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Home · Search · Member List · Register   Home » Bass Guitar Reviews   · Next Product » Ibanez BTB405QM Reviews Views Date of last review 22 23535 Wed September 30, 2009 Recommended By Average Price Average Rating 77% of reviewers $570.45 8.4 supersize supersize supersize Have TalkBass search for prices on a Ibanez BTB405QM Description: Wide 5 string, basswood body, quilt maple top, maple/walnut neck, rosewood fingerboard, matching headstock, trans blueberry finish, brushed chrome hardware, monorail II bridge Author SlavaF Registered User Registered: July 2002 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 1878 Review Date: Sat March 13, 2004 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $700.00 | Rating: 10    Pros: tight B string, great look, great sound, feels good, very powerful EQ, looks expensive! Cons: heavy! Pickups could probably be better This is truly an AMAZING bass! I love pretty much everything about it, except for its weight... it has a huge body and wide neck, so it\'s a beast to play for long periods of time. But I can\'t reccomend it enough! Awesome sound and look, tight B, great EQ. Get a wide padded strap for this thing! Every time I look at it I can\'t help but play it. I think it\'s the best bass for the money - $700 Canadian. ------------------------------ We are Motorhezbollah, we play rock n' roll! The Great Offenders The Red Limit salsabajo Registered User Registered: November 2003 Location: Twin Cities, MN, USA Posts: 8 Review Date: Thu March 25, 2004 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7    Pros: wood, neck geometry Cons: stock pickups, soft finish Excellent bass for the money, impressive to look at. The stock pickups and EQ offer respectable sound variability - HOWEVER - it sounds rather stale. I just loaded Barts and an Aguilar OBP-3 and now it really sings. Surgeon Registered User Registered: March 2003 Location: The Communist State of Vermont Posts: 175 Review Date: Fri April 23, 2004 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $675.00 | Rating: 9    Pros: Sound variability, durability, wide string spacing Cons: Heavy, a bit pricey A big, bold looking, bassists bass. After much research, and playing everything the local shop had to offer I decided on the BTB 405. I have never been sorry. Great looks, good sound, strings never more than a microtweak out of tune, able to dial in different sounds. I love playing this bass--and couldn\'t ask anymore than that. It is heavy and large, but for a big fat guy like me that\'s not a problem! ------------------------------ Nothing heals like hot lights and cold steel! Anonymous Review Date: Wed May 12, 2004 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9    Pros: B string growls! ... awesome color... active EQ... individual string saddles Cons: little heavy, no active pickups i love this thing, i used to have a Warwick thumb bass so i was used to the heaviness. i also don\'t have as much finger stress with this ibanez. warwick necks for 5 strings are like tree trunks... i am going to get some active pickups to throw in here since i paid $300 only... i bought it used at a musicainas flea market and it is the greatest. bass_man86 Registered User Registered: April 2002 Location: Las Vegas Nevada Posts: 302 Review Date: Mon June 7, 2004 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $442.00 | Rating: 10    Pros: Fat, chunky, way long neck, Great tonal palette. Cons: None that I have seen. Awsome bass. Best bass to come out of the Ibanez stable since the Musician. IMO it\'s not anemic at all, and if it sounds good stock, I can only imagine the sounds that it would get with a set of Bartolini pups. I was tempted to save my pennies for the 1005, but at $442 I will gladly pay for the upgrade in due course. Not for the faint hearted though; that 35\" scale rules!!! ------------------------------ Big M In Flames Registered User Registered: December 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 127 Review Date: Fri June 11, 2004 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $350.00 | Rating: 9    Pros: Love the string space, wide neck, great tone, great feel Cons: For the price paid there aren\'t many Just got the bass from a TB user. Not perfect condidtion... but good enough. I really enjoy playing this beast. I recommend it to anyone! ------------------------------ Ibanez BTB405QM Spector NS2000 Q4 Avatar 2x10 Cab QSC RMX 1450 Power Amp BBE BMAX Pre Amp Anonymous Review Date: Mon June 14, 2004 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0    Pros: equalizer,price,weight Cons: neck,uncomfortable design I \'d say that it is the best at this price.it\'s eq offers a big variety of sound(classic ibanez sound)+it\'s not so heavy(i had a washburn!) + enough spacing between the strings(good slap ability)so i really like that.although i have this instrument for a year now and i cant seem to get used to its neck.i think the fretboard should been a little more curved and the body not so huge.anyway it is the best solution for sm who doesnt want to spend much!! luisnovelo Registered User Registered: April 2001 Location: Guadalajara, México Posts: 1252 Review Date: Sun October 31, 2004 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $670.00 | Rating: 9    Pros: Versatile (soundwise), confortable and stable neck, good looking, tight and clear on the low B. Cons: A bit heavy, not very responsive for