Sold Ibanez Roadster 1982. Now £400 £450 Cumbria

[Sambrook 82]

An awesome bass, built like a tank, but not quite as heavy. 

Pj with vol, tone, and pickup selector. It has an active 2 band eq, but sounds much better passive. 

Very powerful sound, strung currently with TI flats. 

The pictures speak for themselves. It is for sale because I have decided to use only my fretless live, so the Ibanez will not be getting enough use. 

And it needs to be played- the sound of the P used in anger is a thing of great beauty and power. 

NOW BACK UP FOR SALE FROM 22.1.20

 

Thanks for reading. 

Weight and neck measurements etc to follow.... 

Edited April 25, 2020 by gary mac

[TheGreek 6,528]

Nick Smith - @doctor_of_the_bass - holds these in high regard. I believe he still owns Martin Kemp's old one used on the first Spandau album.

They are rumoured to be quite heavy - can you give us the weight?

[Sambrook 82]

40mm at the nut. 

20mm depth at the first fret. 

9.2lbs (bass weight deducted from our combined weight on home scales method) 

[NancyJohnson 2,448]

This Ibanez model was the first original bass I owned...my transition from copies into the real stuff.

[songofthewind 790]

Very smart looking bass.

[J66Bass 88]

Beautiful GLWTS 

[Bassassin 2,166]

Very nice - it's a Roadster RS924 - I have one, probably my favourite P/J bass.

Definitely agree about the passive tone being preferable to the active, great, punchy pickups in these.

GLWTS!

[ZilchWoolham 52]

You don't happen to have the hardcase for this?

[Sambrook 82]

Sorry, no 

[ZilchWoolham 52]

That's a shame, but expected. For some reason, it's very rare to come by cases for these. I was very close to buying one, with case, around this time last year but the seller unfortunately withdrew last minute. 
I suppose no case means it's collection only? 

[Sambrook 82]

I can meet up somewhere, but I'm happy to post... 

[Hutton 159]

I have the fretless version of this bass. They are marvellous instruments!

[NancyJohnson 2,448]

[JohnFitzgerald 147]

Where in Cumbria, if one were to be driving to collect ?

[Sambrook 82]

Nr Barrow, Sth Cumbria. I'd be happy to meet up at a reasonable distance... 

[aguacollas 45]

I also have the fretless version of this bass. It sounds amazing in passive. A really great bass, specially for the price. And built to last. 
GLWTS
 

[lowregisterhead 501]

Cracking basses. I've owned 3 over the years - here's a clip of Graham Edwards when he was with Go West soloing the [email protected] out of my first one that he somehow managed to persuade me to part with....

 

[MNY 115]

What a great sound, and a fabulous player. I have forgotten just how good he was. ( and probably still is)

[lowregisterhead 501]

3 minutes ago, MNY said:

What a great sound, and a fabulous player. I have forgotten just how good he was. ( and probably still is)

Still is. He moved to the States, played with The Rembrandts (Friends theme song) and others, then formed a production team called The Matrix with Scott Spock and Lauren Christy, his then wife. They had astonishing success, producing, writing and co-writing with a who's who of massive stars in the early 2000's.

[jassbass 90]

Still for sale?thanks 

[Elfrasho 188]

On 02/02/2020 at 19:26, lowregisterhead said:

Cracking basses. I've owned 3 over the years - here's a clip of Graham Edwards when he was with Go West soloing the [email protected] out of my first one that he somehow managed to persuade me to part with....

 

Thats fantastic!! I love the little triplet thing he does at 40 seconds!

 

Great advertfor the bass too!

[songofthewind 790]

I am a TOTAL SUCKER for that kind of playing and feel!

[Apothem 49]

I've had an identical one for a loooong time, RS924, bought new in 1982.... Just perfect. And no case (as it waq usually the... case  LOL) so I kept it in a classic Fender tolex, fitting like a glove. BUMP for another example of excellent Japanese craftmanship, GLWTS

Edited April 19, 2020 by Apothem

[Sambrook 82]

Sold, sorry 

[danbowskill 228]

5 minutes ago, Sambrook said:

Sold, sorry 

Booo, was waiting for m rebate