Played a Nice Bass Today

[Spoombung]

Under £300 in a shop in Herne Bay:



Really slim, nicely contoured body in pearl white, and a slim, laminated maple neck. the finish was immaculate. Not so convinced with the sound, however, but now I'd like to investigate the fretless model - which apparently has a ebonol board.

Anyone know who stocks them in the London area?

[LawrenceH]

[quote name='Spoombung' post='656330' date='Nov 16 2009, 08:07 PM']Under £300 in a shop in Herne Bay:



Really slim, nicely contoured body in pearl white, and a slim, laminated maple neck. the finish was immaculate. Not so convinced with the sound, however, but now I'd like to investigate the fretless model - which apparently has a ebonol board.

Anyone know who stocks them in the London area?[/quote]

Hmm, interesting. I have an Ibanez SR500 which is a joy to play, but the tone of the woods used is dark - mahogany body with bubinga/wenge neck and rosewood fretboard. I replaced the Bartolini MK1 pups and pre with passive Nordstrand Big Singles which really helped (after a bit of jazz growl) but I still think maybe I'd be better off with a bit of maple in there. How was the top end tone on this, especially acoustically?

[51m0n]

I love these, highly recommended especially for ladies and beginners. They are so ergonomically friendly to the new player!

They electronics can be improved, although I dont think the sound is awful by any means.

[OutToPlayJazz]

These got a BGM award about a year or so ago for all round outstanding value. I think I put up a thread about them at the time.

[waynepunkdude]

Mac's music?

[Spoombung]

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='657045' date='Nov 17 2009, 02:46 PM']Hmm, interesting. I have an Ibanez SR500 which is a joy to play, but the tone of the woods used is dark - mahogany body with bubinga/wenge neck and rosewood fretboard. I replaced the Bartolini MK1 pups and pre with passive Nordstrand Big Singles which really helped (after a bit of jazz growl) but I still think maybe I'd be better off with a bit of maple in there. How was the top end tone on this, especially acoustically?[/quote]

There was nothing particularly distinguished about the sound. They had another model Ibanez in the shop (I think it was one of these:



that had MM style pickups and that bass really did sound very biting and active next to the white bass.

Edited November 17, 2009 by Spoombung

[Spoombung]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='657125' date='Nov 17 2009, 03:50 PM']Mac's music?[/quote]

I can't remember the name of the shop...

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='Spoombung' post='657211' date='Nov 17 2009, 05:06 PM']I can't remember the name of the shop...[/quote]


Was there a guy in the corner sitting down fixing stuff and was there 3 rooms?

[Balcro]

Thanks for the tip. Very interesting.

Looks like the fretless version is quite new. Available in the US and Australia but not over here yet.

Balcro.

[Spoombung]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='657355' date='Nov 17 2009, 06:58 PM']Was there a guy in the corner sitting down fixing stuff and was there 3 rooms?[/quote]

hahaha!

(I don't know why I find that so funny)

[Spoombung]

[quote name='Balcro' post='657655' date='Nov 17 2009, 11:36 PM']Looks like the fretless version is quite new. Available in the US and Australia but not over here yet.

Balcro.[/quote]

Yeah... I couldn't see it available in the UK either.

[Marvin]

I have an SR300 in Sparkle Red (well that's how it's described) with rosewood board.
The sound is a little wanting sometimes but for the price I shouldn't really grumble.
The body is brilliant for me. Light and thin - a bit like myself.
Got mine for about £235 in north devon. I wanted blue with a maple fretboard because I'm fickle like that.

[sturm]

i had one, thought the sound was really nice, swapped for a 5-stringer though, which is even nicer

[Marvin]

[quote name='sturm' post='659027' date='Nov 19 2009, 11:06 AM']i had one, thought the sound was really nice, swapped for a 5-stringer though, which is even nicer [/quote]

Probably me just being picky. It was growling nicely last night.

[Dread Bass]

My first bass was an Ibanez GSR200 i liked that bass i would look at ibanez again in the future especially an ATK.