tapping (in my case) I waited years before getting a first 5 string bass till I came across the BTB405.. Most fivers I had played made my hands felt like trapped due to minnimum string spacing, but the wide spacing on this bass makes it very easy to get used to five strings when switching from four.. Also makes it great for slapping. The vari-mid eq is addictive! It helps pumping up the frequencies that give a certain technique or style their characteristic tone and take out most of the sounds the bass itself can provide without messing with a graphic eq. The 35 scale makes that low B sound imponent. There is something about the pickups, or woods, or maybe it\'s just mine, but it doesn\'t have such a responsive sound for tapping compared to many other basses I´ve played. Still I\'m very happy with it and I\' would hardly find such a great bass for that money. ------------------------------ Luis Novelo Anonymous Review Date: Mon February 7, 2005 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0    Pros: almost everything Cons: knobs and bridge finish get kinda nasty easily Bought it at a steal and it became my main bass OVER NIGHT!!! It\'s big and wide and so is the tone. I play in four local bands playing everything from country and rock to soul and funk. The EQ section makes tone shaping a DREAM. I NEVER tweak my amp on stage and if i\'m in a situation where the monitors can handle it I just run through a nice DI. NOT for people with a bad back but I love the beefy feel and the extra room to dig in thanks to the wide string spacing. You will NOT be sorry!!!!! Anonymous Review Date: Mon February 28, 2005 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0    Pros: Great looks and sounds Cons: A lot of fret buzz on the b string, heavy I own the six string version of this, and it is a wonderful piece of kit. I have active pickups of some kind on mine, so it has great tones. It is a truly professional looking instrument and I\'m surprised that it is as cheap as it is. However, for some reason the b string has a lot of fret buzz, which to some extent spoils it. Overall, a fantastic bass marred by fret buzz, but the pros easily outweigh the cons, and it is highly recommended. Anonymous Review Date: Tue April 12, 2005 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0    Pros: Cons: I haven\'t played it, so I can\'t honestly comment on that, but I couldn\'t help but notice, it looks remarkably similar to an MTD. And the SR series looks remarkably like a Fodera. jaspertomas Registered User Registered: September 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 27 Review Date: Fri April 15, 2005 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8    Pros: vari mid pre-amp, wide string spacing Cons: heavy I bought this bass a week ago. It has great action: very low and no fretbuzz. The guy I bought it from, bought it new three years ago. The bass still looks like new. It has a beautiful quilted maple finish, a three piece neck, well just all the features like all the other BTB405\'s. BTW, it\'s (dark) blue. The bass can produce a lot of sounds. I\'m used to my OLP stingray (passive), so the two pick-up configuration is a new think for me (well, I had a squier p-special, but it only sounded ok with both pickup volumes open) And off course the active pre-amp is real cool. It\'s just an equalizer, but the vari-mid knob can radically chance your sound: from boomy low\'s to \'clicky\' high. I play rock, funk (I slap a lot) and a bit of pop (whatever that may be). My OLP has a better slap sound IMO, but maybe that\'s because it has brand new strings on it and the BTB has got relatively old ones. But fingerstyle sounds better on the BTB, from warm low sounds, to funky high\'s in the bridge position. Overall a very cool bass SeismicRumble Registered User Registered: August 2005 Review Date: Sun August 21, 2005 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7    Pros: Sound quality beyond belief Cons: bad electronics, until you get new ones I bought a BTB406 (6-string version), besides feeling like a boat oar, it plays terrific and is totally comfortable. However, the regular Ibanez electronics are CRAP!!! I had to get EMG pickups/EQ put in mine. But the quality of sound is unmatched. Anonymous Review Date: Sun September 4, 2005 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0    Pros: price, look, weight, 35\'\' scale :D comfortability Cons: pickups, finsh, but doesnt really matter Yes, this bass has a good weight. I have an 406, and i had a Cort Artisan A6 ,that it was very heavier. So a 4string spector is heavier that mine. I have changed the pkups for a EMG and i have now a super bass. I am waiting until i have money to buy a BTB 1206E, because i want a warmer tone and a better string sensibility. 406 is good for its price, has a modern sound and his feeling is great. 9 points to this bass!! miggityjiggity Registered User Registered: July 2004 Location: Batavia, NY Review Date: Mon February 6, 2006 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8    Pros: EQ, playability, slap sound, Cons: excessive fret buzz, I have owned this bass for a year and it is a great bass, many of my friends tell me it sounds like a piano, i am currently working on getting rid of excessive fret buzz and am upgrading the electronics. great bass as long as you are able to put a little work into it. Page:  1 · 2 Powered by: ReviewPost PHP vB3 Enhanced Copyright 2006 All Enthusiast, Inc.