Congrats that looks amazing. Enjoy!
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Thanks!
@joergkutter the bass is really lightweight and it has a thick growl for a jazz bass. The tone knob is a push/pull turbo switch for serie/parallel pickups. It has a powerful rounded tone when the turbo is on (sounds more like a P). I had to do a setup but I’m quite happy with how it plays now. 
This is the second time I had to do a setup on a used bass. The previous owners had very low action on the Bacchus and Warwick. I’m guessing a bit of fret buzz on the low strings doesn’t really bother experienced bass players? Or they play really light…
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I never assume the last owner knew what they were doing.
I have bought some pretty wildly “set-up” basses.
Setups are most likely the #1 thing that is wrong with any bass.
I continually question my own setups, and have been dropping the action of late as well.
Just like bass, even setup is a journey.
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Dave Renaud of “Dave’s World of Fun Stuff” has an expression “Set up like ass”. That was definitely my Peavey and probably my original Ibanez as well, come to think of it.
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Cool! That is a nice find - those basses are quite rare in our neck of the woods… I let one slip by a year or so ago 
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Just came back from studio jam. So just FYI, everybody praised sound of Squier CV 70s Jazz.
And Im also happy.
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Awesome!
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Not quite sure we’re to put this, and I haven’t fully learned how to navigate stuff yet…=/. But does the age of a Bass matter any?…I’m not so sure about my Bantam now…o.o
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If the bass is well maintained, no. Really depends on the mileage.
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I was told the pick ups were replaced, I’m not sure about everything else…she’s about 21,…now I know more about the Bass I have anyway ^^;. I was kinda worried about the age…I was hoping to get some ‘mileage’/practice being so new to learning the instrument. I don’t mind older things, I mean, look at the school instruments, lol. Not sure if any are electric but…still!
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Short answer, no.
What matters is how it was taken care of and the setup it has.
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That’s a great color 
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Nothing wrong with that bass, it’s a good looking instrument 
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My main guitar was built in 1947, so it’s 74 years old. Edgar Meyer plays a double bass built in the 1600s. A good instrument will last forever if properly maintained.
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I have no idea about anything like that, lol. But that’s good to know…I look forward to keeping her for many more years, lol
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@ddimitrov That’s really cool. Adds a lot to the story of the instrument.
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@Paul Ahhh…… I love any and all basses in a natural finish !!!
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Thanks for digging up that page. Ok, yeah, active boost, I was playing it a little bit ago, after I tore it down and cleaned every bit of it. I didn’t remove the neck, tuners or electronics, but took the bridge apart (leaving the bass on) and cleaned up everything the best I could.
I set it back up and was almost dead accurate after stringing it, I was within a tone to a semi tone or less on each string.
After tuning, I checked the neck and it was pretty flat, so flat I overestimated the first adjustment and had to go back and loosen it up a half turn, but once I did that, it dialed in as good or better then any other neck I have ever adjusted.
Again, I guesstimated the set screws then I put them back together, and I was close enough that I could have left it be and it would have been just fine, BUT, because I like to go as low as I can with my action, I just made about a single turn adjustments on each sees (8 total for 4 saddles), and I never put up a ruler to measure, but it feels and plays as good as anything I have set up before.
This is without a doubt the best Ibanez I have ever played. The pick up has power, but with the active boost, it can be dialed down, and I like that id dials down or boosts across the board, so your EQ doesn’t change, it just gives more or less output across the spectrum and I really like that.
I was thinking for a little bit about upgrading this bass, but after tearing id down, and building it back up, there is nothing I could think of that I would upgrade. I LOVE the stock bridge, it is better then our average Ibanez bridge, actually it is better then most average bridges, this one is really quite nice (it is not a standard 5 bolt pattern, it is 4 across with 2 in the corners up by the saddles. ) so finding a replacement, although not impossible, is a little limited, good thing they made it so cool that I have no desire to change it.
The tuners are good, I could swap them out, but they are original tuners, and are clean and in almost Mint condition, so I don’t see a reason to upgrade at this time. If I decide to keep this bass long term, maybe I would put some better quality tuners on it, but its not high on my list. ( the tuners are pretty good, but not the best, so if you are really a stickler for tuners, you might be better off changing them, fortunately, they are pretty standard sized tuners and there are plenty of drop in replacements on the market for sure.
I went with the SIT. Slinky are my go to strings, and I love them, but this is a gauge that I have not tried on slinky’s before (the Extra Slinky’s) 40-60-70-95
Same size as the SIT set, and I just wanted to try a new string, for no reason other than to try them.
I am already very impressed with the SIT light gauge string.
I can’t say for sure if the strings are making me like the bass more, or if the bass is making me like the strings more. I suspect it is the bass, but still, I like the strings, and I am LOVING this combo. I am gonna be playing the shit out of this bass for a little while, thats for sure.
I have seen them as high as $700 and as low as $300, maybe a little under?
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Then again, for the ultra cheap price I paid, and I can’t remember exactly what it was, but it was under $200
If I were looking for a great bass to play, I would probably even pay the $700 for it, but if you find one for anywhere near $300, or lower, I would jump all over it, it is such a fun bass to play, and lots of fun with th powerful pick up and its active boost.
Have not gotten the P bass together yet, been waiting on parts to black it out. but I have had to send a few back because of non standard hole pattern in the bridge (and not advertised or pictured as such on Amazon and a set of tuners that were the wrong size (compared to what Amazon said) and then ones that I just did not like.
But after getting this Ibanez up, the P bass might be on the market soon, I never planned to keep both of these basses, and it was always possible. that I would sell both after I clean them up, set them up, and possibly upgrade a little bit.
Now my plan is to put the P bass back together with the stock parts and string it and play it. If I decide to sell it, the upgrade parts are not really gonna get me more money then I can get for what it is worth on Reverb, so if I keep the Ibanez, no point to black out the P bass. I will think about it and play it with the Extra Slinky’s on it, and see how I feel about it then. I may like it more then the Ibanez, who knows.
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