neepheid Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) Got a bit of a squeeze on the old family finances at the moment so something has to give and that something is the luxury of having an acoustic bass to pick up and have a noodle on whenever the urge takes me. For sale is an Ibanez AEB10E acoustic bass in the rather fetching Dark Violin Sunburst finish. It's a medium scale (32") instrument with a spruce top and mahogany sides, back and neck. Rosewood fingerboard. Interesting features include the Fishman Sonicore piezo pickup, Ibanez Shape Shifter EQ, onboard tuner, runs on AA batteries instead of PP3 and has both a jack output and a balanced XLR for straight DI into desk etc. I have found this to be an easy to play instrument with a good acoustic sound (perfect for jamming along to songs you're trying to learn, or just noodling by yourself), and plugged in has a deep, woody character to the sound, somewhat bass heavy at flat EQ settings but with the bass backed off slightly sounds really good to me. The built in tuner means that it is an instrument you can just pick up and play without faffing with any other devices. I haven't had a need to use the XLR output but I'm sure it could be handy for some people. The drawbacks are that there is a chip in a corner of the headstock, a lacquer crack at the heel of the neck and a couple of scuffs on the side near the EQ controls. All these things are cosmetic but obviously means the bass is not pristine. The cheapest I can find one of these new is £259 plus £20 postage. For this bass I would like £140, postage included. There is no gig bag but it will be very securely packaged. I would really prefer bank transfer because PayPal are robbing gits but if you're not comfortable with that then I can take PayPal. Full official skinny here: [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/ag_page10.php?data_id=23&color=CL01&area_id=0&year=2010&cat_id=3&series_id=293"]http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/ag_page10...p;series_id=293[/url] Stock picture: It's at my work just now, will take actual pictures tomorrow. Edited October 22, 2010 by neepheid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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neepheid Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 Pics as promised: Headstock chip: Lacquer crack (hard to photograph): Scuff near EQ controls: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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neepheid Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 Sold, pending payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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