Ibanez BTB33 5 String Bass 2018, Natural Flat

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Key Features

33" Scale & Special Tuning (5E - 1C) For Extended Range
Adjustable "Finger Ramp" For Right-Hand Assistance
Bartolini Pickups For Clarity & Warmth
Active 3 Band EQ With Mid Frequency Switch
Reliable Neutrik Locking Jack Output

Ibanez BTB33 5 String Bass 2018, Natural Flat Overview

The Ibanez BTB33 5 string bass is designed for players looking to expand their melodic range and reach those extra high notes for new soloing possibilities. The tuning maintains a standard low-E string and adds a fifth high-C string for increased upper range. This guitar features a 33 inch short scale neck to provide smaller fret gaps overall and a 'slinkier' feel for easier vibrato and bends. It also features a new 'Finger Ramp', placed in-between the two Bartolini pickups to assist with right-hand technique. The pickups bring clarity and warmth with a well-rounded frequency response across the range. The inclusion of a 3-band EQ ensures ultimate tonal sculpting. This guitar comes from the Bass Workshop series from Ibanez and is designed to give you boutique-quality instruments in terms of look, feel and sound. Featuring naturally finished ash with a mahogany wing, alongside a through-neck constructed from maple/bubinga, this is an effortlessly stylish bass guitar which has all the playing comforts and tonal abilities to make it a highly desirable instrument, capable of exploring solo techniques alongside the more traditional styles of playing.

Product Ref: 106208

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Ibanez BTB Bass Workshop

The Bass Workshop series of instruments from Ibanez are designed to bring boutique-quality guitars with custom design features at a more affordable price point than luthier-made instruments. The Ibanez BTB33 is a 5-string bass with extra high C string and short 33" scale length to provide you with more scope for soloing and a higher melodic range.

Boutique Quality Woods & Construction

The BTB33 is crafted from lightweight and resonant maple with a mahogany wing for added warmth and playing comfort. The body features a natural oil finish to show off the stunning wood grain and through-neck design, whilst the woods provide a bright and well-rounded tone with excellent sustain due to this construction. The neck is also maple with bubinga strips for added strength and stability. The 5 piece design is visible throughout the body and rear of the neck, again finished in natural oil, and provides an elegant and hand-crafted aesthetic.

A Soloist's Dream Playing Experience

The BTB33's 33" scale length provides a more 'slinky' playing feel and is perfect for vibratos and string bends that bassists will love when combined with the extra high C string. The asymmetric body and slim neck with neck-though design provides a wonderful playing feel with no boundaries to the top frets. The unique 'Finger Ramp' sits inbetween the two pickups and provides a tactile playing surface for the right hand, ensuring the fingers don't reach too far between the strings and assisting in soloing speed. This is guitar designed to be utilised through all 24 frets and players will enjoy testing the new melodic range available on this instrument.

Active Electronics And Bartolini Pickups

The BTB33 features Bartolini BTB33 pickups which are designed to balance clarity with warmth and provide a tight bottom-end with full mid-range; perfect for a cutting yet full-sounding solo tone. The custom Ibanez 3-band EQ and 3-way mid frequency switch offers a great variety of tonal sculpting possibilities which can enhance chordal work as well as complex soloing.

Hardware

The Mono Rail V Bridge ensures string isolation as each string is individually locked down to the body giving maximum string vibration transfer without any interference. Elsewhere, the jack socket is a Neutrik locking output jack which should ensure reliable and confident stage use of a cable without the risk of it being pulled out. The Graph Tech Black Tusq XL nut gives you excellent sustain and a clear sound.

About Ibanez Basses

Over the past 30 years, Ibanez have always been at the forefront of developing the right tools for players pushing the boundaries of music. For decades, Ibanez designers and luthiers have been the embodiment of this ideology, pushing their skills to the edge of imagination, consistently creating some of the most versatile and unique instruments ever. Ibanez basses have been used on some of modern rock's most poignant albums of recent years. The preferred instruments of many awe inspiring bass players, amongst them Fieldy from Korn, Paul Gray from Slipknot and Peter Iwers of In Flames, Ibanez Basses continue to be the first stop for learners and professionals alike, no matter what musical genre they exist in.

Features

Special short 33" scale-length with added high-C string
Bartolini pickups and active 3-band EQ for versatile and well-rounded tones
Boutique quality wood choices and design finishes
Maple body with mahogany wing. Through-neck design with a maple/bubinga neck
Finger Ramp for right-hand technique assistance
Neutrik locking cable retainer

Specifications

Body

Wood: Ash Top / Mahogany Wing
Construction: Through-neck
Finish: Natural Flat

Neck

Wood: 5-Piece Maple/Bubinga
Construction: Neck-Through
Frets: 24 Medium
Radius: 400mm
Scale: 33" / 838mm
Width: 45mm at nut / 70mm at 24F
Thickness: 20mm at 1F / 22mm at 12F
Nut: Graph Tech Black Tusq XL

Harware And Electronics

Bridge: Mono-rail V bridgee (17mm string spacing)
Bridge Pickup: Bartolini BH1 Bridge Pickup (passive)
neck Pickup: Bartolini BH1 neck pickup (passive)
b>Controls: Volume, Treble/Mid/Bass, Balancer, 3 Way Mid-Freq Selector
Electronics: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/Mid frequency switch

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