Ibanez EHB1000: the new headless series is for real!

Is this the same bass that you posted about with that young lady playing a green one..? Or maybe it was a German....playing the bass, not a lady playing a German...anyways, I don’t really care for the tone (the thinner crappy tone they seemingly always start these Ibanez videos with where they try to emphasize the burps was and tightness of the rear pickup turns me off from them), but I thought that it might be a cool bass to have in church when you’re sitting in that right corner up against the drummer and you’re tired of having to keep the headstock from crashing into the cymbals.....

 

No doubt, and I don’t mean to knock the bass really.....I’ve had some great Ibanez Basses for church gigs I used to have...I’m just in a really weird, slightly snobbish tonal place right now...please don’t mind me..!

 

Cool i haven't seen someone play or review the base base model yet. Thanks cheese!

I wish they did it in black tho. I dont care for the arctic white, but I have no need for a 5er.

 

I played one of the higher end models with the Nordstrand pickups at NAMM this year. I really like how it plays and feels. Definitely not “thin” at all. Quite the opposite actually but I hear a lot about QC issues especially over at the Ibanez headless thread.

 

Been gassing pretty hard for the EBH1505MS in Pacific Blue Burst for some time now. I might press the button in a few months when I've paid off my zZounds account, or should I be able to sell my SRH505F that I've owned since late September, but not getting any bites on that sucker locally. >.< Not really too keen on trying to sell it via the interwebz and having to ship.

 

I have the 1505MS (tropical seafloor). I absolutely love it. Great tone, compact size, and unbelievably light.

And for what it's worth I think it's an exaggeration to say there have been "a lot" of qc issues. A handful of people post about problems and that gets blown out of proportion.

 

I haven't tried this personally, but other TB'ers are reporting a good experience ... check out this thread for much cheaper, fully insured, shipping options:
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I bought an EHB1500, and sent it back. The neck is quite wide and VERY flat, like 19" radius. I'm not sure who this was designed for. The tuners are little stiff to turn as well. But overall I liked the bass. If not for the neck dimensions, I'd have kept it.

 

Ordered an EHB1005MS in early March. Still waiting for it.

 

Thanks for the demo Dr C! I'm definitely going to try one out.

You know, between the blue mask & the blue shirt, the first thing I thought was "Sub Zero Wins!"




GT

 

Wish my GC..had some..to try.. They have nothing but Cheapo 's on the wall.. And about 10 basses..total on wall.. Very depressing!!! Right now!! At my GC

 

Thanks for the feedback!

I almost got one of these but couldn't get over the headless situation. Ended up finally picking up a SR2405W.