Ibanez EHB1005SMS Metallic Gray Matte Bass Guitar

The EHB’s headless construction, contoured body, ergonomic design, and chambered body make for a lightweight and comfortable instrument that’s excellent for long sets or practice sessions. This series also sports a combination of high-quality tone woods and versatile electronics, resulting in a cutting-edge, ultra-modern bass, capable of cutting though the complex landscape of tones required for today’s bassist.

Features

- 5pc Roasted Maple/Walnut neck with Graphite reinforcement rods The Roasted Maple neck is heat-treated to increase stability, durability, moisture resistance and tolerance of temperature changes.The Graphite reinforcement rods provides massive sustain and excellent stability.

- Roasted Birdseye Maple fretboard The beautiful Birdseye Maple fretboard imbues this model with an exotic appearance. The fretboard is heat-treated for a balanced attack and rich sustain.

- Medium Stainless Steel frets The Stainless Steel frets are durable and long-lasting.

- American Basswood body The American Basswood body delivers a natural and flat tone.

- Bartolini® BH2 pickups The Bartolini® BH2 pickups provide a tight bottom-end, punchy mid-range, and smooth response. The dual-coil style configuration maximizes articulation and a long blade pole piece widens the magnetic field, providing balanced string-to-string pickup response.

- Vari-mid 3-band EQ The Vari-mid 3-band EQ features a variable mid-frequency control which allows you to dial in an incredibly wide range of sounds.

- Ibanez custom headpieces Rugged yet light-weight Ibanez custom headpieces enable strings to be easily set and released by a hex wrench from the back side.

- MR5HS bridge The MR5HS bridge is designed specially for EHB basses and features a wide intonation range. Each bridge piece is independently and securely attached to the body for maximum vibration transfer. The saddles are adjustable for string spacing +/-1.5mm, answering every bassist’s individual string spacing demands, no matter the playing style. Teflon washers are used on each tuner for a smooth tuning action.

- EQ bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot) The EQ bypass control offers precision tonal adjustments, including a switch to choose passive-only operation. When the EQ bypass is activated, the treble tone control knob becomes the global tone control for the passive circuit.

- Luminescent side dots The luminescent side dot position marks make it easy for players to see fretboard position marks when performing on dark stages.

- Schaller S-Locks strap lock pins Indestructible Schaller S-Locks don't fail, even under the toughest conditions on stage.

- Gig bag included It comes with Ibanez gig bag which is designed specifically to fit and protect this instrument.

****Special Features****

- Ergonomic body design The EHB’s headless construction and specially designed body enable the player to maintain a similar playing position whether seated or standing.

- Slanted body back The top half of the back of the body is slanted which allows the bass to rest slightly closer to the player’s body for better control and a more ergonomic feel.

- Comfortably rounded body edge, Chambered body Its contoured, ergonomic design and chambered body make for a lightweight, well-balanced, and comfortable instrument that’s excellent for long sets or practice session.

- Scooped cut on the body back There is extra carving on the back of the body behind the lower horn for easier upper fret access.

- Detachable Finger ramp A detachable Finger ramp is included for comfortable finger picking.