Ibanez SR300F Fretless Electric Bass

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Contoured for comfortable play, the SR300F offers professional style EQing options and a great tone at a price any musician can love.

Overview

Fast and versatile, the SR300 fretless bass guitar lays down grooves in every style imaginable. Featuring a 3 band style sweeper EQ with a lightweight balanced comfortable contoured body, you have pro features at an entry level price. The extended range travel on the narrow neck is as physically comfortable as it is musically exhilarating. Plus the EXF pickups have equal spacing between pickup to string for balanced output levels. To control your tone, you have a volume and balance knob, style sweeper finger step knob and a treble and bass boost/cut knob.

Specs

Neck: 5 piece Maple/Rosewood neck

Neck Type: SR4

Body: Agathis body

Frets: Fretless

Fingerboard: Ebonol

Inlay: Pearl Dot

Bridge: B100 bridge

Neck Pickup: EXF-4-F

Bridge Pickup: EXF-4-R

EQ: Style Sweeper

Hardware Color: Cosmic Black

Case: Optional

Documents and Manuals

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-669-8262
Web: https://www.ibanez.com/usa/support/

Reviews

(9 ratings)

Submitted July 13, 2010 by a customer from yahoo.com

"Fretless Fun!"

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This bass is a keeper! I will buy a fretted bass in the future. This bass can be very expressive so my playing can only improve with this bass.Before I bought this bass I read many reviews from different music outlets. It rates nines and tens in most categories.

Sound
I absolutely LOVE this bass! I have 25 years of playing experience and have owned Ricks,Hofners, Fenders and Kramers. I will have to put a lot of time into figuring out how to approach the eq question. This bass is so versatile that any tone one can imagine is possible. My amp is a Hartke Kickback 12 which is a perfect amp for this bass. I play jazz but any style is coverable. This bass is capable of extreme lows and highs. It is much better than my American made fretless I had years ago!

Features
Build quality is very good and it looks beautiful. The neck is fast with low action. It would be great if Ibanez built this model in red or blue. Factory set-up is perfect.This bass is not for the lazy-it has astounding capabilities.It requires a serious investment of time to fully check out it's tonal features.It can sing like an upright! Some players might want to use flats for a more mellow personality.Take care of this instrument and it should last a lifetime.

Ease of Use
The controls are intuitive and dynamic. You will have to make love to this bass many times to get the full potential. Cement heads will not like this bass… read more but folks who have a wide pallet of musical taste will love it.

Quality
Compared to basses costing more this is the deal of a lifetime. If you are going to music college and want quality for a great price look no further!The finish is perfect and the bridge is better than most.Qc is excellent and the owner's manual gives you all needed info on intonation and action adjustments. Ibanez seems to be a great company and they do everything right!

Value
It is worth every penny and more!

Manufacturer Support
I have not needed repairs, but my guessis it's first rate. I have always admired the Japanese for their work ethic and this bass, even though it was made in Indonesia ,was designed by Japanese engineers with input from many bassists.

The Wow Factor
It looks great,sounds great and I want to be buried with it!

Musical Background:
Retired active musician

Musical Style:
Jazz,classic rock,blues and western swing

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