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New Ibanez EHB600WNF Headless

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Naviiin said:
That blue is a nice color. If I was in the market for a modern sounding active bass, this'd be intriguing.
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Three colors. Interesting choices on Ibanez' part. They really seem to want to avoid Fender colors.
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How Ibanez organizes their product lines: The lowest model in a product code is the cheapest, the highest is the most expensive. So for the EHB product code, 1000 used to be the cheapest, now the 600 will be. I imagine when the EHB line was first introduced they started with the EHB1000 and EHB1500 with the expectation that they'd be filling in the line with higher and lower models eventually.

Of course this also means it's the lowest spec -- afaict this is the only EHB that has stock Ibanez pickups rather than Barts or Nordies, is the only one without graphite rods in the neck, has a fixed-frequency mid in the EQ, and a few other details. If you're the type who compulsively mod every instrument you buy though, you might prefer that.
 
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At least they fixed the crappy indented output jack issue with this one. $800 seems like a good price with these features. I've never played a headless but this one seems like it has a decent design, good ergonomics?
 
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ardgedee said:
Three colors. Interesting choices on Ibanez' part. They really seem to want to avoid Fender colors.
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How Ibanez organizes their product lines: The lowest model in a product code is the cheapest, the highest is the most expensive. So for the EHB product code, 1000 used to be the cheapest, now the 600 will be. I imagine when the EHB line was first introduced they started with the EHB1000 and EHB1500 with the expectation that they'd be filling in the line with higher and lower models eventually.

Of course this also means it's the lowest spec -- afaict this is the only EHB that has stock Ibanez pickups rather than Barts or Nordies, is the only one without graphite rods in the neck, has a fixed-frequency mid in the EQ, and a few other details. If you're the type who compulsively mod every instrument you buy though, you might prefer that.
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Yeah they seem to be following the modern SR numbering. I wonder what a EHB500 and EHB300 will look like, maybe three piece necks and the simpler Talman Bass preamp?

I'm also guessing this is a direct reaction to the Cort Space lineup. When the EHB launched Ibanez became the go-to if you had around a 1000 bucks to spend on a headless. But then the Cort models came along and offered a nice spec sheet for about 200-300 less.
 
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I had a ehb1500 that i liked very much. Kinda wish i didn't sell it but I don't want a 4 string. The graphite rods in the neck are awesome. The high end Sonudgears use titanium which is more flexible just because of some "resonance" bs
 
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Zoot H Rollo said:
Wow.

But come ON with those Big Singles.

Noisy AF when solod.
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I have no experience with those Nordies, but I vastly prefer humbuckers over single-coils so I too would prefer to see Ibanez use Big Breaks (which I believe is the licensed version of the Big Splits) over the Big Singles in their Nordy-equipped basses.

In a perfect world, Ibanez would bring back the USA Bartolinis they used to use in previous-gen MIJ Prestige models (my SR4600 has the Barts and they are killer).
 
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BassicJazzy said:
What? I have them on my SR1350B. Maybe your ears are more sensitive, but I don't hear any noise when soloing one p'up? Perhaps it somewhere else in your chain, or your amp.
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Nope, inherent single coil noise, especially the Big Singles, drives me crazy.

I have Fralin hum cancelling jazz pups in all my Jazz style basses.

Perhaps you haven't really listened or recorded with them.
 
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