Ibanez SR600E-AST

First of all the bad points:
- action was a little high to begin with, but this can be fixed.
- The neck isn’t quite that satin feel, you can still feel some grain of the wood - but this might be a good thing to some.

Positives:
- I had suffered from back and shoulder pain during excessive gigging of my sire v8. I ordered the Ibanez after doing some research and I initially thought something was wrong because the box it came in was so light. After playing for a gig I can safely say, no back or shoulder pain. It is incredibly light when paired with a decent strap
- it packs a punch. Gives a real meaty low end. I had to turn my amp down from where I usually play it at. The controls give good versatility for tone to dial in what you want, from making it pop more to a general meaty warm rock bass.
- looks great. A little different looking to your run of the mill bass. I’ve had quite a few comments on how nice it looks so far

Delivery was as expected and on time and allowed me to play it at a gig. My singers words were “phwoar that sounds meaty”

This is my first bass (I’ve only played guitars before) Overall, nothing to complain about, the sound is good to my ears.

What I like the most is the finish it looks great, even next to my guitar made from the same material that cost around $3000. Of course, you can tell the finish here is a bit simpler and slightly rougher, but it still looks really really nice.

There are quite a lot of knobs 😄 I haven’t really used them much yet. It’s very convenient that it can work in both passive and active modes, so you can still play even if the battery dies. I haven’t seen that option on guitars yet (though I’m sure it exists).