I didn't understand it ether.....I just wanted to ask the question without the voting if that is what that is for......My bad......Don't wake up for me......Thanks!
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Why Not Ibanez Bass
- Thread starter Serious
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It's because the Ibanez bass still has to evolve a little more.
I want the HELL outta 2 Ibanez basses:
1. An early 80's Ibanez Musician
2. The hollowbody that @pcake is selling
There, I said it.
1. An early 80's Ibanez Musician
2. The hollowbody that @pcake is selling
There, I said it.
That's a good looking bass.
Funnily enough, I own no Ibanez 5 stringers, but I have 5 6 string Ibanezes. I love the SR necks, and the BTB Volo ones. If an 845V or an older NT SR pops up at the right time, I think I'd snaffle it.
Just my 2¢ Its their perception of being a starter bass brand & not many Major Artist or Players use them, I think their legacy of Copying others has hurt them as not legit and the lack of a recognized model! They just need a Legit Endorser.
They missed the boat with Marcus Miller, He started his own company! With all of the small innovations they produce, they've fail to produce 1 signature model! No one says I need an Ibanez Road star,to complete my stable!
The models with Aguilar pickups seem to be top notch. I think Felipe Andreoli from Angra loves his Ibani!
Some signal processing added as usual, but it sounds slammin!
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I voted "any". Not sure what it means but it's fun to paricipate.
Aside from that, I would say that Ibanez is a pretty popular brand, at least on this particular forum.
Aside from that, I would say that Ibanez is a pretty popular brand, at least on this particular forum.
In what regard exactly?
I really regret selling my Musician, but it went to a really talented 15yo who was thrilled to get it, and my brown RB924 -wonderful neck.
I'm another big fan of Ibanez, the Soundgear line in particular. The spacing and the necks work really well for me. My SR1006 is the most comfortable six string I've played, although I've never tried a true short-scale. The knock I see against them is usually the electronics. Some people don't like the Bartolinis that most of them come with (I like them fine although I'd still like to try something else); some people don't like their preamps (myself included). But that's a personal preference, and there are several options with different electronics packages anyway. My only gripe with my six string is that the pickups are a custom size, so if I wanted to swap, I'd either have to have pickups made up to the right measurements, or rout the openings.
i see a LOT of threads about ibanez basses, so i'm confused. maybe some of the thread titles don't actually say ibanez - they just say something like "NBD - mikro bass" or "I love my GSR100" or "Talman - a Jag Killer?"
right now, on the first page of the basses forum, i see these threads:
'Ibanez Musician Bass Club', 'Ibanez Ergonomic Headless Bass (EHB) club', and 'My impressions of my new Ibanez ehb1005 ms headless 5 string'. on the second page, i found 'Artcore Models', ibanez gets a mention in the 'low end bass manufacturers' thread...
sure, there are more fender threads, but then fender is arguably the most popular brand of bass and have been making them for the longest.
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I do. As I just posted, I regret selling mine. Better than any F I ever had.
True, true. I used to repair electronics incl a lot of MI gear, and I'd often ask why people used what they did. By far the most common answer was X uses this, which creates a feedback loop. For example, I see no reason for an 8x10, but I've had many tell be it's because their fave player uses one.
They are very popular, some of the best basses I have ever heard were Ibanez. But I have never owned one. The old BTB series were great.
