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Basvarken
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Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 22, 2008, 02:44:06 PM »
I think I kinda like these new retro Ibanez basses:
A strange hybrid of MusicMan, Gibson and Italia...
Sunburst:
Zwart
Close up:
Specifications:
neck type
3pc JTKB neck
body
Mahogany body
frets
Medium frets
bridge
JTB10 bridge (19mm string spacing)
neck pu
ACHB-2 neck pu
bridge pu
ACHB-2 bridge pu
string
Elixir® string
Controls:
Any of you guys ever played one of those?
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Barklessdog
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 22, 2008, 02:48:40 PM »
I like everything but the monster bridgeplate
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OldManC
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 22, 2008, 07:20:48 PM »
Quote from: Barklessdog on January 22, 2008, 02:48:40 PM
I like everything but the monster bridgeplate
My thoughts as well.
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Dave W
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 22, 2008, 07:29:47 PM »
Has a Jag/Jazzmaster vibe as well. Doubt if it's anything I'd put on my shopping list, but at least Ibanez is doing something different.
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SKATE RAT
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 22, 2008, 08:12:41 PM »
this was also on TB and just like here everyone likes it except that silly looking bridge.my self included.
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gweimer
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 22, 2008, 08:46:16 PM »
I don't mind the bridge plate so much. These are the first Ibanez I've seen in a while that appeal to me. I've never been a big fan of them. And I'd probably swap out the pickups pretty quick.
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godofthunder
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 24, 2008, 05:20:10 PM »
The bridge plate is a bit to Traben but on the whole I like the bass. What are they going for ?
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Dave W
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 24, 2008, 06:38:39 PM »
I don't know, but I see there's a Jet King guitar that's been out a while and it's $400 list, $300 street at zZounds. It also has a big bridge plate.
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Max Soren
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 25, 2008, 10:33:51 AM »
I have mixed feelings about it. I kind of like it, but on the other hand, it reminds me too much of problematic Teisco which was my first bass. Of course, I know it's supposed to just look like a cheap 60's bass, not actually play like one.
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Basvarken
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 25, 2008, 01:48:48 PM »
A guy on a Dutch Bass forum checked one out the other day.
He said it's horrible quality:
- there was a gap from 1 to 2 mm between fretboard and neck.
- wobbly pick guard
- brittle finish. if you scrape with your fingernails it chips right off.
- one of the machine head wouldn't stay in tune. It kept dropping from E to almost D.
- dull strings (straight out of the box from the factory).
- noisy pots
- bridge isn't straight
Haven't seen it in real life myself, but according to the above story I would say a No Go.
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Dave W
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 25, 2008, 11:14:40 PM »
Have they borrowed Gibson's quality control department?
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Chris P.
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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January 31, 2008, 11:41:25 AM »
I like the double pickguard.
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rockinrayduke
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Re: Ibanez Retro Jet King Bass
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February 02, 2008, 01:23:40 PM »
Is there more to that headstock or is the pic just cut off there?
I was thinking how much better it would look without all that pickguard on there.
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