The RS800 is an Roadster series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 1978. It was produced in Japan by the FujiGen factory in Matsumoto. The RS800 features a double-cutaway solid mahogany body with flamed maplet top and back bolted to a rock maple neck with tuned response, a...

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Very rare bass Made in Japan 9.5 in radius 1 5/8 nut width Plays and sounds great! Feel like a vintage P bass.

Oct 23, 2005 · According to my extensive armchair internet research, this bass answers most of the criteria for a 1980 Ibanez Roadster RS800 (it's most distinguishing feature being its unphotographical extreme weight):

The RS-800’s appeal is in its straightforward simplicity. These bass guitars were at the very front of the Ibanez line debuting a new neck technology called the TR Tuned Response. The neck has individually tuned pieces of steel embedded under the fingerboard that are perfectly tuned to the frequency of each string so that every note plays ...

Sep 11, 2011 · I sold my RS-800 about a year ago for £140. It was pretty "roadworn" but still played and sounded great. Just a word of warning about these, the reason I moved it on was because of the neck dive making it uncormfortable to play standing up.

Just in at Tone Chasers Music is this 1979 Ibanez RS800. This bass is in very good condition with the pictured small dings and scratches being the most significant signs of wear.

Apr 17, 2012 · Ibanez also had an MC-800 which was the Musician line version of the RS-800/900. Different construction but the same pickup in that same sweet spot: MC-800 was almost the same as Roland's G-88 with the exception of a headstock (that looks very much like on Aria Pro II RSB-900):

4 days ago · The appeal of the RS-800 is in its straightforward simplicity. The super 4 pickup is specially placed where it delivers a warm bolt tone, without getting muddy or distorted. The TR Tuned Response neck eliminates any dead spots or resonances.

Ultra-minimalist Ibanez Roadster RS800 featuring solid Mahogany body, maple cap neck, Ibanez’ own proprietary hardware made by Gotoh, inlcuding one of the heaviest-mass bridges we’ve seen here in the shop (AcuCast 4 Bridge), Ibanez’ ‘Super 4’ hot single coil pickup (somewhere in between a split P-Bass pickup and J-Bass pickup), Includes non original gig …