I have played this bass since 1991. Love the neck being so thin and after so any years it has not warped. Also, barely goes out of tune. I love it. Never seen it in blue. My is the candy apple red. Been an awesome bass and after all my gigs, practicing, and recording I want no other.
I've always wanted one because I have back problems and using a bass that weighs 12 lbs on stage doesn't help so I really want an Ibanez sabre bass because it's so light and it sounds great
I wanted one of these since I first picked it up in a guitar store when I was a teenager but I couldn't afford it tell tell I was older now I cannot find one.
It is a SB 900LE. There were three types. The SB 900 , the SB 1200 (with EMG pick-ups) and the SB1500, with Limeted Editions to the 900 and 1200 (I believe it had to do with colors). SB stands for Sabre Bass, it was the bass version of the Sabre guitar. I have two, a red 900Le and a blue 1200. The're extremely rare and very loved by Ibanez connoisseurs. Can I buy it?
D'Addario strings are my favorite. They seal their strings in those plastic packs so they aren't all corroded when you get them the way almost every string in a "paper packaging" always is. Good strings can still come from paper packaging but if you get up close and look, most of them show signs of corrosion straight outta the pack. Edit: I'll never buy another Ibanez guitar or pedal
Jeez that’s a thin bass. I thought the Aerodyne was thin but this a lot thinner. Good job Dave!! Making guitars with future ski jumps. J/K...I don’t believe that crap either.LOL
BIV bridge tends to puzzle most people..lol..the bottom of the fretboard does look very low to the body..i have SR800LE from the same vintage and the pick ups and pre amp are very quiet
So in one of your videos a while back you recommended a place to get a straight edge for fender, I can’t for the life of me remember what it was. Any help? I have a MIM Fender Strat. Thanks Dave ✌🏻
Liked & tweeted. That is a slick looking base like you said Dave I like the thin curved body & especially like those types of cable jacks that are angled. Wish mine was like that on my 🎸 I'm thinking maybe that bass was never set- up so technically it wasn't gooched because no one touched it since it left the factory. 🤷♂️ You dialed it right in though 👌
True statement. A lot of manufacturers over-complicate things for proprietary/patent reasons. Makes it a pain in the cock for end users to do the eventual repairs.
Dave's World of Fun Stuff I was thinking it would keep hat bottom piece from creeping out of alignment when trying to lower the bridge to the deck to the deck, I was thinking top piece was tapped but I guess then the set screw would have come out the top if lowering it...easier sometimes to figure it out with the work not on a tv
Terrible bridge design. On my Ibanez bass, the wood was cracking around the two front screws and the whole bridge was bent. I filled the huge gap with a piece of wood and replaced the bridge with this one: www.thomann.de/gb/goeldo_hw50b_bass_3d_steg.htm EDIT: at 5:41 you can see the same thing happening, the inner blocks holding the A, D strings are curved forward.
I have played this bass since 1991. Love the neck being so thin and after so any years it has not warped. Also, barely goes out of tune. I love it. Never seen it in blue. My is the candy apple red. Been an awesome bass and after all my gigs, practicing, and recording I want no other.
How much are they worth on the used market? I'm currently looking at one for €800.
Rare bass, you don’t see them very often. Ibanez have been killing it for decades.
I've always wanted one because I have back problems and using a bass that weighs 12 lbs on stage doesn't help so I really want an Ibanez sabre bass because it's so light and it sounds great
Two videos in one day! Dave, you're spoiling me with great content!
Thanks Dave, I have learned a lot and confidence in fixing my guitars!
Spring is teasing us here in Chicago. One day it gorgeous & warm & the next day is under 30 degrees.
Love the S series basses and that colour!
Dave, your vids really take the edge off irritating days🙃
I think Ibanez makes the best bass guitars! That one is a beaut!
Yeah........love that color, great job Dave, as always!
SB900 - have wanted one of these for, like, 25+ years!
Cool. I Have a Candy Red SB900LE, it´s a sweet neck and ibanez sound and finish on this bass it´s amazing.
Nice one :D trying to get my hands on one of those SB900LE here in the UK, it is proving very difficult!
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down awesome.
I wanted one of these since I first picked it up in a guitar store when I was a teenager but I couldn't afford it tell tell I was older now I cannot find one.
I remember those, man I wanted one. My cousin had one. They were very nice. All I could afford was an EX Series.
I enjoy watching you work. I learn a lot. What's your background. Where did you learn your trade? Love the content. Especially the bass stuff.
