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  1. Fulci

    Ibanez BTB Club, Part 2!

    Thank you guys for participating. I freshened up the strings, found my best professional touring cable, rubbed the contacts with industrial alcohol... And it worked. Everything turned out to be not as bad as it seemed at the beginning. Well, the increase in audio details is about 30 percent up...
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    Ibanez BTB Club, Part 2!

    Thanks for the thoughts. I have some nickel-plated strings now (well, I guess it's Ernie Ball Regular Slinky 105-85-70-50) and I understand what you are talking about since I also used this compensation method with steel strings on other basses before (but later I definitely switched to nickel...
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    Ibanez BTB Club, Part 2!

    Thanks for your reply. You know, I was surprised that the catalog top line made for the domestic market at the start of sales was offered with such a nondescript sound. I bought this monster for my collection in Japan and hoped to be free from the need to replace anything. If possible, I would...
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    Ibanez BTB Club, Part 2!

    Hi guys. I have an Ibanez BTB 500 WNF (made in Japan in 1999). Its ash wood is magnificent and it has excellent resonance properties. However, the output sound is rather muddy. I don't know for sure if this is due to the influence of the onboard ( Vari-Mid Hi-Fi 18v) preamp or stock (DFR N4 and...