GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome (Part 2)

Strawberry milkshake? This kind of pink makes me nauseated. :nauseated_face:

If Barbie had a bass, this one would be it.

If I had to choose a pink bass, it would probably be a metallic pink like the short scale HB, or the one @sadexpunk bought.

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I know I’ve posted my pink Ibanez here a few times, and it was GAS from 18 months ago, but pink freakin’ rocks!! :sign_of_the_horns:

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I typically don’t like headless basses but this one is so nice!

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This one is beautiful. And headless, which I find pretty cool. It probably stays in tune for a long time too. What model is it?

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Now that is SWEEEETTT.

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Somewhere in the EHB line. Possibly a 600, but might be another model without fanned frets or the fancy strap lock: EHB600 | EHB | ELECTRIC BASSES | PRODUCTS | Ibanez guitars

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Al’s BB is a 5 string. The 734a has a 40mm nut, smaller than a P - just barely wider than a J.

The BB734a is both active and passive, it has a selector switch.

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Yes what I quoted was for the 4 string width 1.57ā€

Ahh right yeah, 40mm. Sorry :slight_smile:

I have grown to like 40mm the best personally. All of my basses are 40mm nut.

Slimmer than a P, more space than a J.

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Always the right answer in the GAS thread.

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It’s an EHB1000S. Short scale, and unfortunately no longer manufactured. The bass is soooo cool to play! Feels solid, but is super light, had a real thump and can be thrown around like a guitar as you’re not worried about a super-long neck and headstock.

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I bought my seafoam green one before the pink finish was released. I like the pink/lavender finish a lot, but I’m happy just to have acquired an EHB1000S before they were dropped from the catalog. At least some of the long scale and multiscale headless Ibanez basses are still available.

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A colleague has the exact same bass, Seafoam green. We had a ā€œbass offā€ in the office last week, his vs mine . Wasn’t a fair contest though, as pink wins every time :rofl:

In all seriousness, his is strung with flats, mine rounds. It’s interesting back to back playing them: same song, same bass, same EQ…

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And that’s why it isn’t a good idea to enter a music store while you’re feeling hungry. Or was it supermarket? Same thing. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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This also looks very nice!

Are the frets slightly fanned? The E string seems longer than the others. Might be because of the shape of the bridge.

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I dig the look of those EHB1000, but I’ve had my eye on the Sire M6 since they announced it (unfortunately, no pink).

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No, not multiscale (fanned). Here’s what a multiscale headless Ibanez looks like. This is the EHB1505MS. It’s a medium scale, lightly fanned (33ā€-35ā€) like the new Dingwall SP1-5 (32.5ā€-35ā€).

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Yes, it is clearly different.

But is the E string a little longer than the others because the bridge is slightly in an angle? Does it have any effect on the sound? Well, probably not if it is just a little longer.

Here’s a close up photo of the bridge of mine. Yes the strings are of slightly different lengths. This is (apparently) to help equalise string tension and aid intonation. It also looks pretty cool :wink:

Does it affect the sound? No idea, since I have no comparison…

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They are an interesting bass, and I love the that they are producing a multi-scale 4 string. That said, I find the Sire pre-amp / controls waaaaay too complicated (unnecessarily complicated, IMHO*), so the bass couldn’t make my list. I really wish Ibanez made a 4 string, multi-scale in the EHB range.

*my fretless is a Sire V7. The controls are a real barrier to me playing it. I’d really like to trade it for a passive!

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