Product Overview
The Ibanez BTB7MS introduces extended range with 7 strings, featuring meticulous multi-scale design for stellar playability. Offering optimal intonation and consistent string tension, it facilitates effortless exploration of creative possibilities. Equipped with T1 humbucking pickups, it delivers tight low end, punchy mids, and crystalline highs suitable for diverse genres. The onboard 3-band EQ, with a mid-frequency switch, allows precise tone shaping. The 9-piece maple/panga panga/walnut neck ensures massive sustain and stability. With a neck-through build, the BTB7MS provides easy access to the highest frets, while fully adjustable bridge saddles cater to personalized string spacing. Elevate your bass playing with the feature-packed Ibanez BTB7MS 7-string multi-scale electric bass.
Ibanez BTB7MS Features:
- 9pc Maple/Panga Panga/Walnut neck with Graphite reinforcement rods: The 9-piece Maple/Panga Panga/Walnut neck ensures superior note attack, tight lows, and increased sustain. The inclusion of Graphite reinforcement rods contributes to massive sustain and excellent stability.
- Neck-Through Construction: The neck-through construction contributes to massive sustain and smooth access to high fretboard positions.
- Rosewood Fretboard: Rosewood fretboard provides a well-balanced solid tone with a focused mid range.
- Medium Stainless Steel Frets: The Stainless Steel frets are durable and long-lasting.
- Bubinga top / Ash / Okoume Wing Body: The Bubinga top offers tight-lows and an edgy mid-range, while the Ash/Okoume wing body delivers a pleasant brightness and rich sustain.
- T1 Pickups: The T1 pickup is a humbucker with two separately mounted coils, delivering a tight bass response, punchy mid-range, and clear high-end. Its flexible voicing suits various genres, allowing nuanced adjustments to the tone by individually setting the height of each coil. The rounded edges enhance ergonomic comfort, especially when used as a thumb rest. The unique design, with individually mounted coils positioned slightly offset, ensures that the pickup surface where the player rests their thumb is directly parallel with the strings. This distinctive feature, uncommon in most multi-scale basses, significantly enhances instrument comfort and playability.
- Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/Mid frequency switch: The Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ represents our latest advancement in simple, straightforward, and no-nonsense EQ control. The Mid Control features Boost and Cut, each centered on slightly different frequencies, offering an innovative preset range for the most favorable bass tones.
- MR5S Bridge: The Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ represents our latest advancement in simple, straightforward, and no-nonsense EQ control. The Mid Control features Boost and Cut, each centered on slightly different frequencies, offering an innovative preset range for the most favorable bass tones.
- 35-34 Inch Multi Scale: 35-34 inch multi scale construction allows the higher strings to be played more easily, while still having adequate tension for lower strings.
Ibanez BTB7MS Specifications:
- Neck type: BTB7 for Multi Scale / 9pc Maple/Panga Panga/Walnut w/Graphite reinforcement rods/neck-through
- Top/back/body: OBubinga top / Ash/ Okoume wing body
- Fretboard: Rosewood fretboard / Abalone dot inlay
- Fret: Medium Stainless Steel frets
- Number of Frets: 24 (+ zero fret)
- Bridge: MR5S bridge
- String Space: 15.5mm
- Neck pickup: T1 neck pickup (Passive)
- Bridge pickup: T1 neck pickup (Passive)
- Equaliser: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/EQ bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot), 3-way Mid frequency switch
- Factory tuning: 1F, 2C, 3G, 4D, 5A, 6E, 7B
- Strings: D'Addario® EXL170-5SL + .020p/.032
- String gauge: .20p/.032/.045/.065/.080/.100/.130
- Hardware color: Black
- Color Variation: Natural Mocha Low Gloss
