Just ordered another fretless. Sire Z7.
Wife gave me the green light when I told her that - if I like it, it will replace either my current fretless or my 5-string, which I’ll sell on to keep the same number of instruments in the house.
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Awesome. I can’t wait to hear how you like it. I have 3 Sires and keep telling myself that my next won’t be a Sire, but they are so good.
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My first was a Sire V3p. Incredibly nice.
I’m looking forward to this. It’s spec’ed pretty much exactly what I’m looking for in a fretless. The question is what I sell when I decide to keep it?
I’ve got a fretless P-bass (90’s Fender with a Warmouth neck), and a Sterling Ray 35HH. I expect to like the fretless Z7 better than both of those. I want a bass with a Low-B for hip hop.
I could go (in order I think I’m likely to pick):
- Sire strung EADG, fretless P-bass BEAD for hip hop, sell Ray 35
- Sire strung BEAD for hip hop, fretless P stayes EADG, sell Ray 35
- Sire strung EADG, Ray 35 for hip hop, sell fretless P?
I will keep everyone update.
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My bass just arrived. I slept one hour last night so unboxing will be later today.
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I spent a few hours disassembling, cleaning, assembling, and setup. The stacked pot and volume pot will eventually be replaced but it all works and I have to say ibanez makes a great product for the price point. The jack mod lets me use plug-ins without an extension cord which was a pita.
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The description on reverb was “white”. I was pleasantly surprised it is pearl white.
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Very nice. I bet that pearl white is gorgeous in person. You’re going to have a lot of fun with that! Which model is it?
Yup. Great value. Up there with Sire and Yamaha. I just wish the necks worked better for my hands, but they’re too thin and just not quite shaped right for my hands. Which is a shame.
The one issue they seem to have semi-regularly is that barrel jack. They go bad more than other designs. And it’s easy to mix up which wire goes where. Last one I had, I put the power on the wrong tab, and the bass played fine, but stayed powered on when unplugged. Ate two batteries before I figured it out and fixed it. Not a big deal though.
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SR300EF? . Not sure if finish denotes anything. The jacks do suck I guess but very simple to swap if need be.
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I hate them. Unfortunately the SBVs also have them (or similar).
Beautiful fingerboard. Would it fits?
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YES SIR!!!
The gentleman received it with his JB-2 that he purchased about a year ago. He decided that he would never use it, so he offered it for sale. We were thinking of going to Beaverton in a few weeks, so I decided that I should scan the Portland Craigslist.
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That is absolutely Beautiful, I’ll give you 50 for it 
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I’d urge you to consider the CA finish to really showcase the fingerboard.
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Cost me four times that to get it to my porch!!! 
Seller was really nice and probably would have shipped it for the cost of shipping, but |I paid him to have UPS pack it, plus gas and beer money. 
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Cyanoacrylate?
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Aka Super Glue
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Stuff is a PITA to sand, but I am not opposed to some sort of coating.
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Apparently binary epoxy is a better option. Never tried either myself.
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Mike Lull will do a polyester w/pleck and setup for about $700
There’s a guy in Florida that will do epoxy w/dual pleck (before and after) for $1,200.
I suppose maybe you could do your own coating, and then have it plecked for $299?