PaulThePlug Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) So, strolling past crack converters, as ya do... Ibanez EDA900 that i spotted 6 weeks or so ago was still in the window... Now priced at £100... I updated the above post and got absolutly no support or counseling for GAS... YOU BASSCHAT BASTARDS MADE ME DO IT... Strings off, fret clean with wire wool and a dremel polish, oiled the fretbord, squirt of Mr sheen... Wonky first pot, (Pickup Vol)... pulls out a bit and just goes round and round!? - B250k Solid Shaft... Put the old strings back on after cutting about 4cm off each one leaving 8cm past the post n three turns on the spindle... Action is a bit high, dropped the saddles, but the truss may need a tweek. Found a manual so will give that a read, piezo pickups? Ready for some distorted synth funk from the Zoom B1xFour - gonna channel my inner Daft Punk So, bit-of-weird for £85... What ya recon? Edited October 17, 2020 by PaulThePlug 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I had nowt to do with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) Good acquisition, especially at that price. My first was an EDB 600, for which I paid £80. That broke when it fell on the floor (don't drop them. Luthite is brittle. Uh... you DO know that the body is plastic, don't you???) The EDA does have a piezo and one soapbar. The necks are slender, as you know, and the cooling weather can make them go for a bit of a wander! Welcome to the plastic-bodied Ibanez club. (I replaced the busted EDB600 with a 605 for a whopping £150!) Oh... wait for the smell if you leave it in a case for a while. Mine stinks; as though someone has poured white spirit in the case! Edited October 17, 2020 by Lfalex v1.1 Stinky plastic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) I always had a soft spot for these. Looks like you got one of the rarer finishes too - most that made it over here were blue or goldfish orange. I did buy one once a few years ago. Unfortunately, when it arrived the body had cracked clean in two. Edit: please tell us you've restrung it properly... Edited October 17, 2020 by Cosmo Valdemar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) Yep... was aware that it was bakalite-alike... Yep... had a look at the '02 and '03 Ibby catalogues... It was / is strung as per the pics as far as string run... but previously had way to much string.... so cut em down a bit... now 8cm past the post giving about 3 turns. Edited October 18, 2020 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) Action still a little high, saddles on the deck.. Anyone got a B250k solid shaft pot going spare, rattling around there spares draw, following an upgrade? I can find an A taper, or a split shaft. But not a B in Solid... The Funky Silver Space Machine! Edited October 18, 2020 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Looks great - is the truss rod in need of a tweak? bolt on neck, so could be shimmed if the relief isn’t way off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Is the neck wood though? Like, if the body failed, you could transplant all the bits to a new body? That is a bonkers instrument - I like it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 18 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said: Is the neck wood though? Like, if the body failed, you could transplant all the bits to a new body? That is a bonkers instrument - I like it! Yeah, wooden necks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) Bolt on Maple neck, Rosewood board, same dimensions nut width, neck thickness and radius as the SRs... Edited October 18, 2020 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 That is a lovely colour, too 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 14 hours ago, PaulThePlug said: Yep... was aware that it was bakalite-alike... Yep... had a look at the '02 and '03 Ibby catalogues... It was / is strung as per the pics as far as string run... but previously had way to much string.... so cut em down a bit... now 8cm past the post giving about 3 turns. Good egg! Really makes my teeth itch, seeing these strung backwards. Ditto Bass Collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I fixed one of these up for a friend of our drummer. The neck did need a shim as suggested earlier, then it set up lower than any bass I've ever done. Absolutely superb neck. That was a 5 string too. The tuner shafts were dead soft though. One was slightly bent, and broke at the split when I took that string off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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