Weird Bass from Japan - The B-Bass

[CowHead]

This is a limited model produced by Ikebe Bass Station to celebrate their 10th anniversary.
It has Alder body, 32 inch maple neck, rosewood board and GOTOH hardware.
You can chose from twelve colors. Price is 100,000 Yen.
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Sound Demo

 

[UNICORN BASS]

No, oh no!

 

[Standalone]

Very Japanese.

 

[Oren Hudson]

When you get the first part payed for, do they throw in the rest of the body?

 

[yeelaberbin]

Do they make the same with the others alphabetical letters ?

 

[fretlessguy]

When you get the first part payed for, do they throw in the rest of the body?

Yep, that's 2/3 of a bass, lol.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Very Japanese.

With an English "B"?

 

[Dan B]

No, oh no!

Why not? We have flying Vs already.

 

[Standalone]

With an English "B"?

Weirdly absorbing western culture is without a doubt very Japanese.

 

[Bassbeater]

Marketing catastrophe. Hard pass. Looks well made though. That website is well beyond colorful. I'd like to see their other custom basses.
Thanks for sharing!

 

[Runlikegregg]

I sort of love it

 

[bound'n'blocked]

 

[JKos]

Price is 100,000 Yen.

Which is about $948 currently.

- John

 

[Raw N Low]

I'd rock this bass....

...if I were the host of a Nickelodeon TV show.

 

[Wfrance3]

Can I get a "D" bass and make it whole again?...

 

[Diddywah]

Why not? We have flying Vs already.

Lucky P's dont need to fly then..

 

[Dan Knowlton]

I have no yen for that bass!

 

[whero]

This is a limited model produced by Ikebe Bass Station to celebrate their 10th anniversary.

And yet the watermark in the first picture says "Ikebe Music since 1975". Does this mean these Bad Boys were made in 1985, and 33 years later they still haven't sold any?

 

[40Hz]

Makes perfect sense because...well...Japan!

(BTW - Is it just me, or does that demo sound godawful?)

 

[Standalone]

Makes perfect sense because...well...Japan!

(BTW - Is it just me, or does that demo sound godawful?)

Tone is a matter of choice... but the clacking against the frets.... nope.