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Strange Ibanez RS924 in France
Posted: February 21st, 2012, 5:24 am
by Jeroen
...with a rosewood fingerboard!
I have never seen a Roadster with a rosewood fingerboard. Must be a modification?
http://www.zikinf.com/annonces/dispanno ... nce=749356
Re: Strange Ibanez RS924 in France
Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:08 pm
by danomite64
It must be. The smaller dots at the 24th fret look weird, too.
Re: Strange Ibanez RS924 in France
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 5:33 am
by bajito
the fingerboard has been changed by a luthier, instead of the original mapple.
here is the explanation, in French :
http://forum.onlybass.com/index.php?/to ... ster-1979/
that's a nice bass I would have bought in other circontances.
Re: Strange Ibanez RS924 in France
Posted: February 24th, 2012, 2:52 am
by Jeroen
The explanation doesn't make things better: it says the original ebony fingerboard was changed to rosewood. But these things never came with an ebony fingerboard either! The necks were all maple.
Edit: oh, when I follow the link in that post there's a different explanation: the previous owner had the maple board changed to rosewood. So there has never been an ebony fingerboard on this bass.
Man, I love that colour. I like it much better than the sunburst finish on mine.
Posted: February 27th, 2012, 6:23 am
by bajito
You've got the answer now !
And yes, that's a nice bass, maybe a bit heavy.
Re: Strange Ibanez RS924 in France
Posted: February 27th, 2012, 10:02 am
by Jeroen
Yes, Roadsters are very heavy! Mine is the heaviest bass I own.
But it has a great Precision-like feel and sounds amazing, and amazingly versatile.
Re: Strange Ibanez RS924 in France
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 12:39 am
by plop
wow! Very nice find Jeroen!
On my wanted list!!!
With that replaced custom fingerboard I would prefer test driving it.
To bad its a longgg drive to Lion to test it.
The neck is done by a luthier right? It's not a later Ibanez made neck?
Guess Maple would be nicer aswell/anyway.
hmmm......
Re: Strange Ibanez RS924 in France
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 4:46 am
by Jeroen
Another lefty Ibanez thad underwent some drastic surgery...
A Blazer that had its pickguard removed, a second splitcoil pickup installed, and its jack moved from the pickguard to the side of the body to accommodate an extra volume pot. Poor bass
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-Blazer ... 2ebbe2ad3e
Re: Strange Ibanez RS924 in France
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 7:54 am
by bajito
plop wrote:wow! Very nice find Jeroen!
On my wanted list!!!
With that replaced custom fingerboard I would prefer test driving it.
To bad its a longgg drive to Lion to test it.
The neck is done by a luthier right? It's not a later Ibanez made neck?
Guess Maple would be nicer aswell/anyway.
hmmm......
As mentionned, it seems to be just a change of the fretboard. I can ask if you're interested.