Faithless Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Hey peeps, I need advice - I spotted this baby in local music forum up for sale: [url="http://cache0.skelbiu.lt/pictures/muzikos-instrumentai/styginiai/ibanez-roadster-bass-1979m-pagamintas-japonijoje-82166811.jpg"]http://cache0.skelbiu.lt/pictures/muzikos-...je-82166811.jpg[/url] Seller asks ~320 pounds for that. Is it worth that? I'm total noob when it comes to gear like that... easy Laimis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 I saw one on gumtree last year for £80,that may have been the bargain of the century for some,if it had been the model with the P pickup i would have had it.I would have thought £150 -250 was more like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hen Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYJdvWfNFr8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYJdvWfNFr8[/url] John Wetton gets a good tone out of his on this clip... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithless Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) [quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1369686' date='Sep 11 2011, 08:54 PM']I saw one on gumtree last year for £80,that may have been the bargain of the century for some,if it had been the model with the P pickup i would have had it.I would have thought £150 -250 was more like it.[/quote] What's the pickup there then? I havent seen ones like that before.. Does sound more like a P bass or something? I'm looking for something cheap and decent to use on pop gigs, because my ACG is a lil' bit too funky for that sort of thing Edited September 11, 2011 by Faithless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigster Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 it's like the Roadster I have - does a great JJ Stranglers break up - but sounds more jazz like to me, v punchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 (edited) a lot of players will argue that the best P bass they ever heard was the same type as in jigsters avatar. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=150300"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=150300[/url] Edited September 12, 2011 by hillbilly deluxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I had one for a couple of years. great bass. [url="http://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.com/2011/06/ibanez-rs-800.html"]Details from Ibanez Catalogue[/url] Sold mine for about the same price, earlier this year - mine was perhaps not so "Roadworn" as the one in the picture. Depends how rare they are round your way. For what it's worth, all the Ibanez basses of any quality (not really including the starter/budget range) from around 1976 to the early/mid 80's are truly great basses - not come across a bad one yet and I have nine of them. May be worth haggling with the price. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigster Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 oh yeah price - I got mine on e-bay for £180 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbo Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I sold my RS-800 about a year ago for £140. It was pretty "roadworn" but still played and sounded great. Just a word of warning about these, the reason I moved it on was because of the neck dive making it uncormfortable to play standing up. YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigster Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 good strap and yr cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithless Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 I won't probably be going for this, because I'd like different pup combination (I know there are Roadsters with two pups - P + J), although thanks for your input, guys... easy Laimis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldude Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 [quote name='Faithless' post='1373843' date='Sep 14 2011, 10:09 PM']I won't probably be going for this, because I'd like different pup combination (I know there are Roadsters with two pups - P + J), although thanks for your input, guys... easy Laimis[/quote] Yep, I had a Roadster with P+J, fretless, bloody heavy. Sold it about a year ago for about £250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithless Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 [quote name='aldude' post='1374311' date='Sep 15 2011, 02:33 PM']Yep, I had a Roadster with P+J, fretless, bloody heavy. Sold it about a year ago for about £250.[/quote] Oh crap, weight is another serious issue for me - are all those Roadster's heavy? How much approximately then? I'll compare that to my ACG's weight, as its not featherlight too (singlecut, though..) easy Laimis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbo Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 [quote name='Faithless' post='1374537' date='Sep 15 2011, 03:29 PM']Oh crap, weight is another serious issue for me - are all those Roadster's heavy? How much approximately then? I'll compare that to my ACG's weight, as its not featherlight too (singlecut, though..) easy Laimis[/quote] Mine was a bit of a heavy beast. Not sure of the actual weight, but my Jazz is 9 1/2 pounds and it was a lot heavier than that. At a guess I'd say 10-11 pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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