Ibanez EHB1505MS BIF

Ibanez's futuristic-looking new EHB series comes with many atypical innovations, but the priority in its development was definitely maximum playing comfort. These basses are therefore indispensable for long practice Sessions as well as for demanding gigs, where the specially shaped and bevelled body at the back ensures that the bass maintains the same playing position when sitting or standing.

The instrument's chambered body is made of select African mahogany with an attractively figured poplar top, while maintaining excellent balance and, thanks to the rounded edges, excellent ergonomics. A neck made from a combination of nine pieces of walnut and panga panga wood is attached to the body with five screws, and is reinforced with graphite bracing. The fingerboard is also made of panga panga wood with a binding. The fingerboard is also a multiscale type, which thanks to the bevelled frets offers a variable menzatura from 838 to 889 millimetres. This system has many advantages, but the most important is the significant improvement in playing comfort, allowing a more natural movement of the hand on the fingerboard.

The instrument is fitted with two Nordstrand Custom Big Split passive pickups, the sound from these can be controlled by the Volume, Balance potentiometer and an active three-band Vari-Mid EQ, complete with a midrange switch as well as an EQ Bypass switch. This combination of pickups and other electronics makes it completely seamless to get a large number of sound settings while maintaining perfect tone color and dynamics. The strings are anchored in an MR5HS type headstock with a string spacing of 18 millimetres, which however offers individual pitch adjustment within a range of +/- 1.5 millimetres.

The bass comes from the Ibanez Workshop model series, which is associated with various typical features and innovations. Connoisseurs will be delighted by the luminescent markings on the side of the fingerboard, the lockable Neutrik jack output, strap grips with Schaller S-Locks, the extra-deep cutaway for comfortable playing even in the highest positions or the removable fingerrest. Although this is a headless bass, there's no need to worry about changing strings, strung with a perfectly standard and high quality D'Addario EXL165 set. A soft case is also included.