NBD: From Store to Studio

aleclee

aleclee

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I'm recording some demos for a new recording project and finally got fed up with using loops for bass parts. I've had a bass on hand for about 15 years but never really bonded with it so I decided to get a new bass and ditch the loops. Since the sole purpose of the guitar is recording, I went with something not too expensive that sounded and felt "right". That turned out to be this Ibanez.






I plugged it in and recorded this bass part as soon as I got home: Evergreen Tears


Recording this track reminded me of the importance of having the right neck carve for your hand. It doesn't need to be expensive (most of my guitars cost 5x what I paid for this bass) but when it's right, it's right.
 
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which one is that
I love that color

I have a thing for Ibanez basses too
my buddy played Fenders for years
till I introduced him to my Ibanez SR500
then he just had to have the 505

now all he talks about is how he wishes he had it for the last 30 years

its light, sounds great, and super comfy neck

the spacing on the five string was a bit closer than he was used to on the Fender 4 strings
 
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Nice, that looks great and I love me some blueburst! I recently started playing bass and need to follow your lead and start recording stuff.
 
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ehdwuld said:
which one is that
I love that color
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Thanks! It's an SR250. Definitely nothin' fancy but it seems to get the job done. As I mentioned before, I just need something to lay down some good-sounding tracks. I'll work to tweak the setup to better suit my playing style but other than that, I have no complaints.
 
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a 250
that's the one with the jack on the side, tele style
not angled, strat style, on the front

love the burst

some years ago I tried the GSR200 and the SR250
top of the budget line and bottom of the regular line

I found the SR neck just felt more finished and comfortable
the GSR had a slightly wider neck

they both had beautiful finishes
the GSR had a transparent red and the 250 had a very nice Blue

I ended up swapping both for the SR500

I have a SR300 in red with a maple neck
and was playing it with my SR500

the Bartolini pickups and electronics are very nice in the 500

but the stock sounds in the 300 are very rich as well

did you get yours new
if so what switching/eq options does that on have
 
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ehdwuld said:
what switching/eq options does that on have
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Current examples of the bass guitar in the opening post feature passive pickups, Master Volume, Balance and active Treble, Mid and Bass EQ.

The quality of the pots is variable. A local bassist had a problem with the volume dropping off drastically around the centre detent point of the balance pot. The solution was to replace the dogbreath stock pot with an American-made item. The person for whom I made the repair has since sold the instrument. Duh!
 
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Funkfingers said:
Current examples of the bass guitar in the opening post feature passive pickups, Master Volume, Balance and active Treble, Mid and Bass EQ.

The quality of the pots is variable. A local bassist had a problem with the volume dropping off drastically around the centre detent point of the balance pot. The solution was to replace the dogbreath stock pot with an American-made item. The person for whom I made the repair has since sold the instrument. Duh!
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my 300 had this problem yesterday
be playing and the sound would just drop out, get lower and lower till it was gone
checked the battery and everything

turned out when I removed the back cover
there was a cold solder joint on the ground coming back from the active EQ
just a round ball barely stuck to the volume post
and all the pots were loose

tightened the pots and re-flowed the solder on the grounds and the problem has gone away
 
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