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I bought an '86 RB 850 back in '88; I loved the bass, and used it exclusively for a few years, preferring it over my '83 piece of shit p-bass and my '85 Jazz. The first 2 times I recorded in a studio were with this bass.

Later, I bought a new Soundgear 800, thinking it would be even better. It was not. Unfortunately, I sold the RB 850 to a lefty friend who defretted it. A couple of years later, He bought a new fretless Stingray 5, and offered me back the RB 850.

A few years later my friend decided to move up north and sold me his Stingray, so I sold the Ibanez and never saw it again, until a month ago. I had been looking for an RB 850 for a few years without any luck anyway, so I figure why not get my old one and have it refretted?

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Cool that it's returned to you again.

Sweet, I love those with their quirky push-push pots

That's awesome--both that you found it and that it's still in great condition!

That sure is a pretty thing.

Good story, congrats on your reunion. I've been looking for one of those for years (in white too) as well.

Great story of a love lost.... and found again! Hopefully the re-fret isn't
too expensive, and comes out like you remember it!

Awesome. I found my doubleneck bass on Ebay by chance. The good thing is you could replace that neck with a righty
if needed. They come up pretty often.

pete

I hadn't thought about a righty neck. Anyway, I already took it to the shop. I 'll end up paying about $100 more than I wanted to, but I'm okay with that.

Is it a short scale?
Really cool that you found it!

I love it when old friends return home. Glad you got it back in your possession!

No, it's long scale.

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Really cool bass!

That thing looks awesome, the strings on the fretless neck remind me of a pair of tights a friend owns. Awesome that you got it back after all this time!

Me and my bass, February 1990 at the opening of what is now called Tropicana Field (my '78 Jazz is on the stand).

I love this.

pete

Too awesome...

Finally got it done. Now I remember why I liked it so much; it just feels so comfortable and sounds great. I have old strings on it, but they don't sound old, so I guess I'll keep them on for a while. The luthier did a great job. The bass had pearloid dots and a black nut originally; now the nut is white and the dots are abalone.

That looks like it turned out great.

Looks Great! Are those humbuckers, with VVT pots?