Deep Thought Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 (edited) Another experiment has come to an end. I bought this to see if I got on with fretless. I don't, so time to move it on. Ibanez SRX 355-5-string, ash body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard. PFR active humbucker pickups, 2-band EQ, Accu-cast bridge. It's had a bit of a hard life-it's been defretted and the fingerboard sealed with some sort of epoxy-TBH none of this done terribly well, but it works. Various dings, none too horrendous, and the previous owner has scratched his nickname in the body varnish. Needs a new set of control knobs-one has been glued in place-I haven't tried very hard to remove it, but I'm sure it's do-able. Taking all this into account it sounds massive-absolutely nothing wrong with its playability and the big buckers give a really thunderous sound, with a decent usable B-string, not like a rubber band as with other 5's I've tried. If I was keeping it I would have considered getting the whole thing refinished and probably the neck refretted, which would result in a stunning bass, but I already have enough fretted basses so it might as well go to someone else to do as they wish with. Ideal for what I used it for, a cheap way to try out fretless, with the additional benefit of being 5-string. Alternatively it's a proper serious bit of kit, with a huge sound, which could be made into something quite special. Looking for [s]£100[/s] £80 plus postage. Edited July 13, 2010 by Deep Thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 I haven't done anything to it-it was all done when I bought it. The gaps appear to have been filled with a dark filler, but they're quite narrow and it's hard to tell-it's possible that they've not been filled with anything other than the epoxy that's been used to seal the fretboard-as I said, it ain't pretty, but it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Now on Ebay. Note price now £80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremypaulcarroll Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 [quote name='Deep Thought' post='893810' date='Jul 13 2010, 03:17 PM']Now on Ebay. Note price now £80.[/quote] Hi.. can’t see it on eBay! Will pay £80 + postage now, if it’s still available… Best… Jeremy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremypaulcarroll Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 [quote name='Jeremypaulcarroll' post='893937' date='Jul 13 2010, 05:09 PM']…. Found it! Bought it! Cheers! Jeremy.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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