Ibanez Ergonomic Headless Bass (EHB) club

[Nuage420]

Did you keep the stock preamp too? I think it's fine but then again I know nothing about preamps.

No I kept the vol/blend from the stock wiring and replaced the stock pre with darkglass tone capsule.

 

[Nuage420]

I will say, this time around I can appreciate the parametric mid on this bass much more. My understanding of EQ and tone sculpting has increased over the past few years and I am better able to use this" tool"

 

[Nuage420]

@Herrick the stock preamp is a great unit and doesn't NEED to be swapped out. But, there's amazing after market preamps that are dang amazing and you might want different EQ points to control or maybe a 4 band. In my case I want a 4 band so it'll get swapped out but it's a preference. The John East Uni Pre was the other preamp unused before the tone capsule, I still have it and it might find it's way into this one if I don't go with the Noll TCMX 4 band.

 

[Scarysharkface]

I will say, this time around I can appreciate the parametric mid on this bass much more. My understanding of EQ and tone sculpting has increased over the past few years and I am better able to use this" tool"

I love the sweepable mid control.

John

 

[sunbeast]

I am very impressed with the Nordstrands in my EHB1506MS. I had been wanting an aggressive 70s active Jazz around and to me this thing does that well enough that I don’t feel the need for an actual J anymore

 

[Herrick]

@Herrick the stock preamp is a great unit and doesn't NEED to be swapped out. But, there's amazing after market preamps that are dang amazing and you might want different EQ points to control or maybe a 4 band. In my case I want a 4 band so it'll get swapped out but it's a preference. The John East Uni Pre was the other preamp unused before the tone capsule, I still have it and it might find it's way into this one if I don't go with the Noll TCMX 4 band.

That's cool. It's always good to have options.

 

[Joe Smithberger]

I went the other way and installed a Glockenklang (2 band) with the Barts on my 1265ms. I generally dislike any kind of stacked pots.

 

[evs]

Picked up this bass from the classifieds here about a year ago (EHB1505), and decided to give it a crazy new paint job. I used magic marble paints, and a 2k spray can clear coat. Sprayed the Nordstrand covers gold, and picked up some custom dragon eye knobs off reverb, along with some new block sticker inlays, and an Ibanez decal....

Nice!
Where did you get the Ibanez decal?

 

[BasseroDE]

I joined the club yesterday with a used EHB1005SMS. New to me as it's my 1st multi scale and I am normally used to my 34"/35" basses. I also choose the EHB1005SMS BECAUSE of the Bartolini oldschool sound. The sound fits much better to my 60s/70s 10-piece RnB band and my Jazztrio than the rather agressive Northstrands.

And yes, I know the forum policy:
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Nice - I don´t think the Nordstrand ZenBlades are aggressive - maybe we will meet on the next Bassic meeting in Cologne then you could try out this one:

 

[Nuage420]

Nice - I don´t think the Nordstrand ZenBlades are aggressive - maybe we will meet on the next Bassic meeting in Cologne then you could try out this one:

I have zens in another bass and they're definitely not as rowdy as a big single or big split.

 

[GrooveCaptain]

Nice!
Where did you get the Ibanez decal?

The decal I think was from eBay. Was great, you could pick whatever size and color you wanted it to be. The guy custom prints them. I think there was like 20 color choices.

 

[GrooveCaptain]

Dude yes!!! Freaking bad ass!

Haha thanks!

 

[Nuage420]

The decal I think was from eBay. Was great, you could pick whatever size and color you wanted it to be. The guy custom prints them. I think there was like 20 color choices.

Could you link him? I'm gonna need one

 

[GrooveCaptain]

Could you link him? I'm gonna need one

Here's the link to his eBay page....

fivealarmguitars on eBay

 

[Nuage420]

Here's the link to his eBay page....

fivealarmguitars on eBay

Thanks!

Decals

I'll go direct to him so he doesn't have to give flea bay a cut

 

[TheBass]

Nice - I don´t think the Nordstrand ZenBlades are aggressive - maybe we will meet on the next Bassic meeting in Cologne then you could try out this one:

I've also played the EHB1505MS with Nordstrands at the MusicStore but still prefer the old school sound of the Bartolinis. May be it's because I mainly play Jazz and 60/70/80 tunes and am not so much in favour of metal or distorted sounds. But it's also the short/mid scale of the EHB1005SMS attracting me, making some left hand spreads possible, which I am not able to play on a long scale bass.

 

[chrortiz]

where do I go to join this club? I have an EHB1005ms. Loving it!

 

[Nuage420]

I'm really really enjoying the BH2s... They're not identical but not far from my USA Bart's in my MTD.

 

[Nuage420]

As we all know the Ibanez "gig bag" is subpar. Before I have used the gator transit in electric guitar size and the fit was good and snug . Sometimes I had to remove the extra pad at the head. This time I tried out this rigid soft shell and I'm super pleased. There's videos of people driving vehicles over guitars in this case and coming out unscathed.
The only fix I needed was the big gap at the head so I borrowed the pads from my transit bag and all is well. I am going to email gator and see if they have a or might come out with a head side pad.
Over all I love this bag and if I ever need a bad for my full size basses I'll be ordering another one.

For us headless heathens this is the link for the one we would need.
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[Nuage420]

Anyone have a set of BH2s they'll sell me?