Ibanez SR640 purple sparkle - Fujigen 2001 MIJ - *SOLD* £200 East Herts

[Sharkfinger]

High-quality made in Japan bass. pretty certain this is the SR 640 as it has the reverse P pick up and amazing purple sparkle paintwork.

Only just bought this on eBay but unfortunately forgot to check the weight. Only 3.7 kg, but unfortunately that’s still too much for me.

I’ve given this a thorough clean, new set of strings and a basic set up. Action is lower than it was and could probably go lower. As this is a 25-year-old bass I didn’t want to push the truss Rod too much, so stopped when I met resistance.

EDIT: just to be clear, the neck is straight and truss rod works well both ways. Now neck has settled in to the new strings, I’ve backed off the truss rod to lessen the relief, lowered the saddles and got the action even lower. Plays really nicely.

Currently has standard gauge Elites Player strings (45-105, I had a new set to hand).
This has a few chips in the paintwork, but electrics works fine.

If I were keeping it, I would probably change the tuners as I think they’ve reached the end of their life, especially the D and G ones. However, once set the bass stays in tune well. 
Included is a very high-quality hard case.

 

£200 delivered or less if you collect or we meet up in Hertfordshire or Essex.

 

would only trade with a lighter bass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Monday at 16:42 by Sharkfinger

[alexjbassist]

That is lovely 😍 

[binky_bass]

2 hours ago, alexjbassist said:

That is lovely 😍 

That is cheap

[Sharkfinger]

12 hours ago, binky_bass said:

That is cheap

That’s pretty much what I bought it for! I’m certainly on the look out for another (lighter) one; the quality to price ratio is insane.

[mattbass6]

Mustn’t drink any more beer……. I love these basses and I’m got huge Ibanez love at the mo. Hoping someone buys this soon. I’d just like to see where the truss rod is at. Appreciate your honesty with regards that, but would want to see it further myself. GLWTS. Great price, and what a bass ☺️✨

[Sharkfinger]

4 hours ago, mattbass6 said:

Mustn’t drink any more beer……. I love these basses and I’m got huge Ibanez love at the mo. Hoping someone buys this soon. I’d just like to see where the truss rod is at. Appreciate your honesty with regards that, but would want to see it further myself. GLWTS. Great price, and what a bass ☺️✨

clearly hadn’t been set up in quite some time, so everything was initially a bit stiff. As I mentioned, now strings have settled in, I’ve backed the truss rod and lowered the bridge saddles.

everything working as it should.

as for not drinking any more beer, that I cannot advise you on, as I’m a whisky drinker myself.