Ibanez BTB846 Electric Bass

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A 35" scale on the BTB846 ensures your low B stays tight while enhancing resonance. The maple/walnut neck-through design lets your notes sing with sustain.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Ash body Strong, snappy responsive tone
Mahogany wings Rich, warm tone and smooth resonance
Mono-Rail V bridge Allows strings to vibrate fully; great stability
Bartolini BH2 pickups Tight bottom end, punchy midrange, smooth response

The ever-evolving Ibanez BTB series has always aimed to expand the player's range of creative expression. The elegantly contoured, massive body of select tone woods combines with dedicated hardware and electronics to produce huge, rich tones. Neck-through construction, a two-octave fretboard, and a super-deep cutaway, promise sleek playability and enduring sustain. The BTB series defines what the "Boutique Bass" is all about.

The BTB846 is a 6-string bass featuring an Ash wing body with Poplar Burl top/Mahogany back that creates a sound that is response, articulate, and deep. A 35" scale, 5pc Maple/Walnut through-neck provides superior resonance, and enhances sustain. The jatoba fretboard sports highly-durable Stainless Steel frets that produce a clear, bright tone, and a "zero" fret provides accurate intonation, while allowing open strings to ring with the same resonance as notes played up the neck.

Electronics include Bartolini BH2 pickups for a tight bottom-end, punchy mid-range, and smooth response. Combined with the Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ, w/3-way mid-frequency switch, the BTB846 contains tonal variations that enhance simple chord work, as well as complex soloing. The Mono-rail V bridge allows for a wide range of adjustment, with each isolated saddle securely locked down to the body for optimum vibration transfer, and minimal sympathetic string interference. D'Addario NYXL strings are installed for expanding dynamic range and harmonic response. A high-tech read more Neutrik locking output jack insures a secure connection, preventing accidental disconnect.

Features:

- Mono-rail V bridge
- 3-way mid-frequency switch
- Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ
- Bartolini BH2 pickups
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- Neck: BTB6 5pc Maple/Walnut Neck-through
- Top: Poplar Burl
- Body: Ash/Mahogany wing
- Fretboard: Jatoba
- Frets: Medium Stainless Steel
- Neck pickup: Bartolini BH2
- Bridge pickup: Bartolini BH2
- Switch: 3-way Mid frequency switch
- Electronics: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ
- Bridge: Mono-rail V
- Hardware: Cosmo black

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-669-8262
Web: https://www.ibanez.com/usa/support/

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (1 ratings)
Submitted April 25, 2017 by Carlos Stewart in Newton, AL

"The truth"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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This bass is the truth. I play for a church. My pastor and piano player told me don't ever play my Fender and Ken Smith anymore. The tone on this guitar is so awesome. This bass is so versatile it's not even funny. I thought about changing my rig for a minute but I think I'm going to stick with it now. I wasn't too hot on the finish but it's growing on me. I've wanted a BTB for years and glad I finally got one.

Musical Background:

3 years

Musical Style:

Christian, Blues, NeoSoul, Jazz, R&B
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