RB800

RB800 Fountain Blue (more images)

The RB800 is a "Deluxe" edition Roadstar II Bass series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 1987. It was produced in Japan by FujiGen.

The RB800 features a double-cutaway basswood body bolted to a maple neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot position marker, side dots and a matching headstock. Components include LO-J "low impednace" precision pickup on the neck position and LO-J "low impednace" jazz pickup on the bridge position with a 2-Band EQ active preamp, an Omni-Adjust bridge with 19mm string spacing, a graphite nut and Ibanez Smooth Tuner BII tuning machines.

The RB800 was only offered in 1987.

Specifications

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Specifications for RB800

Model name: RB800 Year(s) offered: 1987 Sold in: Europe / USA Made in: Japan Price: MSRP: US$:699.00 (1987) Finish(es): Black (BK) / Fountain Blue (FB) / Pearl White (PL) / Pearl Red (PR)
Body Body type: Solid body Body material: Basswood Neck joint: AANJ Bridge: Omni-adjust (19mm string spacing) Knob style: Knurled metal dome Hardware color: Cosmo black	Neck Neck type: D shape Neck material: 3-piece maple Scale length: 864mm / 34" Fingerboard material: Rosewood Fingerboard inlays: Pearl dot and side dots Frets: 24 / medium Nut: Graphite (41mm) Machine heads: Ibanez Smooth Tuner BII	Electronics/ Strings Pickup configuration: PJ Bridge pickup: Ibanez LO-JPLow Impedance Neck pickup: Ibanez LO-P Low Impedance Electronics: 2-Band EQ active Controls: Master volume / Balancer / 2 EQ Battery: 9V String gauge (factory): .045/.065/.085/.105 Factory tuning: 1G,2D,3A,4E (E standard)

About this table

Images

Other finishes

Black

Pearl Red

Pearl White

Additional details

Front (BK finish)

Omni-adjust (bridge)

Sources

• 1987 Series catalog (p.4-5)
• 1987 USA catalog (p.3)