Itās 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 youāre not worried about a super-long neck and headstock.
I bought my seafoam green one before the pink finish was released. I like the pink/lavender finish a lot, but Iām 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.
A colleague has the exact same bass, Seafoam green. We had a ābass offā in the office last week, his vs mine . Wasnāt a fair contest though, as pink wins every time
In all seriousness, his is strung with flats, mine rounds. Itās interesting back to back playing them: same song, same bass, same EQā¦
No, not multiscale (fanned). Hereās what a multiscale headless Ibanez looks like. This is the EHB1505MS. Itās a medium scale, lightly fanned (33ā-35ā) like the new Dingwall SP1-5 (32.5ā-35ā).
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.
Hereās 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
Does it affect the sound? No idea, since I have no comparisonā¦
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 couldnāt 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. Iād really like to trade it for a passive!