“Designed to handle virtually any style of music you throw at it”: How Ibanez pioneered the high-performance workhorse bass guitar with the SR series – and made low-end more accessible than ever before

Ibanez SR300
(Image credit: Ibanez)

The Ibanez brand name carries a lot of water for its work in developing the high-performance electric guitar as we know it: super-versatile, playability off the charts, and available for all budgets. But maybe it is time we talked about Ibanez and the high-performance bass guitar, because it is doing similar work, albeit an octave down.

Models such as the “jack of all trades” Ibanez SR300 and the entry-level GIO Series GSR200 are making the art of bass playing more accessible than ever before.

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