1979 Ibanez Musician MC-900 - *SOLD* £850 N Ireland

[briansbrew]

Up for sale is this lovely Ibanez Musician MC-900 which I acquired on this forum from Burns-Bass, a reluctant sale but needs must..

 

Some info from the original ad

It's a 1979 Ibanez Musician bass. This is (as far as I can tell) 100% original, including the brass plate at the top and the inscribed back plate. The condition is, for a late 70s bass, very good indeed, but obviously not mint. You can see there is some buckle rash to the back, some slight chips to the front and a few scrapes to the back. That's the bad stuff out of the way, now the good stuff...

 

This thing sounds immense! It's a full bodied 80s beast. I can only liken it to a Wal in terms of feel, sound and weight. You can coax a huge amount of sounds out of this and, if you want to stick some super-bright strings on, would slap like a beast I'm sure.

 

You can see the condition of the hardware is excellent, with little to no discolouration or damage. The bridge, tuners and everything else are great, and function well. I've tried to picture it, but if you can't see, the frets have huge amount of life in them.

 

Finally, it comes with the original Ibanez branded case too which is in fair shape. It's usable, but I wouldn't tour the world with it, let's put it that way. 

My asking price is a lot lower that what I originally paid but outs priced to sell, I will include delivery to the UK in the price..

 

thanks for looking 

 

Edited February 13, 2022 by briansbrew

[tubbybloke68]

Absolutely correct comparison to a Wal in my opinion, You can certainly get very similar sounds out of these beautiful beasts if you play around with them.

Best of luck, wonderful instruments indeed 🤘

[White Cloud]

Beautiful example!

[lowregisterhead]

I had the fretless version of this bass, bought new in 79/80. They have a bit of weight to them, but they're really beautifully made, with a massive sound and a huge array of tones. GLWTS.

[essexbasscat]

If I weren't committed elsewhere I'd be all over this, been looking for one for ages

[briansbrew]

3 minutes ago, essexbasscat said:

If I weren't committed elsewhere I'd be all over this, been looking for one for ages

They are really well made, tones of tones and the best in their day...

[nationofzeros]

Brilliant instruments, Ibanez threw everything they had at these - they ooze quality. The Wal comparisons are correct. I have an MC940 fretless - sorely tempted to complete the set !

[lee650]

My first decent bass when I was young. Beautifully made and sounds fantastic,you don't see  the original teardrop case often either. Unfortunately, very bad judgement on my part, forced me to sell my Musician for buttons,wish I'd kept hold of it.

Edited February 13, 2022 by lee650