Re: [Worship] Ibanez Vs Yamaha

["Tony Wade" <twade@postnet.com>]

Hi Daniel,

You asked...
>I am soon going to be looking into buying a new bass, and as I
>(unfortunately) don't have enough money to buy an Ernie Ball Stingray, I
>have narrowed it down to two options. Ibanez Soundgear, or a Yamaha.

I don't know what other basses you've played or what kind of bass you have
now. I am extremely happy with my Mexican made Fender Jazz bass. I think my
wife paid around $300 as a Christmas gift a few years ago. I *did* replace
the pickups with some special retro-fit J-bass pickups made by DiMarzio.
(The old pickups hummed more than I liked and I had read a glowing review of
the DiMarzio pickups in Bass Player magazine. I'm very happy with the
DiMarzio pickups (they cost around $100 at the time.)

So, if you haven't already checked out the mid-priced Fender Jazz, I suggest
you do before you go with the Ibanez or Yamaha.

(I played a fretless Yamaha that was on sale at Mars Music a few weeks ago
and
if I had had the $300 to spend I would have snatched it up. I've always been
impressed with Yamaha basses. I think Ibanez SG basses look cool, but I've
always found their tone a little thin for my tastes.)

I've coveted that Stingray myself, but I've noticed that Jon Thatcher of
Delirious has switched to a J-bass recently. Don't know why. Could be any
number of reasons from an endorsement from Fender to the fact that he just
likes the J-bass better.

- Tony
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Tony Wade
St. Louis, Missouri
www.ccoma.net
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