Ibanez Musician 1980s Trans Red Neck Thru - *SOLD* £500 Cambridge

[tomthebass]

Beautiful classic bass in great condition.

 

Bought from Jay-Syncro of this parish last year, superb instrument but my dream bass arrived shortly after so this is not getting much playtime and time to pass it on to someone who will give it the attention it deserves.

 

Here's what Jay wrote:

 

"A lovely 80's made in Japan Ibanez Musican bass complete with a Hiscox flight case. 

 

This bass is extremely well built and features neck through construction, 24 fret ebony board, lightweight hardware and active electronics. It plays wonderfully with a recent set of Ernie Ball flats and a med/low action. It sounds great! 

 

Bad points are it has some superficial lacquer checking/dings/missing finish etc but nothing out of the ordinary for an instrument that has been used for 40 years or so! Also the bridge pickup seems to have a lower output than the neck for some reason. With the pickup pan pot balanced or favouring the neck you'd never notice it, but mentioning for clarity. I have considered modernising the pickups/preamp but IMO it sounds great as it is. 

 

A wonderful instrument."

 

The bass is as above, photos attached show the condition and some zooms on the dings.

 

Weight on my bathroom scales is 4.25kg.

 

Happy to arrange shipping at buyer's cost or arrange a meetup within reasonable range.

 

 

Edited February 26 by tomthebass
SOLD

[Bassassin]

Gorgeous! That's an MC2924, which was the last incarnation of the Ibby Musician & the first appearance (I think) of what became the Soundgear body shape. You hardly ever see these, and I don't think I've ever seen that transparent red finish before. This is almost like buses turning up - we had a fretless version just last month:

Yet again I wish I could afford/justify it, but sadly I'll just have to make do with the pics. GLWTS!

[itu]

Oh dear, that looks fab!

Compact body, good looking beauty.

[tomthebass]

Thanks for all the love... gone in a shade over 24 hours 😆