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Ibanez artb100 short scale


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Bought one of these new short scale basses a couple of weeks ago from a local shop. I have owned quite a few ibbys in the past and they have all been good basses with no probs.

The thing is, this one sounds knid of boomy, its the only way I can describe it. Its especially noticeable when you play the E on the bottom string at the 12th fret, it doesn`t sound right to me at all, very, very boomy. It sounds okay over the rest of the neck
I took it back and they gave it a pro set up as it was a wee bit buzzy, no more buzzing but it still dont sound right to me. It sound a bit like a Epi eb3 I had 2 years ago.

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Does anyone else have one of these and if so how`s it sound? Is it because it`s a short scale? I rehersing on tues and am going to give our guitarist a shot and see what he thinks but any opinions would be appreciated.

Jez

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[quote name='jezzaboy' post='428031' date='Mar 7 2009, 02:46 PM']Bought one of these new short scale basses a couple of weeks ago from a local shop. I have owned quite a few ibbys in the past and they have all been good basses with no probs.

The thing is, this one sounds knid of boomy, its the only way I can describe it. Its especially noticeable when you play the E on the bottom string at the 12th fret, it doesn`t sound right to me at all, very, very boomy. It sounds okay over the rest of the neck
I took it back and they gave it a pro set up as it was a wee bit buzzy, no more buzzing but it still dont sound right to me. It sound a bit like a Epi eb3 I had 2 years ago.

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Does anyone else have one of these and if so how`s it sound? Is it because it`s a short scale? I rehersing on tues and am going to give our guitarist a shot and see what he thinks but any opinions would be appreciated.

Jez[/quote]


I had an Ibanez AGB200 semi-hollow and it did have a touch of boom on certain parts of the neck...I assumed that it was part and parcel of the design.

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