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Identifying an Ibanez bass


28mistertee
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Spot on, it's a second generation RB850. Those active Lo-B pickups are really growly. Ibanez didn't scrimp on the hardware in those days. I have a Musician from the same year and the Roadstar has the same hardware and neck profile as the flagship model. Just a smaller, basswood body and a bolt neck. The necks on these are great - slim and very fast but more substantial than an SR, typically excellent smooth MIJ fretjobs. The only downside is the black hardware is prone to galvanic corrosion; while the bridges are usually functionally fine, they can look like they came up with the Titanic. I found the earlier version of this bass (with the passive Super P6 pickups) in a second hand shop in Hammersmith recently for not a lot of money, the body had a bit of finish checking so I passed but I was tempted to get it as a backup.

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