If memory serves it's part of Ibanez' Saber range. As has been said, very rare now
You are a genius
It is a SB 900LE. There were three types. The SB 900 , the SB 1200 (with EMG pick-ups) and the SB1500, with Limeted Editions to the 900 and 1200 (I believe it had to do with colors). SB stands for Sabre Bass, it was the bass version of the Sabre guitar.
I have two, a red 900Le and a blue 1200. The're extremely rare and very loved by Ibanez connoisseurs.
Can I buy it?
Thanks I have the same bass
D'Addario strings are my favorite. They seal their strings in those plastic packs so they aren't all corroded when you get them the way almost every string in a "paper packaging" always is. Good strings can still come from paper packaging but if you get up close and look, most of them show signs of corrosion straight outta the pack.
Edit: I'll never buy another Ibanez guitar or pedal
Their nickels are great. I find DR's to be better feeling steels, though.
Alex Webster played that bass on cannibal corpses tomb of the mutilated
Thank you
Jeez that’s a thin bass. I thought the Aerodyne was thin but this a lot thinner.
Good job Dave!! Making guitars with future ski jumps. J/K...I don’t believe that crap either.LOL
It's part of the Saber series. The S series of guitars are still being made and are as thin if not thinner than these basses
Bring back the recorder intro!
my favorite color
That bridge means business.
All your bass are belong to us, all your bass, not just some......ALL YOUR BASS!
Is that chicken salad Goo all over that Guitar! You Rock Davey
Blue bass salad with D'Dario zest?
BIV bridge tends to puzzle most people..lol..the bottom of the fretboard does look very low to the body..i have SR800LE from the same vintage and the pick ups and pre amp are very quiet
Those Ibanez bridges are a pain in the ass. Most of the newer accucast bridges are still countersunk, but they are one piece, solving the problem.
So in one of your videos a while back you recommended a place to get a straight edge for fender, I can’t for the life of me remember what it was. Any help? I have a MIM Fender Strat. Thanks Dave ✌🏻
neckcheckguitar.com
That bridge needs longer set screws.
price
You're saying it could be a 3 Dressed up as a 9?
Love my black SB-900, without this vid I would’ve been doing trial and error with the whack-ass bridge.
Liked & tweeted. That is a slick looking base like you said Dave I like the thin curved body & especially like those types of cable jacks that are angled. Wish mine was like that on my 🎸 I'm thinking maybe that bass was never set- up so technically it wasn't gooched because no one touched it since it left the factory. 🤷♂️ You dialed it right in though 👌
Unnecessarily complex bridge - probably just to be different then all the stuff out there. Good vid
True statement. A lot of manufacturers over-complicate things for proprietary/patent reasons. Makes it a pain in the cock for end users to do the eventual repairs.
Kinda reminds of the bridges used on Rickenbacker 4003s. Hipshot found a way around that one and had adjustable saddles enclosed in one unit
Strap in Strap on here we go!
I have to say, this bass sounded better than the chicken salad.
Longer set screws maybe?
Dave's World of Fun Stuff I was thinking it would keep hat bottom piece from creeping out of alignment when trying to lower the bridge to the deck to the deck, I was thinking top piece was tapped but I guess then the set screw would have come out the top if lowering it...easier sometimes to figure it out with the work not on a tv
This is the advantage that bolt ons have over set necks and neck throughs. Their shimibility.
Terrible bridge design. On my Ibanez bass, the wood was cracking around the two front screws and the whole bridge was bent. I filled the huge gap with a piece of wood and replaced the bridge with this one: www.thomann.de/gb/goeldo_hw50b_bass_3d_steg.htm EDIT: at 5:41 you can see the same thing happening, the inner blocks holding the A, D strings are curved forward.
It is a blue model
First a chicken salad vid and now a I Been Beaked vid.
WTF is going on up there Dave?
You, sir have, indeed, been ez'd.
That tail piece is ridiculous. 🤪
@MomoTheBellyDancer the ones on my courvette seem to be alright
Ibanez S = Sabre | SB = Sabre Bass. B-)
So they tried to rip off Aria too huh?
Ibanez saber bass 900 one on reverb $300.
Time for your chicken sandwich😜
The body looks really thin...like pancake flat...or maybe it’s my eyes. Weird though.
It is thin; kind of a competitor to the Fender Lyte basses of the late 80s-early 90s.
Accure-ass
That's better, see what you can do once you've eaten a chicken?
AccuCast x AccuAss / JackuCast = JackuAss.
Accucrap or In-Accucast... either is more appropriate.