GarethFlatlands Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Just ordered an Ibanez SR300 that was on Ebay for nice and cheap (£160). I do have a fondness for my Vintage V950B but the output on it is low enough to cause headaches and noise at gigs. Also, it weighs a ton, and as I injured my back mildly recently I really needed something lighter. These seemed highly thought as far as budget instruments go of by people I asked and forums I checked so fingers crossed it's a good one and not a Friday afternoon at the factory job. 2nd hand so a few dings but everything important looked OK from the pictures. Should arrive on Thursday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naetharu Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I picked up one of these a few months back and they are lovely instruments. Very light and well balanced so good for your back, and they sound really nice. One thing I especially love about mine is the slap sound - it just has the most fantastic percussive 'click' to the sound that I've yet to find on any other bass. Hard to explain but no doubt you'll know what I mean the second you try your new one. Anyhow, congrats on the new bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Thanks for the feedback, they seem to be well thought of as far as cheaper basses go apart from a few people with bad experiences. Now the long wait until Thursday.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share Posted October 10, 2015 [quote name='Naetharu' timestamp='1444090246' post='2880262'] I picked up one of these a few months back and they are lovely instruments. Very light and well balanced so good for your back, and they sound really nice. One thing I especially love about mine is the slap sound - it just has the most fantastic percussive 'click' to the sound that I've yet to find on any other bass. Hard to explain but no doubt you'll know what I mean the second you try your new one. Anyhow, congrats on the new bass! [/quote] Just got it home after it was stuck at work for a few days until I could get a parking space to retrieve it. Had a quick mess around through Reaper, there seems to be a nice level of tweakability from the active controls and it has a nice tone, although there's not a huge variety of sounds and it's a little noisy it should do me fine. I see what you mean about the slap sound, it's zero effort to get a nice sharp click out of the thumb hits. It's also really light which I really needed. Very happy with it, not sure I could have done much better for the cash! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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