Why Not Ibanez Bass

[Nunovsky]

3 of my 16 basses are Ibanez and I love each one of those. I'd love to get a headless one and a Gary Willis.

 

[SLPimp]

Lots of reasons, few having to do with the quality. I dont like the aesthetic.

why is an Ibanez bass guitar not a very popular bass.....I have 5 out of 30 bass guitars.....I love the sounds......But when I read up on bass players out of the masses only a few play Ibanez......I was just wondering why that is???????They look and sound great to me.......

 

[user362432]

Never owned, never played and - never touched any of them.
They have some pretty experimental colors. But, thet will not attract me. If I have option to block that brand in my life and never seen it, I will do it.

 

[Pings Bass]

Tastes like chicken.

reference is from a classic Portland "kid on the street" TV interview:

 

[retslock]

why is an Ibanez bass guitar not a very popular bass.....I have 5 out of 30 bass guitars.....I love the sounds......But when I read up on bass players out of the masses only a few play Ibanez......I was just wondering why that is???????They look and sound great to me.......

Two of my five are Ibanez plus a very nice AS200 guitar. I have no brand stigma. These instruments are well made and deliver what I want. If I could find one of these in Australia I’d probably make it three.

 

[TNCreature]

Why Not Any?
Why Not Many?

 

[retslock]

Lots of reasons, few having to do with the quality. I dont like the aesthetic.

Can you be more specific. They have made and still make a variety of body shapes. Some I like, some not so much.

 

[SLPimp]

Can you be more specific. They have made and still make a variety of body shapes. Some I like, some not so much.

The standard Soundgear body shape is unappealing to me, and lots of companies use a similar shape. I've played some older SR200s and liked them. Light weight, value for money. I've just been a Fender guy for 20 years, and lately Reverend.

 

[fretone1]

Got 4 Ibby's including an acoustic. Been a fan and loves me some Gary Willis GWB20th which is my favorite player, at least until my G&L L2000 CLF gets here. We'll see if it will become my new favorite.

 

[retslock]

The standard Soundgear body shape is unappealing to me, and lots of companies use a similar shape. I've played some older SR200s and liked them. Light weight, value for money. I've just been a Fender guy for 20 years, and lately Reverend.

Yes, even though I own one, the SR shape is not my favourite. It was a good price and my budget was limited. I’ve been a Fender guy too but for 46 years. My old Precision - I still have it - made me a living for a very long time and it’s the standard that I measure everything else by. Alas, it is a 4 string and 5 is my choice these days. The Deluxe 5 I had wasn’t quite right so I moved it on. My current build project is going to be a Precision style but with narrower string spacing.

 

[Jazz Ad]

At this point there probably are more Ibanez than Fender basses.

 

[Ihaveshingles]

you shouldn’t be allowed to post topics on something you have no clue about....
Or falsely claim is a fact when it isn’t

 

[Thunder Lizard]

I have 3 now, I've owned.. um... 9 total in my life. I have owned one Yamaha RBX way back in the day. No other basses. Next bass.... Ibanez too lol. I'm a confirmed fanboy.

 

[red_rhino]

I think you're way off base.

Agreed. Ibanez gets a lot of love here. I'm not sure how anyone would get the impression that people don't consider them to be serious instruments.

Thanks! You understand what I am trying to say......I want to try one with Aguilar 6 string pickups....I need to know what the pros and cons are about them and not telling me to get a J bass.......Thanks again......

Respectfully, nobody would understand your premise based upon the initial post. If your goal was to find out how these would perform with Aguilar 6 string pickups, then that's what you should have led off with. Would have save everyone a whole lot of confusion and probably yielded more helpful replies.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

why is an Ibanez bass guitar not a very popular bass.....I have 5 out of 30 bass guitars.....I love the sounds......But when I read up on bass players out of the masses only a few play Ibanez......I was just wondering why that is???????They look and sound great to me.......

Back in the 70s I played an Ibby PB clone that truly had earth shattering lows. I thought it was very well made and played well. At the time however, I had a Rick and was playing in Ric-Sound. Sorry, no comparison.

Switched to Fenders when I started recording and really never looked at an Ibanez until about 5 years ago when I was looking for a 5 string. Mostly what I ran into was a boatload of bottom end poorly set up cheap Sound Gear models. Never did get my hands on a “Good” one and bought Warwick.

I’m sure Ibanez sells a lot better made and higher quality basses, because if they were trying to make a living making on just what I played, they’d be camped out under a bridge somewhere.

 

[Peteyboy]

you shouldn’t be allowed to post topics on something you have no clue about....
Or falsely claim is a fact when it isn’t

Well that would eliminate about 25% of TB content.

 

[jd56hawk]

why is an Ibanez bass guitar not a very popular bass.....I have 5 out of 30 bass guitars.....I love the sounds......But when I read up on bass players out of the masses only a few play Ibanez......I was just wondering why that is???????They look and sound great to me.......

Not sure where you are but here in the US they're one of the most popular brands around.
I've always considered them the Starbucks of basses.
Take a look on Facebook, too.
Ibanez this, Ibanez that.
Not much different than all the Sire talk.
Certainly you've noticed all the Ibanez Talman posts here, right?

 

[Watchootognbout]

The SR series has never interested me.
The BTB,that's a different story.

 

[retroXvertigo]

I had 4 Ibanez basses and really enjoyed them.

Getting a Muckelroy kind of turned most of my basses into glorified firewood. Everything about it was so perfect. I ended up selling off a bunch of basses after I got it.

 

[beaglesandbass]

I would say the Ibanez is probably the 2nd highest selling bass manufacturer behind Fender.

I’ve owned roughly a dozen basses, 2 were Ibanez. Of the 5 I have now, 1 is.