Without a doubt, your instrument should reflect thededication you place in your musicianship and creative endeavors. At a certainpoint, the word ‘boutique’ comes to mind - select-grade materials, neck-thruconstruction, and top quality components, all in a meticulously combined into astunning pro-level instrument. But the upfront investment of such an instrumentis huge. That's where Ibanez comes in. Their ability to build small-shopquality, into inspiring yet affordable instruments is showcased in the BTBseries basses.
9Pc Maple, Panga Panga, and Walnut Neck with Graphite Reinforcement Rods
The 9-piece maple, panga panga, and walnut neck provides superior note attack,tight lows and increased sustain. The Graphite reinforcement rods providesmassive sustain and excellent stability.
Rosewood Fretboard
Rosewood fretboard provides a well-balanced solid tone with a focused midrange.
Medium Stainless Steel Frets
The Stainless Steel frets are durable and long-lasting.
Bubinga Top, Ash, and Okoume Wing Body
The Bubinga top offer tight-low and edgy-mid sound and the Ash and Okoume wingbody delivers a pleasant brightness and rich sustain.
T1 Pickups
The T1 pickup is a humbucker featuring two separate, individually mounted coilsthat provides tight bass response, punchy mid-range, and clear high-end. Itoffers flexible voicing suitable for various genres, and the height of eachcoil can be set individually for highly nuanced adjustments to the tone. On topof its great sound, the physical design features rounded edges for enhancedergonomic comfort when using the pickup as a thumb rest. Moreover, theindividually mounted coils allow them to be positioned slightly offset from oneanother. This makes it so the surface of the pickup where the player reststheir thumb is directly parallel with the strings, which is not typical withmost multi scale basses. This design greatly enhances the comfort and playabilityof the instrument.
Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-Band EQ
The Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ is Ibanez’s latest refinement on theconcept of simple, straightforward, no-nonsense EQ control. The Boost and Cutfor the Mid Control are each centered on slightly different frequencies, aninnovation that delivers a preset range of the most favorable bass tones.
MR5S Bridge
The MR5S bridge has adjustable saddles for variable string spacing of about1.5mm, answering every bassist’s specific string spacing needs.
EQ Bypass Switch
The EQ bypass control offers precision tonal adjustments, including a switch tochoose passive-only operation. When the EQ bypass is activated, the treble tonecontrol knob becomes the global tone control for the passive circuit.
3-Way Mid Frequency Switch
The 3-way Mid frequency switch allow players to change the mid-tone between250, 450, and 700 Hz.
Neck-Through Construction
The neck-through construction contributes to massive sustain and smooth accessto high fretboard positions.