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Match made in heaven. The first SDGR I bought I thought I'd be disappointed when playing it on my old amp. But they sound great! I didn't need a new amp. I needed a new bass. I have a 5 string also. Great sound, really comfortable neck, it isn't such a stretch with my small hands, and they're affordable enough you can buy more than one and not have too worry about changing your tuning all the time. They're incredibly light compared to others. You have a lot if sound options too. Really happy to have found Sound Gear basses. I don't think I'd buy any other bass. This is a standard SR300 as advertised, not an SR300E.
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The SR300B is a good value for an average active bass. You will have to do some set up on the string height to eliminate the 'ring' from the strings bouncing off of the finger board. It does sound good and has a big punch. Good for beginner to intermediate player, but not a bass that I would record with or play live.
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First off, Ibanez makes the greatest necks in the world (I have owned two), and the SR300 neck is slender, rock solid, fast and precise. If you want a fatass clunky neck, buy something else. The neck is seated in the body tight and seamless, far tighter than the two Fenders I have owned. I kept a pick stuck in the neck slots of of my Fenders in case I had to play something with eights notes and didn't want to wear my fingers out - not so with my Ibanez because of the superb, tight fit. The two humbucker pickups are wonderful. Be sure unplug your bass when not in use and watch your battery because if you go several weeks without changing the 9v battery in the back for the active pickups you will be going "What happened to my volume and punch? Yep. I did that. Controls are master volume and roll pickup blender/selection. Below that are three active tone controls, low-mid-high. I dial in amazing deep and full tone with a Line 6 kick-back amp with a 12". My guitar player loves it. I will always love my Fender and 20 years of hard playing memories I have with it, but my Ibanez SR300 is now my main bass.Read full review
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This guitar sounds great thru a mixing board with a preamp. Not so hot thru just an amp because you gotta turn it up higher to hear it do it's thing. This guitar plays exectionally well. Can't really tell it's a fretless by looking except for very smooth ebanol fretboard. I learned it's an absolute must to set the bridge correctly or else you will get some buzz, otherwise I am totally happy and soundwise so are my piers. It's got a fast neck. I din't like the factory strings but in a few minutes those were gone. I am very happy with this guitar and I am going to shop for another as a back up.
I think this bass would be great for playing Tool, Metallica or maybe Guns 'n Roses and you probably wouldn't even need an overdrive pedal, but for other stuff, I think the pre-amp is too hot. I love the slap setting for slap, but if you play finger style on the slap setting, the g-string is way too weak. It's still weak on the finger setting, but if you roll to the neck pick-up it helps even out the tone across the fretboard. That said, you loose low-end on the finger setting and if you turn the bass-boost knob up, it gets extremely boomy.