1980 Ibanez Musician (Active) First & Last Price Drop £600

[Amafi]

Hey all,

Up for sale is my Ibanez Musician Bass. There are absolutely no issues with the bass apart from a few minor knocks and dings.
The bass is SOLID, built like a tank, so it is also a little on the heavy side.

I have had a blast with this bass, but I rarely pick it up these days so I'm going to move it along.

Price-wise, I think £650 ([b]NOW £600[/b]) is reasonable for a guitar of this age and quality. I tried to get a price online but there's not many about, the last one I saw was on ebay a few months ago from a seller in Canada who was asking £875 ( and was in worse condition than this)

Here are a few pics but I can provide specific shots to any interested in the bass.

Edited April 10, 2012 by Amafi

[MarcDan]

Hi. Contact Bravewood guitars - www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk. He is looking for examples of this bass guitar. Good luck. Marcdan.

[Amafi]

Thanks for suggestion MarcDan, will do that if no interest here.

[merello]

Stingpolicetastic!

[Machines]

I remember having an MC900 just like this 5 years ago. Got for £250 from PMT and their value has rocketed recently and I think deservedly.

[Amafi]

Bumping, and knocking £50 off.

Last bump from me.

[b]£600[/b]

[Conan]

Great basses these. Fantastically well made and very versatile.

[Dr H]

Still miss my MC924PW years after the sale. Love the earlier 1980 version - looks great and a good buy. Good luck with the sale.

[Steve Spector]

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Stingpolicetastic!
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And Adam Clayton used one for years too - including the Red Rocks concert.
Steve

[Steve Spector]

Is there a hard case with it?
Steve

[IainRoberts]

Great instruments! I have a natural wood limited edition Musician and love it so much that I'm tempted by this one just for a change in colour! That would be outrageous though and I now have a Vigier fretless also so someone else buy this bass, I can't justify another one on colour alone!!!

[rumour6]

I bought the Fretless version when they came out and used it for years; fabby basses, beautiful necks and very easy to set any action.. good luck.

[Amafi]

Thanks for the comments, folks.

@ Steve Spector, I will provide a hard case with the bass.

I received a message from a chap to whom this bass belonged. I never noticed it before but feel I should mention that the tuning pegs do not appear to be original. (That is how he recognised the bass)
They were professionally fitted from a chap from this very site though

I am led to believe that the tuning pegs fitted are Gotoh.

Sorry for not mentioning it earlier but I had no idea, thanks to the chap who brought it to my attention.

Amafi

[chrismuzz]

Borrowed a Musician for a while, the limited edition MC924. NOTHING beats that sound!

[police squad]

would love the fretless for my police tribute band

[lee650]

I can confirm this bass used to be mine:) I foolishly sold it 19 years ago as I'd spent my rent money on many pints of theakstons -lol I sold it back to the shop id bought it from and ge gave me 10 bob and a pickled egg (crook) this was my first good bass and I loved it dearly, my parents gave mr a choice money towards driving lessons or this and I went with the bass , and I'm only taking my driving test now .
Anyway this is definately a one that got away for me, and if I had the cash I would love to have it back and defret it, just to clarify the tuners were Gotoh style I don't think they were actual gotohs, I could be wrong though it's been a while, they were fitted by the bass doc, Howard satterly who as we all know is the guvnor.
A fantastic bass and will make it's new owner a happy camper- bump

[Jigster]

Does this have an ebony board?

I have a Musician that's from the the Re-issue models from early 90's - it has a very slim neck, sometimes feels a little too slim - how's the neck profile on this one?

Strangely the pups on yours are not replicated on my RI - ie. no visible pole pieces, I think they're just diff pick ups altogether

[Amafi]

@Lee650 Thanks for your post mate.

@Jigster The neck is quite fat on this one, perhaps thicker even than a precision. I tried to find information on the pick ups to answer a personal message and the only info I could find were that they were Super 4's.
I believe they are humbucking as the commemorative model says they used the same pick ups as the originals and the commemorative pick ups are humbucking.
The neck I believe (according to Wikipedia) is Rock Maple and Walnut

Would be happy to hear from anyone who can confirm this or perhaps correct me.
Thanks for all replies and interest.



Found this if people want info on the bass. This one is an MC-900.
[url="http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/price/1980/index.htm"]http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/price/1980/index.htm[/url]

Edited April 14, 2012 by Amafi

[Jigster]

Yep Super 4's sound right - I'm unsure why they used diff pick ups for mine, altho mine is the MC824 (bolt on), and yours is the MC924 (thru neck) so perhaps that's why

Great sounding basses - sit in the mix nicely

Tempted

[lee650]

Bang on with the rock maple/walnut neck and i think the body wings were mahogany , thee band eq, with active/passive switch and a separate passive tone, great slap sound did my first ever gigs with this , in the end it was a choice between this and my beloved jv squire jazz (which I still use), im getting very nostalgic I wonder if my parents would buy it for me again- lol