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Got my new Ibanez SR500 bass on Friday, took it home. I love it, it plays great and sounds totally awesome. And it's totally beautiful. But... it has some finishing flaws:
- There is some thick stain overspill on the fretboard in a few places, including a big lump of it at the end of the neck near the pickups
- Three of the abalone inlays on the fretboard have small voids in them (17th, 21st and 24the frets)
- There is a tiny scratch in the finish up next to the truss rod cover
- The nut is scratched up
- I can't tell exactly what it is, but the edge of the fretboard towards the nut has a weird fuzziness, looks like fuzz stuck in the finish or something.
So, none of this makes the bass unplayable at all, but it does bug me. I'm not sure if I'm being really picky here or not. I didn't expect this thing to be as well made as my Prestige RGA121, but I still wasn't expecting these flaws. If you guys tell me that this is what I can expect from Ibanez at this price and that any given SR500 might have these flaws, then I'll go ahead and keep the bass and just have a tech fix it all when I take it in for a setup, it probably wouldn't be expensive. However, if this is the exception, I think I will send it back for a replacement. I hesitate to post any pics because this may not be the "final" bass!
- There is some thick stain overspill on the fretboard in a few places, including a big lump of it at the end of the neck near the pickups
- Three of the abalone inlays on the fretboard have small voids in them (17th, 21st and 24the frets)
- There is a tiny scratch in the finish up next to the truss rod cover
- The nut is scratched up
- I can't tell exactly what it is, but the edge of the fretboard towards the nut has a weird fuzziness, looks like fuzz stuck in the finish or something.
So, none of this makes the bass unplayable at all, but it does bug me. I'm not sure if I'm being really picky here or not. I didn't expect this thing to be as well made as my Prestige RGA121, but I still wasn't expecting these flaws. If you guys tell me that this is what I can expect from Ibanez at this price and that any given SR500 might have these flaws, then I'll go ahead and keep the bass and just have a tech fix it all when I take it in for a setup, it probably wouldn't be expensive. However, if this is the exception, I think I will send it back for a replacement. I hesitate to post any pics because this may not be the "final" bass!