Ibanez Thundercat Bass

Good luck actually seeing one unless you order it. The same is true about all of the Ibáñez Custom Shop models.

 

Probably a lot more rare than that.

 

I played one at NAMM last year, it was the heaviest bass I've ever picked up, and I've held a double-neck Alembic.

 

I'm not surprised the Ibanez is heavier than one might expect; big archtop hollowbody basses almost always have thick bent laminated tops rather than solid wood carved tops, and these are always heftier than their hollowness might suggest.

But heavier than an Alembic doubleneck, seriously?!?!

 

There was one listed on Thomann at 13.7 pounds, maybe I exaggerated comparing it to the Alembic doubleneck, but when I picked it up I almost dropped it because it was much heavier than I expected from a hollowbody, it felt like the heaviest bass I had ever picked up. Don't get me wrong, it's a super cool bass, and I would love to have one.

 

thats a lot of money for a bass that looks like it might sound like this: "Boo booo boo boo boooo boo boo" ...j/k

 

I admit I haven't played one, but it sure looks heavy, and cumbersome. Either Thundercat himself is a dwarf, or that bass is HUGE.

 

But he's a monster bass player!

 

Weighs +/- 1000 lbs.

 

Who apparently doesn't mind heavy basses

 

No, it's a Thundercat, it will sound like this: "Bow chika bip bow bloopy-dit bap, bip, BOWWWW"