For Sale: Ibanez Mezzo SRMD200 Medium scale (32 inch) bass with massive upgrades!

fretmeister

I am aware this might be an easier sale if I put it back to stock and then sold the upgrades separately, but let's see what happens...

It's an Ibanez Mezzo SRMD200 (New price £250)

With an EMG PJ-X set of pickups ( £150)

With an ABC-X Active balance control ( £79)

And the BTC 2 band stacked eq system (£105)

Pickachu Sticker to cover the empty hole (£0.05p)

This was a bit of lockdown fun, taking a brilliant modestly priced bass and turning it into a real beast. The only weak point on the Mezzo basses is the electronics so I went really high end.

It plays beautifully, sounds amazing (the X series pickups are much nicer than the regular EMG sets - particularly noticeable on the Precision pickup), the 2 band EQ is very sensible and useable, and the ABCX removes any insertion loss issues that a passive balance control can cause. The pickups are set really high for max output at the moment and as they are EMG's there is no string pull. If you wanted them lowered then some of the foam underneath would need to be removed - it's already compressed to the max.

So there's about £585 in this lovely bass.

There's no marks on it that I can see. The Green is actually far nicer in real life but it's a bit of a sod to photograph. I'll try some outside later on if the weather is nice. It is brighter in person.

It is currently strung with a set of D'addario Nickels, but I've had great success with Dunlop flats too.

It weighs approx 8lb. That nice low weight combined with the 32 inch scale is very easy to play.

I'm looking for £425 collected from Northants.

They don't come with bag or case so I do not want to post it. Not looking for any trades as I'm raising money for something else that is even lighter in weight.

ta

4114Effects

If it comes to it and you part it out I'd be inetrested in the pickups and electrics. Cheers :-)

fretmeister

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Price drop to £400

AJS

are there any pictures of this

fretmeister

@AJS I've redone the links in the first post.

Facebook has a habit of changing photo addresses.

bermudianbrit

tempted by this as I would like a starter bass that doesn't suck . I don't know much about those pickups but what styles would you say they cover?

fretmeister

@bermudianbrit ;

All.

That's the best bit about EMGs. They provide a really clear signal that can be used for everything. It's true that EMG guitar pickups have a reputation for metal but that doesn't really apply to bass. Amp and string choice is generally more important for us low enders.

Loads of pros use them. Bobby Vega even put a set in his 1960s fender jazz! I'm sure the purists were appalled!  

AJS

Is this now sold as the pictures seem to have gone?

Is it a five string ?

fretmeister

@AJS It's facebook moving the picture locations. Most annoying

It#'s a 4 string.

fretmeister

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fretmeister

Stupid flikr

DLM

Yeah, Flickr is a massive pain in the arse to post to forums from, so I refuse to pay for it. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52472300829_7f017125cb_b.jpg

DLM

Cute little bass. Once again: "Yeah but Brexit". FFS. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52472023651_698b9ac7c1_b.jpg

DLM

fretmeister said:

@AJS It's facebook moving the picture locations. Most annoying

It#'s a 4 string.

Hilariously, the FB pics weren't working for me yesterday but have now showed up after I posted fixed links for the Flickr pics. FFS.