Ibanez serial number can tell you two things, year of manufacture and factory or country of manufacture. With most typical Ibanez serial numbers the first 2 digits will indicate year, or the first digit will indicate the last digit of the year, but there are also some that indicate no year at all. There is no master list to correlate to a model number, This particular style serial number will either be on the neck plate or right into the back of the headstock.
What are some very high-quality Ibanez guitars from the 70's and 80's? Log in or Sign up. (that's the -5 at the end). A '5' in the middle of the number indicates that the guitar came originally with a trem (an AR 355 has both a trem and a quited mahogany top). Musician MC400NT; Artist 2630AV; Rocket Roll Sr. 2387CT) Click to expand.
It consists of a letter, A - L, followed by a 6 digit number. The letter stands for the month, A for January etc., the first 2 digits will be the year, 76 is 1976, 96 is 1996, the last 4 digits will be the consecutive production number for that months production, 1356 would be the 1356th guitar produced that month. This form of serial numbering is still used today on guitars where the number is impressed into the back of the headstock.
A761356 - The 1356th guitar produced in January '76, hope that helps Posted on Aug 08, 2015. 5603 Answers SOURCE: No question what to do. Take it in under warranty since it is new!!! You may find that there is a problem with your amp.
The seller should be able to test the guitar and demonstrate normal sound for you. Many users have TOO small of an amp and the distortions make it appear that the guitar is bad. I suspect you will want at least a 12 inch speaker and preferably a 15 inch for your bass. When low frequency signals drive a speaker too hard it drives the voicecoil out of the linear range and the sound will be irregular.
Posted on Apr 02, 2010.
I am in the market for a second bass and have been looking at the Ibanez SR870. This is a new offering for 2018 and I have not been able to find much in the way of reviews either here or on the intenet. From what I can see, the positives on this bass are it's light weight and the Bart pickups. Negatives (for me) might be the active tone controls.I am currently gigging a Classic 50s P Bass thru a Rumble 500 V3 head and Rumble 4x10 cab.
Not the best rig in the world but it gets the job done. So what are your experiences with the SR series? Can I trust the active circuitry to stand the test of time? Playability and tone likes or dislikes? Seems to be a lot of bass for the coin so opinions are welcomed and thanks!
I haven't played this specific model but I have played a number of SRs when checking out basses. Compared to the alternatives on the market, they are really thin, light and comfortable (compared to a P.it's a whole 'nuther thing). For the $$$, SRa are a great buy. While I don't own an SR.I have one of the cute Mikros for recording and when I occasionally fill in on bass at a local jam. The build quality/sound on the Mikro is surprisingly good for a bass that cost that little.
I wouldn't look at the active pickups as a negative. Maybe this is a perception you have as a guitar player but for bass - it's a plus. You may want to check the used market - 500s/800s show up on craigslist all the time for cheap. This color is pretty cool.
I wish I knew. I have done some searching for MIJ Ibanez just by plugging in MIJ or Japan in the GC search. Coincidentally, I bought my Premium on the way back from checking out a MIJ Ibanez at GC. It was a SR6XX. Can't recall the exact model, but it had the variable mids knob. I wasn't blown away by it, & my rule was to buy no more gear unless it blew me away.
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On the drive back I decided to stop in one last place & then call off bass shopping for the rest of the year. There was the Premium with a clearance tag on it & it blew me away. It still does sometimes. I'll play my SR eXtreme for a couple of days for alt. Tuning songs & then when I switch back to the Premium my jaw drops!
I have been trying to find an SR series bass locally to get my hands around.no luck. It would replace an '05 Fender Dimension bass that developed a problem with the electronics. It's kind of a weird bass but up until recently, served me well in my foray from guitar to bass in a band. If the Aguilar preamp that my tech recommends as a replacement does not trip my trigger, the Dimension will go.
The Ibanez basses cover the active/24 fret P/J ish spec of the Dimension bass and should be a good contrast to the P Bass in my stable. KBD - The semi hollow at GC is awesome and is just over what the SR870 is new! I need to spend some time with one if I can find something locally and see how the neck radius and overall feel suits me (I assume that the neck radius is similar across the various models) Thanks all for your replies, generally positive and it appears that the electronics in these are reliable. That's good to know! A bass player I know has an SR series that he gave positive reviews on as well when I talked with him yesterday.the search is on. This will NOT cure my GAS for a Jetglo 4003 but that's another story.
Here is a 2015 SR 1400T, vintage natural flat. I picked it out of Killed By Death's post. The perfect marriage of bubinga and wenge.
It's like if Life and Death got married, this is what their child's neck would look like: And the frets.Aaahhhhhh, the frets. It was for sale as used, but it looks like a Scratch 'n Dent situation. Except for about five minutes of minor buckle rash, and the obligatory dent on the upper bass horn, right under the player's nose, everything looks mostly unused. It has the cheesy gig bag, the case candy including the tool and the warranty card with the correct serial number on it, something I don't expect from GC. If I could photo better, you would be able to see some fabulous fretwork! 'I served time on the floor at Guitar Center. And I lived to tell about it.'
That's fine, I like to get it out of the way early on! This one cost $886, shipped to my doorstep in two or three days. I tested the truss rod and it needed just an eighth to a quarter turn from slack to get almost dead straight. The action was fine but I adjusted it down to about 5-6/64's at the 17th fret. Nut was fine, no need for power tools! Seven pounds 13.4 ounces, good balance.
Neck-throughs can sound overly compressed and tame at first, and I find that getting a strong primary signal with the pickups very close to the strings helps give the neck-through a little of the bloom that some users miss. I adjusted the pickups on this one to about 6/64's on the bass side to get a little more edge in the attack. As to the height on the treble side, I may have forgotten to measure, but I would usually get the bass side just short of warble, then balance the treble with the bass. If there is no warble on the treble side, I am done. The magnets in the Big Singles are really strong, so you will get some wicked warble when you are too close.. I like the modern tone in the center position, and the favored or soloed neck pickup.
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It will take me a while to get it dialed in, but they strike me as the jazz-bass-on-steroids type sound that does well in louder bands. The neck pickup tones have that thick, throaty, jazz bass type voice that does so well in so many different settings. The EQ works well, but I haven't really worked on the passive setting yet. I'm pretty happy with them, as I find plenty of useable tones in there, but they may not replace Bartolinis as my favorite pickup.