are amazing, especially with effects (often, chorus and distortion together). The workmanship is outstanding, and the Bartolini pickups are very good. One minor gripe: the pickups don't seem balanced string-to-string, as the E string (which I tune down to D) is much louder than the D and G strings, although I am going to play with the string height on the bridge to see if this makes a difference. Another thing: the midrange toggle switch that is supposed to do something... seems to do absolutely nothing to the sound. No matter; it already sounds great, and the 3-band EQ is capable of dramatic sound sculpting. As with any fretless, it'll kick your ass if you are not precisely fingering each note; unlike a fretted bass, you really have to watch your left hand to ensure you're right on the note. It's been a bit of a re-learning curve, but well worth it. I would highly recommend this bass. Best of all, I got it at an obscenely low 'introductory' price in September at L&McQ, and I gotta give props to Brandon at the PoCo store for talking me into putting money down on it while it was still on order. This is the best bargain I've scored in years, and I'm super happy with it. btw, I'm playing prog rock and techno-rock (2 different bands), playing through a Boss B-2 Multi-Effects unit, a Morley Volume Pedal, and a Gallien-Krueger 800 RB head with G-K MBX 4x10 cabinet, all purchased at Canada's greatest music store chain, Long & McQuade.
Posted by Matt Fisher on Nov 16, 2012
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