Grooverjr

1 hour ago, 2pods said:

 

They're the models I was trying to remember.

Get that bridge sorted and you'll have a first class bass.

 

I wish I had mine back, but I caught a glimpse of it and it hadn't been looked after that well.

However, your SR looks great looks great 👍

Thanks. All this love for them makes me want to get it sorted and then give it another go before deciding to part with it. 

1 hour ago, PaulThePlug said:

I take it back... and tried to with a sneaky edit!

From the Ibby Site, Support, Catalogues

http://www.hoshinogakki.co.jp/pdf/ibanez/catalog/1995EU.pdf

 

That catalogue is great - super useful! So it's definitely the 1300 with an EMG mod - nice to know what the 9 ply body is made of!

3 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Yeah, had one of them too, very nice basses of the usual Fujigen standard and scrub up well with a bit of TLC. I did that same mod, swapping out the Ibanez pickups for EMG.

 

@Grooverjr Depending on what they've installed, you've got the following controls

1 - Master volume, pickup blend, bass and treble cut and boost

2 - P Volume, J Volume, bass and treble cut and boost

3 - P Volume, J Volume, P tone, J tone

 

With that in mind, play around and you should be able to figure it out.

 

Yeahm h

That's the very one!  I think I'll get the strings off and give it a week of oiling and love then send it round to the luthier to get the action figured out. 

Thanks everyone - even Sunday is a school day!

32 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

a SR1300PM? I don't tthink the G should be in there

 

Like this:

 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/41729275-ibanez-sr-1300-pm-custom-made-1994-natural

This is very similar, but the nobs on mine are not stacked. Mine could be a later version of that with less sophisticated preamp as the nobs are all standard with no push/pull or stack. 

1 minute ago, 2pods said:

That looks like one of my old basses.

IIRC it was a SGR1300PM, and cost about £900 at the time.

 

i loved mine.  Active pickups as well as active eq.

I only sold mine (locally) because my head was turned my an 20th Anniversary Stingray.

I had the action petty low on it.

Unfortunately, I don't have the serial number.

Thanks - seems like every bass was once owned by someone on here 😁. It's certainly had a life, then because I think the guy I got it from was in Essex. I can see why you loved it, it's a really, really gorgeous looking thing and sounds great in a few of the settings. The neck feels good as well but it is way too cramped for me. Interesting on the action. The bridge is cut into the body at an angle - back end is down into the wood, front end not at all, and this means the saddles are really high so I feel like I'm never going to be able to get it to sit that low. I think I'll take it to a luthier and see what they can do with it. 

Just now, HornetPinata said:

The serial number appears to start with an F, not a P. I'm pretty sure F means Fujigen factory in Japan. 

I'm sure you'll get detailed info on the bass from more knowledgeable folks. It's a nice looking bass!

 

And thanks for your effort to make sense of my previous post @Grooverjr ! 

Haha! So it does! Honestly looking at it straight, even with my glasses on, it looked for all the world like a P but now you say that and I look at the photo it is an F! Just looked it up online and it is Fujigen 1995 but no other information. And then I looked at the stamp and it still looks like a P 🙈

47 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Can you post pictures of it? It could be possible to identify the model which would make it much easier to answer your question.

Hi Dr J. Here you go. Hope this helps the detective work. Hopefully you can read the serial number in the picture. It's active but I'm not convinced it started out active because the pots don't seem to make a huge amount of sense and there's no apparent bypass. Lovely woods but they hadn't been well looked after by previous owners so they're quite dulled.

8 hours ago, HornetPinata said:

Edit: Having a closer but still quick look it seems like https://ibanez.fandom.com/ may only contains info on guitars(?). I didn't look too hard but took it for granted it would have info on basses too. Not sure they don't though. Sorry for the confusion caused. Insomnia makes the world go huh?

 

---So this may only be relevant for guitars, I don't know, sorry:

I'm not knowledgable on this but https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/Ibanez_serial_numbers was a good place to start when I searched for serial numbers to make sure of what I was buying. 

 

Scrolling down it appears that: "P = manufactured by Peerless Korea Co., Ltd. (owned by Iida Gakki of Japan) in Pusan (1987–1991?)".

