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Nestor wrote:

garyb wrote:similar, but like all wood instruments, highly variable.

the only way to be sure is to play it. short of that, it's a lottery. i'd say that an Ibanez is more likely to be useable than not.

I had an Ibanez P-Bass, long, long ago, and the body was just delicious to play and touch. I have tried several models lately, just for the sake of it, to feel and see how they are, and I was amazed at the feel, particularly, the pleyability of their necks. Fantastic necks, even in their low range, but of course, not electronics or P'us.

I haven't looked at the bass marketplace for a very long time, and I'm impresset (not always in a good way), about the crazy amount of instruments, brands, kinds of P'us, etc., etc., etc., that there are at your disposal. It has become a difficult thing to get an instrument based only on their specifications. I myself, as a player, don't understand the need of so many instruments, other than bussness itself. It is somehow confusing so much stuff that, in fact, are very close to each other somtimes.

Then, the Active choices, particuarly those that give you passive P'us with active EQ, will tell you your bass will play any style of music, from punk to heavy, from jazz to funck, whatever..., so, it seems that today most basses are capable of playing anyghing, but there are more basses than even before.

Don't get me wrong. I would love to have, let say, 4 instruemtns in all, and with that I would be happy for life, but choices are mad...

The fact that a piece of wood would change sound in regard to another piece of wood it is something that I have also experienced. And also, the fact than an aged instrument, if it is a good one, may be better sounding than a new one exactly the same, becuase wood waves change due to the influence of constant vibrations bettering its sound. This is curios and wonderful at the same time. It is amazing how sound can shape all these wood molecules.

I don't know how this guy recorded it, but this is pretty much the kind of sound i like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHBn4m5JSIQ

He probably put the thing through some really good amp, don't know, but it sounds so reach, clear, great to my ears.

I come to the conclusion that if this kind of sound is what most like, I don't care about it, and I want it. And if what I like is totally opposed to what most people like, I don't either care. I want something I like, without thinking that other people may or not like. I say so too, because I have fond that many guys says things like: "you are going to impress everybody with this bass", sor of... I don't really care about it, I want the bass to impress me!

Janni wrote:I have two Basses: a Squier Japan Vintage P-Bass and a SR and I love both!
I bought the P-Bass about 1990 and the SR about 1994 and everybody who plays the SR
loves the feeling and the sound...
It's so easy to play but still has a powerfull sound.
Actually I can't look up the exact type because I borrowed it to a friend...

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Cochise wrote:I have an SR405-JB here...
Someone replaced it with the active version and passed it to me years ago.
I replaced original pickups with EMG active (9V driven, at now).


Carefully look at the body, if you go for something anyway cheap; I've seen instruments having boards being not a single piece of wood under the paint; something like the short shoulder part glued to the rest...
The thing looks like a thin, straight line under the paint, front and rear of the board

Of course, this just in case you choose something having paint finish