I think I kinda like these new retro Ibanez basses:
A strange hybrid of MusicMan, Gibson and Italia...
Sunburst:
(http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/images/eb2008/JTKB200_BS_27_01.gif)
Zwart
(http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/images/eb2008/JTKB200_BK_27_01.gif)
Close up:
(http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/images/features/133.jpg)
Specifications:
neck type 3pc JTKB neck
body Mahogany body
frets Medium frets
bridge JTB10 bridge (19mm string spacing)
neck pu ACHB-2 neck pu
bridge pu ACHB-2 bridge pu
string Elixir® string
Controls:
(http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/images/eb2008/control/24.gif)
Any of you guys ever played one of those?
I like everything but the monster bridgeplate
Quote from: Barklessdog on January 22, 2008, 02:48:40 PM
I like everything but the monster bridgeplate
My thoughts as well.
Has a Jag/Jazzmaster vibe as well. Doubt if it's anything I'd put on my shopping list, but at least Ibanez is doing something different.
this was also on TB and just like here everyone likes it except that silly looking bridge.my self included.
I don't mind the bridge plate so much. These are the first Ibanez I've seen in a while that appeal to me. I've never been a big fan of them. And I'd probably swap out the pickups pretty quick.
The bridge plate is a bit to Traben but on the whole I like the bass. What are they going for ?
I don't know, but I see there's a Jet King guitar that's been out a while and it's $400 list, $300 street at zZounds. It also has a big bridge plate.
I have mixed feelings about it. I kind of like it, but on the other hand, it reminds me too much of problematic Teisco which was my first bass. Of course, I know it's supposed to just look like a cheap 60's bass, not actually play like one.
A guy on a Dutch Bass forum checked one out the other day.
He said it's horrible quality:
- there was a gap from 1 to 2 mm between fretboard and neck.
- wobbly pick guard
- brittle finish. if you scrape with your fingernails it chips right off.
- one of the machine head wouldn't stay in tune. It kept dropping from E to almost D.
- dull strings (straight out of the box from the factory).
- noisy pots
- bridge isn't straight
Haven't seen it in real life myself, but according to the above story I would say a No Go.
Have they borrowed Gibson's quality control department? ;)
:)
I like the double pickguard.
Is there more to that headstock or is the pic just cut off there?
I was thinking how much better it would look without all that pickguard on there.