Found it under "1987–1995; 7 characters".

It may well mean something else as well but I thought it made sense to mention it in the off chance it led your search somewhere.

 

Thanks for looking, and for taking the trouble to post - really nice of you!  I saw that thread but I didn't look at the Korean section so that's interesting.! Theoretically the P might be Korea but the actual stamp on the headstock says Serial number P505558 Made in Japan. I suppose if Peerless was owned by a Japanese company it may be that. A trip to the guitar shop may be needed to see if they have a magic serial number lookup thing not availale to us mere mortals. 

I bought an old Ibanez SDGR off Ebay a few years ago in the hope my son would get interested (slim neck for small hands). He didn't. It's got some good tones and the it's a handsome thing with all uncoated woods but I never got on with it because the slim neck feels too cramped for my sausage fingers. I also could never get the action low enough so it went in its case and I kodded myself that maybe me son would see the light. He hasn't. 

I took it out today to see if I could get it set up and into a sellable state to get some cash in as I have my eye on something here that I can't really afford. I assume I overpaid on Ebay - I know I was a bit merry when I bought it - so I have no idea on the value and I don't even know how old it is. I got the serial number and looked everywhere online and no luck. It seems like it's an oddity because the serial number begins with a P and nowehere even mentions that. All I know is it's an MIJ custom model. 

Does anyone know where I can find out more or have a clue about a P-numbered Ibanez?

Cheers

11 minutes ago, reggieboomboom said:

Lovely stuff. Do you have the build spec?

Was going to ask the same question 😀 I didn't see this particular one anywhere on the ACG site

Oof! Bryan Ferry levels of absolute zero coolness in a bass! Must be hard to part with. I hope for your sake it's a swift separation. GLWTS

The ACG fretboard - a thing of beauty to look at, and to play!

That is so gorgeous.  Could be more versatile than people think.... GLWTS

Ah right. Thanks for the info. Funny to think that Peavey were once feeling thier way on something so basic as painting a bass. And that also explains why there are a lot of black ones knocking around still. It does look very mean in the black but that frost blue is so 80s. 

35 minutes ago, kodiakblair said:

'Frost Blue' dates it between 1982 and 1985.

 

The folk in Peavey's spray shop had little experience so finish options came in baby steps, most of the first year natural matt was it 😃 Gradually they worked up to gloss with  solid colours like black and red coming online around the 18 month mark. By 82 they got a handle on spraying, bodies were dunked in a vat of electrostatic liquid so the paint would stick easier . Peavey decided to discontinue the T-40 in 85, took them almost 2 years to reduce the stockpile of surplus bodies. All of those were sprayed black as it hid a multitude of sins 🤣

Thanks. I've gone down a bit of a rabbithole on them since yesterday. Not cheap nowadays but seem like amazing and incredibly versatile basses, epsecially for a passive. Not usually a fan of colourful basses but that is particularly handsome and the blue ones seem hard to find. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled and hope one comes up when I have some cash!

Wow, that really was quick! Thanks a lot and a Spotter's badge to you! Never played a Peavey but it looks like a real beast. 

Can anyone out there identify the bass in this video? Stickers apart, it's a real looker and it has a nice growl and it's kind of hovering in the back of my mind but I can't place it and the video is just grainy enough to make it impossible to make out the name on the headstock. The best look is in the first few seconds so if you don't like Spanish pop punk you don't have to listen to it for long. Spotter's badge and personal pride to the winner! 

Crikey, that´s very, very nice. If you tell us that signature has the power to give any Sausage Fingers some of Norman's silky-smooth and lighting-fast 16th note chops this will surely fly! GLWTS 

If this was black I would be at the start of a journey that might end in divorce 😅 Looks to be in fantastic condition so someone will surely want to get themselves an early 50th brithday present. GLWTS

There's somethig inherently classy about the look of an ACG fretboard that is really set off by that colour. GLWTS

What a looker! Like a sharp suit and a trendy Nordic bar mixed with a bass. GLWTS

The Surveyor Cometh...... reminds me of my mispent youth in moshpits! GLWTS

Is this still available?