plaaty Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 hi, Ive been trawling the bay looking at basses, there's a couple I like but don't know much about them, if anyone could offer any thoughts it would be grrrreat! the ones I've seen are: there's a few Yamaha's - RBX350, RBX270, RBX374,RBX4 A2 a couple of Ibanez - SR300, SR500E an Aria Pro ii SB ii Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 They are all decent enough basses, can't go wrong with any of those mentioned. The rbx270 and 350 are Passive basses, which means they are just plug in and play. All the others are Active basses, what means you need a 9v battery to play them through an amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 @plaaty, it would help people to offer useful advice if you gave us some idea of what you plan to use the bass for (gigging / studio / home practice / learning) and what style of music you hope to be playing on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaaty Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 Id be using it for learning and home practice and maybe the odd jam session in time, Ive currently got an old Stagg 5 string which I was given in bits, I like the Stagg but would like to get a 4 string. I don't have too much preference at the moment for music style so am looking for something flexible, I like the bass from bands like earth wind and fire and loads of other stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 The Ibanez 300 or better still the 500, are excellent basses. Nice slim necks and decent eq. They will make your old Stagg feel like something from the 80`s. The 1880`s to be precise! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaaty Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 any thoughts on an Ibanez Road gear RD900FM or an SR600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) I likes the SR's mine is 2010... Recomend ya check out the Ibanez Site, and the archive catalogues on the support pages for spec... SR Barts are Split Coil in a Soapbar... So reverse P... Bit P bit PJ... eBay one @£400 is 2018 https://www.ibanez.com/eu/products/detail/sr600_07.html http://www.hoshinogakki.co.jp/pdf/ibanez/catalog/2018EU.pdf The RD looks more 'Rayesque shape and with a Music Man style Bucker at the bridge, Maybe Jazz style but poss stack wound bucker at the front. eBay one Maybe 2015 from serial number Dont spose ya fancy a spot of Strange? Ibby EDA900? Edited January 25, 2021 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killed_by_Death Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 The Bartolinis in the SR500E are not split-coil humbuckers, they're the newer BH2, full-length humbuckers. MK1 Bartolinis is what Ibanez used for a long-long time in the SR500 (no E). The SR500E also has a new active/passive switch, which the SR500 did not. Personally, I like the PowerSpan pickups in the SR300E, SR400EQM, SR370E However, any of the aforementioned will have dodgy machine-heads, IME Ever since Carol Kaye parted company with Ibanez (2011), they've been putting chintzy machine-heads on all the Standard Soundgears. No big deal, you can get GOTOH Res-O-Lites that are drop-in replacements & they'll even take some Mass away from the headstock. Hiddens gems are the old SR eXtreme (SRX). Carol Kaye still uses one today: If you can find one pre-owned, they are likely the best value-for-money out there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 13 hours ago, plaaty said: any thoughts on an Ibanez Road gear RD900FM or an SR600 The RD900 to me is one of the coolest and most versatile basses Ibanez has ever made, and was Ibanez' answer to the Lakland and Music Man basses with that same pickup configuration. Great neck, and some pretty high-end features like the Seymour Duncan pickups and a brass bridge. I would love one if they had done lefty versions of these, but alas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Killed_by_Death said: The Bartolinis in the SR500E are not split-coil humbuckers, they're the newer BH2, full-length humbuckers. MK1 Bartolinis is what Ibanez used for a long-long time in the SR500 (no E). The SR500E also has a new active/passive switch, which the SR500 did not. Personally, I like the PowerSpan pickups in the SR300E, SR400EQM, SR370E However, any of the aforementioned will have dodgy machine-heads, IME Ever since Carol Kaye parted company with Ibanez (2011), they've been putting chintzy machine-heads on all the Standard Soundgears. No big deal, you can get GOTOH Res-O-Lites that are drop-in replacements & they'll even take some Mass away from the headstock. Hiddens gems are the old SR eXtreme (SRX). Carol Kaye still uses one today: If you can find one pre-owned, they are likely the best value-for-money out there! This amazes me. Perhaps she can coax a smoother, fatter tone out of it. I had an SRX700, much like the one Carol Kaye is sporting above. Whilst it was my main gigging bass for a good while (and some the recordings made thereof are hilarious), I eventually moved it on. The woodwork is superb, they're not too heavy, the balance is fine and the neck super-slim. The pickups and electronics just sounded unrefined. Couldn't put my finger on it, but it just felt like it wanted to have Rage Against the Machine played on it all the time! Maybe I play too hard with the instrument volume all the way up into too low a gain setting, I don't know. It got replaced by an EDB600 which broke and that by an EDB605, which are more restrained. The wild child of the gang is now a Warwick Infinity SN4, but that can be calmed down in a way I never could with the SRX. Edited January 26, 2021 by Lfalex v1.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaaty Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 The EDA900 looks different.... not sure its for me at the moment, I think the Sr may be just the ticket! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killed_by_Death Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 9 hours ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: This amazes me. Perhaps she can coax a smoother, fatter tone out of it. I had an SRX700, much like the one Carol Kaye is sporting above. Whilst it was my main gigging bass for a good while (and some the recordings made thereof are hilarious), I eventually moved it on. The woodwork is superb, they're not too heavy, the balance is fine and the neck super-slim. The pickups and electronics just sounded unrefined. Couldn't put my finger on it, but it just felt like it wanted to have Rage Against the Machine played on it all the time! Maybe I play too hard with the instrument volume all the way up into too low a gain setting, I don't know. Carol uses a mute, you can see the tape holding it on right behind her hand. She famously played a p-bass with flats with a plectrum in her recording days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 A felt plectrum at that, I believe! Didn't see the mute, and it hadn't occurred to me until it was mentored that the SRX might be strung with flats, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killed_by_Death Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 If you think the SRX was wild with the PFR (Passive Full-Range) pickups, I used to own a BTB300 with the same pickups & more robust preamp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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