Ibanez SR300EDX 4-String Electric Bass Guitar – Black Ice Frozen Matte
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With its fast SR neck and three-mode Power Tap switch, this bass goes from single-coil snap to full humbucker warmth — one instrument, a whole setlist of tones.
Ibanez SR300EDX 4-String Bass – Black Ice Frozen Matte
The famously fast SR neck, powerful PowerSpan pickups, and a three-mode tone switch — wrapped in a stealthy matte finish that looks as serious as it sounds.
Who This Is For
The SR line has been the modern player's bass since 1987, and the SR300EDX is where that formula becomes genuinely affordable without feeling like a compromise. If you want a bass that moves fast under your hands — a slim SR4 neck, a lightweight, comfort-contoured Nyatoh body, and 24 frets of room to roam — this is built for you. It suits first-serious-bass buyers stepping up from a starter instrument, gigging players who need one bass to cover multiple genres, and guitarists adding bass to their toolkit who will appreciate the quick, low-effort feel. The onboard 3-band EQ and Power Tap switch mean you can go from warm and fat to punchy and articulate without touching your amp, which makes it just as useful in a church mix or a metal band as it is in a bedroom studio.
Key Highlights
- Fast, slim SR4 5-piece maple and walnut neck built for effortless movement
- Lightweight Nyatoh body with warm, rich mid and low-end character
- PowerSpan Dual Coil pickups deliver strong output, clear highs, and a powerful low end
- Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ for precise onboard tone shaping
- 3-way Power Tap switch: single-coil snap, full humbucker warmth, or both at once
- Accu-cast B500 bridge with saddle spacing adjustable by plus or minus 1.5 mm
- Jatoba fretboard adds rich midrange and crisp high-end articulation
- Head-turning Black Ice Frozen Matte finish with gold hardware
Why You'll Love It
Features
PowerSpan Dual Coil pickups at neck and bridge feed an Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ with a 3-way Power Tap switch. The 34-inch scale, 24 medium frets, and Accu-cast B500 bridge round out a thoroughly modern platform.
Advantages
Three distinct pickup voicings plus active EQ means you dial in tones at the instrument, not the amp. Tap Mode is punchy and articulate, Series Mode is full and warm, and Power Tap combines single-coil clarity with humbucker weight.
Benefits
One bass covers the whole setlist. You spend less time fighting your tone and more time locking in with the drummer — and the slim, fast neck keeps long rehearsals and full-night gigs comfortable.
Great Fit For
- Players stepping up from a starter bass to their first serious instrument
- Gigging bassists who need one bass to cover rock, funk, worship, jazz, and metal
- Fans of fast, slim necks and lightweight, well-balanced bodies
- Recording players who want a range of usable tones straight into the interface
- Anyone drawn to a modern, matte-black look that stands out on stage
Sound and Feel
The character here starts with the wood: Nyatoh brings a warm, mahogany-like richness in the mids and lows, while the Jatoba fretboard tightens things up with a snappy attack and crisp top end. The PowerSpan Dual Coil pickups translate all of it with strong, clear output, and the 3-band EQ lets you carve your place in the mix — boost lows for reggae and worship, push mids for punchy fingerstyle rock, scoop for slap. Feel-wise, this is classic SR: a slim 38 mm nut width, comfortable 12-inch fretboard radius, and a neck profile that makes fast runs and wide position shifts feel easy. It is the kind of bass that seems to get out of your way and let you play.
Specifications
A Note From Spotts
The matte-black-and-gold look gets people to pick this one up, but it is the neck that makes them stay — that fast SR feel has been converting bass players for nearly forty years, and it never gets old watching someone flip the Power Tap switch for the first time and hear three different basses come out of one instrument. If you are weighing this against other basses, or you just want to talk through which tone modes fit the music you play, we would genuinely enjoy that conversation. Text or call 814-371-5666 — low end is kind of our happy place.