Ibanez SRKP4 with Korg Mini Kaoss Pad 2 Electric Bass Guitar Black

Much in the vein of classic sports car ethos, the SRKP4 is sleek, yet simple. Muscular, yet agile. Turbo charged by the Mini Kaoss Pad 2, this is the perfect vehicle for any level of aptitude, any style of playing, or any musical genre.

The SRKP4 includes a built-in/detachable Mini Kaoss Pad 2 to create an instrument that offers bassists endless opportunities to incorporate the exhilarating effects of EDM into their performance. A Kaoss Pad 2 back panel, positioned just below the bass volume control, is integrated into the body of this SR style bass for quick, secure docking and easy access to the touch pad interface for real-time manipulation. The Mini Kaoss Pad 2 features 100 effect programs, a synthesizer, built-in mp3 player.

The SRKP4 bass features a slim Maple neck, for clear definition, and a Mahogany body for a warm, rich tone. Electronics include a specifically designed IBZ-KP pickup (a high-output, twin-blade Humbucker for low noise operation) and a built-in distortion circuit with its own on/off switch and Tone/Gain controls.

Built-in Distortion
The SRKP4 comes with on-board high-gain distortion, accessible at the flip of a switch. Fire it up with or without the Mini Kaoss Pad 2 in line to get you to that certain sound you're looking for.

Korg Mini Kaoss Pad 2
The SRKP4 comes equipped with Korg's latest Kaoss introduction-the Mini Kaoss Pad 2, loaded with 100 dynamic KAOSS effects.

Headphone Output Jack
Play when and where you want, using the 1/8" stereo headphone jack located next to the main output.

Neck Shape: C Wood: Maple Neck joint: 4-Bolt Scale length: 34 in. Truss rod: Yes Finish: Info not available Pickups Active or passive: Passive Configuration: H Neck: Not applicable Middle: Not applicable Bridge: IBZ-KP Brand: Ibanez Series or parallel: Parallel Active preamp: Not applicable Special electronics: Built-in distortion circuit Fretboard Material: Rosewood Radius: 12 in. Fret size: Medium Number of frets: 22 Inlays: Dot Nut material: Info not available Nut width: 1.625 in. (41.3 mm) Neck width at 12 fret: 0.85 in. (21.5 mm) Body Style: Double cutaway Construction: Solidbody Body wood: Mahogany Top wood: Not applicable Body finish: Satin Orientation: Right handed Controls Control layout: Master volume, dist. tone, dist. gain, dist. ON/OFF, mini kaoss pad ON/bypass Pickup switch: No Coil tap or split: Not appicable Tone switching: No Special switching: Not applicable Hardware Bridge type: Fixed Bridge design: 4-Saddle adjustable Tailpiece: Not applicable Tuning machines: Open-geared Color: Black Other Number of strings: 4 Pickguard: No Special features: Korg Mini Kaoss Pad 2 included Case: Sold separately Accessories: Info not available Country of origin: Japan

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Sorry guys I really jumped the gun on that Review. Iv only really had a chance to get to know it just over the past few weeks. musiciansfriend should stop selling this thing. has way more Cons than Pros lets just leave it at that. I just wanted to apologize.

Stay Away From This OMEN
Ibanez SRKP4 with Korg Mini Kaoss Pad 2 Electric Bass Guitar Black
.The knobs and switches could be better. It is fun to play. People interested in buying the thing should buy it. It's worth it.
Ibanez SRKP4 with Korg Mini Kaoss Pad 2 Electric Bass Guitar Black
.Good action out of the box the only con is the booket teaching how to use the mini kaoss could be much better I learned some on you tube. The younger people in worship band like the distortion sound of the pickup that can be turned on an off
Ibanez SRKP4 with Korg Mini Kaoss Pad 2 Electric Bass Guitar Black
.Tone wise, a lot of options. I expected the kaos pad to be more fully integrated though. Think of it as an add on to you bass signal, not something so much that your bass signal is passed thru. I purchased as the stupid deal of the day for the cost of the pad so great deal. Bass itself is incredibly light and sounds decent. Frets needed to go finished when I got it, and serious neck adjustment.
Ibanez SRKP4 with Korg Mini Kaoss Pad 2 Electric Bass Guitar Black
.I've got other Ibanez guitars, and I love electronic music so this was a no brained for me. You can add samples, drum tracks, or whatever you want to the kaoss pad which makes it pretty versatile. The effects are great, but this is not an effect processor if you are wondering! The effects run only when the pad is being utilized. Overall, I'm stoked about this purchase!
Ibanez SRKP4 with Korg Mini Kaoss Pad 2 Electric Bass Guitar Black
.First impressions: The bass has a good weight and feel. the pickup sounds beefy but there is no dedicated tone control or EQ. The on-board distortion is not so good, rather raspy, but sounds okay through headphones. Also I can see why they put built-in raspy distortion as the effects of the Kaoss on the bass are more interesting and expressive with the distortion. Without it many effects sound so-so.

The Kaoss: As expected, some effects just don't jive with bass guitar. I found the rhythmic stuff like LFO Filter, Slicer and the Looper effects fun and interesting. The Vinyl Stop is cool. The Fuzz effect is nice. Some effects can make it sound like an odd synth patch and good for trippy random noise etc.. The problem of course is playing and touching the Kaoss pad simultaneously. Generally, unless purposely playing sustained notes, you have to find a good spot on the Kaoss screen and put it on hold and play. But you have to practice where to touch or you might get unwanted burble. Some effects can work well just by sustaining a note on the bass and rhythmically tapping the effect on and off.

There are internal factory DJ type grooves on the Kaoss and it's fun to jam along, so you can see the potential of putting a memory card with your own wav files or MP3s in there. I happened to have a 2 Gig Micro SD around and it worked fine. Even successfully downloaded and installed the latest KP2s firmware. One thing I found a bit a bothersome was that both the bass and internal MP3s are effected when using the Kaoss pad seem you can't leave one or the other un-effected. As such, it can be limiting creatively as you might prefer at times to use different effects for the bass then the grooves, or just effect the bass, or just the grooves. I'm thinking it would be best to use an external groove machine into a separate Kaoss Pad, which I already have, and just use the Kaoss on the bass, for the bass.

Maybe attach the iPhone on the bass, merge audio and run the Kaossilator app?
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This bass is so much fun to play. The Pad is great for adding amazing sounds.
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