ezbass Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 (edited) OK BCers, after recently purchasing a rather nice Lakland I need to make some more room and help finance (albeit in retrospect) this purchase. So I am selling my Ibby SR505. I bought this bass on the strength that the neck dimensions are the same as my GWB35 fretless which I play a lot. However, it seems that I prefer a slightly wider neck on a fretted 5, who knew (obviously not me)? Anyway some details; here is a link to the tech spec [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eb_page12.php?area_id=3&data_id=93&color=CL01&year=2012&cat_id=2&series_id=17"]http://www.ibanez.co...=2&series_id=17[/url] but this doesn't tell you much about the sound, playability etc. The Bartolini electronics are very good indeed and the bass does an excellent P impersonation, a beefy J and all stops in between. Ibanez seem to have a reputation as 'metal' basses and whilst it'll cover that genre very well, it'll also do pretty much anything else too. Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg uses one of these and you can't get much less metal than that. Playability wise it has a really fast, narrowish neck that plays really easily. The neck is in top condition, but the body has a few dings in it and some belt rash on the back.. The worst of the dings I have sweated out, then rubbed it all back, restained and rewaxed to a soft sheen. It has been fitted with a new set of D'Addarios and comes with a good Rotosound gigbag into the bargain. Which brings us to price. £325 collected from Ez Towers, no trades, sorry. So then pics! Edited December 18, 2012 by ezbass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartB Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Where in Surrey are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 Purley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1352828320' post='1868052'] Purley [/quote] Say no more ! have a "thats pretty" bump on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 [quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1353064075' post='1871089'] Say no more ! [/quote] Purley squire, famous place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 A wee bit of bumpage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Hi what country of manufacture please? What is the neck wood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 [quote name='jahfish' timestamp='1353491628' post='1875074'] Hi what country of manufacture please? What is the neck wood? [/quote]The neck is a Jatoba/Bubinga 5 piece construction (according to the website) with a what appears to be a rosewood finger board to my eyes and fingers. It is made in Indonesia. This appears to be a very popular 'offshore' manufacturing site these days, my Lakland Skyline was manufactured there and I believe the more expensive SBMMs are made there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 You're all probably out while it's not raining, but when you get back in and the rain starts to make you feel a bit down, buy this very nice Ibby and make yourself feel better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeSuisSkeleton Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Great bass! I love my SR500. Would love a 5 string version if I wasn't broke. Have a bump, bargain bass for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 Probably not the best time of year to sell stuff, but if you're looking for a pressie from you to you (or another lucky soul) go mad on this and have a basstastic Yule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 On hold pending the usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Now sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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