Jolltax Posted February 20, 2024 Posted February 20, 2024 (edited) I am selling my Ibanez RB620NT which I bought a couple of years ago when it was advertised locally, I am told it was made in August 1983 by Fujigen Gakki, @Bassassin kindly provided this information and the original spec sheet, I get the impression it was Ibanez impression of a P-Bass. Since buying it I have had it set up by Robin Manton who did a bit of fretwork on it and repaired the truss-rod adjustment, I have also replaced the deteriorated plastic washers (cracked with old age) on the tuning heads and put new strings on it. It plays very well and I am very fond of it but I want to buy a Jazz-style bass and have decided to sell this one to help me fund a future purchase. Given its age (40 years), it is in amazing condition and has obviously not seen much hard use, and appears to be completely original and unmodified. There are remarkably few minor bumps or scratches and only very little age related wear which I have tried to show in the pictures. It has a very nice slim neck measuring around 39mm at the nut, it is passive, but the pickups are surprisingly hot with very strong output (well it surprised me!). It holds its tune better than my other basses, sounds great, no noise and is incredibly light - I put on the scales for this and they read just over 3.3 kg! It is certainly very comfortable to hold and play. I recorded a sound sample straight into my audio interface with no EQ or anything and the tone set half-way, it currently has round wound strings as I prefer a more zingy (?) sound, when I had flats on it it was much warmer Forgive my playing I am still a learner but hopefully you get the idea! ... I would like it go to a home where its new owner will appreciate it and play it more than currently do ! ibby.mp3 Edited February 24, 2024 by Jolltax I speld it gud 19
Paolo85 Posted February 20, 2024 Posted February 20, 2024 (edited) If I was at all interested in another P bass at the moment, I would buy this beauty 100%. It is beautiful, the headstock design makes more sense than a Fender P's, it is light, and sounds like a good P. Edited February 20, 2024 by Paolo85 1 1
three Posted February 20, 2024 Posted February 20, 2024 sounds great to me - a really punchy P sound (as you'd hope). The light weight makes this really attractive too. Looks like a bit of a bargain and good luck in finding a J type that suits your needs
Jolltax Posted February 20, 2024 Author Posted February 20, 2024 (edited) FYI, I should have mentioned given the price, and age of this bass I am not interested in posting / couriering, sorry EDIT : but can drive within hour of home and meet, so M5 Worcester or radius around Tenbury Wells e.g. Worcester, Shrewsbury, Hereford etc J Edited February 20, 2024 by Jolltax Geography
ezbass Posted February 20, 2024 Posted February 20, 2024 2 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: googling where Tenbury wells is... Fortunately for me, too far. This would have seen an early exit from the abstinence thread if I were nearer.
danbowskill Posted February 20, 2024 Posted February 20, 2024 That's a absolutely fantastic price for one of these in this condition 😍 1
tubbybloke68 Posted February 21, 2024 Posted February 21, 2024 My first ‘proper’ bass was one of these. Great memories. Do you know more of the history?? Good luck with the sale. X
Jolltax Posted February 21, 2024 Author Posted February 21, 2024 43 minutes ago, tubbybloke68 said: My first ‘proper’ bass was one of these. Great memories. Do you know more of the history?? Good luck with the sale. X Sorry I don't know much, a couple of years ago I went to look at another bass advertised in a the local newsagent locally and the guy (who didn't play) also had this one which he was selling for a friend who had flirted with playing years ago and gave up, when I bought it it looked like it hadn't been touched for a long time - at the time he also had all the guys Ashdown gear for sale which I regret not buying as it was also a massive bargain. I'm going to miss it, its a lovely thing 1
Jolltax Posted February 21, 2024 Author Posted February 21, 2024 (edited) Sold pending buyer arriving on Saturday with cash - so I'll keep it pending until then, J Edited February 21, 2024 by Jolltax
JohnFitzgerald Posted February 22, 2024 Posted February 22, 2024 That's no money at all for one of these. What a lovely thing.
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