The electronics onboard the SR300E deliver a huge palette of bass tone. Ibanez outfitted their SR300E electric bass guitars with an active 3-band preamp that also features a 3-way Power Tap switch. These electronics harness the power of the bass’s PowerSpan Dual Coil neck and bridge pickups, while adding plenty of tone-shifting options. The Power Tap switch changes between humbucking and single-coil performance and a blend of the two to further extend the SR300E’s tonal range.
Ibanez: a brief history
Ibanez began its life in 1908 as the Hoshino Gakki company in Nagoya, Japan. However, the company didn’t get into the guitar business until 1929, when they started importing Salvador Ibanez guitars from Spain. In 1935, Hoshino Gakki began building Spanish acoustic guitars under the “Ibanez Salvador” name, which was later shortened to “Ibanez.” Although Ibanez began manufacturing electric guitars in 1957, the company was relatively unknown in the West until the 1960s, when they started producing guitars based on American designs. By the late 1970s, Ibanez had stopped producing derivative guitars and had begun manufacturing the original designs that the company is now known for. Ibanez is also famous for their effect pedals (most notably the Tube Screamer) and guitar amplifiers.
Tech Specs
- 4
- Right-handed
- Standard SR
- Nyatoh
- Gloss Polyurethane
- Midnight Gray Burst
- 5-Piece Maple/Walnut
- SR4
- Bolt-on
- 12″
- Jatoba
- White Dots
- 24, Medium
- 34″
- 1.496″
- Plastic
- Accu-cassts B120
- Ibanez Machine Heads
- PowerSpan Dual Coil Humbucker
- PowerSpan Dual Coil Humbucker
- 1 x volume, 1 x balancer, 3-band Active EQ, 3-way power tap switch
- .045-.105
- Sold Separately
- SR300EMGB
