1984 Ibanez Japan RB824 Roadstar II Bass (Fire Red)

1984 Ibanez Japan RB824 Roadstar II Bass (Fire Red)One of the "Deluxe" models from the Roadstar II series, the RB824 is one of the beefier offerings from the 1984 Ibanez catalog. Built with a double cutaway basswood body with arched top bolted to a maple neck with a 24 fret rosewood fingerboard, it weighs 4. 3kg's. Loaded with a pair of Super J6 passive pickup's, an Accu cast B II bridge with 19mm string spacing, Ibanez "Dead End" strap buttons, it appears all original as pictured. Good vintage

there's some signs of a repair along the neck joint but it's rock solid with no structural issues at all

the Mosrite Avenger is one of those effortlessly cool models that was often replicated by Guyatone and Teisco and was incredibly popular in Japan

Bound basswood body with a maple neck and a 20 fret rosewood fingerboard (39mm nut width

frets have very some light wear but were polished and play smoothly with no issues

These machine heads are significantly higher quality than most Chinese sets and were likely made by Gotoh

mahogany neck (648mm scale length

tone controls)

The finish is shiny and clean and there are no breaks or repairs

This one had the original pickups replaced with an unknown vintage set at some stage (alnico with cloth wires

This one has seen some use over the years as pictured but has a very aesthetic natural relic to it from years of quality use

the RG441 has the rounded-edge body style and swoopy

The frets have plenty of life and the neck is straight with a fully functional truss rod