Ibanez BTB405QM

-made in Korea, 2003
-24 frets on D,G strings, 22 on B,E,A.
-Master Volume, PU balancer, bass boost/cut, Mid boost/cut, Mid Sweep, High boost/cut. Vari-Mid III EQ.
-Ibanez pickups. 5 string extended
-Active EQ, Passive PU
-Basswood + Maple Top body, rosewood fingerboard
-mine was blue with Maple pattern, but black, red with maple pattern also available
-Fat, big body. Pretty heavy
-Monorail 2 bridge (not body thru)
-ibanez tuners
-35 inch neck scale, fat cause 5 string
-I got a gigbag and extra set of Elixirs with mine, but extra stuff depends on the dealer

-I play everything metal except for Power, and NU, and this bass seems to fit in with pretty much everything. You can dial in any tone you want, basically. I can get Jaco's tone from using the neck PU, but with a little tweaking Lamb of God tone can be done easily after.
-I use this through an Ampeg half stack, which sounds great. You gotta tone down the mid sweep a bit on Ampegs cause Ampegs are sensitive. I had a gig with a treblely tone (mistake in setting) and it sounded like slapping even though it was all fingering. We played Cowboys from Hell, and after the song, this guy in the back stage said "whoa you sound like Fieldy man, you're like faster than him in slapping." I laughed my ass off.
-It is a bit noisy if you cut the bass and turn the treble and mids to max, and it is also noisy on the neck PU (very little noise though). so with right settings, there's no noise, its noiseless.
-It's got a full sound, but sounds kinda hollow in certain settings. it sounds good in every setting, but on the treblely Jazz solo setting, I find it not quite rich enough. Mahogany body would've been better on this bass
-whether on stage or studio, it sounds really really versatile, and if you set the EQs right, it can be the best bass.
-I don't like the Locking Cable thingy. I just want it to come out easily.

-the action and the neck was perfectly seted up at the factory. Some ppl had problems with the truss rods, but mine was good. there's not even slight clue of flopping (not even on the B string)
-Pickups are pretty low, and it works. its comfy
-no flaws, as far as i know... its all good

-its pretty sturdy, and it would certainly last a few thousand gigs
-the tuners are the bridge seem to keep a tune forever, so I bet it wouldn't crap out on you despite of temp change or physical damage
-finish looks hard enough. it looks kinda like plastic, but its wood, so its hard.
-strap buttons are solid, but they're kinda small, so if your strap is worn out, I suggest getting those metal ring shaped plate thingys and stick it between the strap and the strap button.
-I never had to adjust anything, so I think this would last for decades.
-this bass should be able to withstand anything, but I'd bring a backup, just in case if a string breaks, or your strap ripps, or one of the battery explods.

-I haven't dealt with the company, but the headquarter is located in Japan, so you have to contact them through your dealer
-the warrenty is 1 yr, if purchased from a proper dealer
-I heard that even small parts like pots are $20, but I haven't experience those kinda rip offs from Ibanez, so I got no opinion.

-I have played this bass for 3 months now, and I love it. I have a GSR200 (beginner bass), ESP viper 5 string, and this bass. BTB is the best, and my main bass, so others are backup and backup of a backup
-I don't regret buying this bass at all, im happy with this
-it it was stolen or lost, I'd buy higher end BTB with Bartolini PUs and Mahogany body. I played it in a shop and higher end models are even better (well, no shit)
-I love everything about it, I hate the heaviness. I love the EQs the most.
-i've compared this to 2~3 times more expensive models like SR905, Warwicks, Fender Jazzs, Yamahas, and higher end BTBs. well, this btb was the best in my price range, but even if I had twice as much money, I probly would've bought this (since higher end BTBs are approx $2000).
-Although Ibanez is famous for cheap tricks, this bass does not sound cheap at all. and it looks pretty expensive too, so Im happy. And the head stock does not have IBANEZ printed huge on it, so ppl will probly think that this bass is some other brand much more expensive.

Made in Korea in 2004. X-long 35" scale 5-stringer with lotsa decent features for the price range...these features just aren't as *refined* i guess you could say as you'd find in a proper boutique-style bass. But like I said, excellent for the price range. Monorail bridge, locking jack, VERY flexible controls and high-output preamp top that list. Finish is a quite pretty transparent black on quilted maple...I kinda wished Ibanez would finish some BTB1005e-style, with the natural oiled quilted maple, but this is pretty nice too. Brushed chrome finish on hardware looks gorgeous, but I've seen a couple of these basses with a lot of the finish eaten up by green corrosion...hasn't been an issue with mine so far. Sale price included hard case and strap.

I play a pretty diverse mix of stuff...reggae, rock, blues, Uncle Tupelo-style alt-country, jazz, often with one song incorporating several of these styles. This bass has very good tonal flexibility, and the controls are sensitive and intuitive enough to use that it's fairly easy to change tones on the fly. Boost the bass, cut the treb, roll off the mids a bit and blend in more of the neck pup, and you get a HUGE subsonic bowel-shaking dub reggae tone. Boost the bass and treb, cut the mids and slap with impunity. Set the pups dead even, flatten out the mids and treble and boost the bass a bit for unobtrusive jazz. I wish it had a bit more clarity and warmth; as it it, it usually sounds a bit dark and muddy...the upper registers hit a little tinny. Thinking about putting in some Barts, and I think that would make this bass about perfect-sounding. The 35" scale is a thing of BEAUTY though. One of the best low-B strings I've ever played, tight and articulate, just a HINT of that damned floppiness and rattly farting. Play it mostly through a couple of crappy Peavey 115's, one TKO and the other an older TNT, and I've gotta be carefeul not to push them too far with this thing, cuz it can get LOUD and LOW...easy to distort into a mess, though this is not an issue with the bass as I have played it through better, higher-wattage multiple-speaker stacks and they can handle it no problem. Gotta get me one of those...Played multiple gigs with no problems yet, haven't gotten a chance to record with it yet. So basically, tone could improve, but for the money, she has a good voice, and remarkable range and power to boot.

PLayed well in the shop, action and pup height were good, neck was fine...and then, a couple of days later, it got really cold in my house (a classic Texas weather-ambush), and the neck went CRAZY. Rattling everywhere, etc. Broke open the truss-rod cover and was surprised to find two truss-rods, one of which had been loosened COMPLETELY (don't know if it was GC or Ibanez that did this...my money's on GC). Decided it looked sketchy, tried to get GC to work on it, which they wouldn't because they only do that kind of thing the DAY THAT YOU BUY the instrument (the fuck? GC has shit-all when it comes to continued customer service), so I took it to Mr E's (they rule) who fixed it up good as new, on the house. Since then, problems and adjustments have been minimal, although the neck does seem to be more sensitive to temp. changes that other basses I've played. Battery compartment seems a little haphazard; the batts are just hanging out on loose terminal assemblies with a piece of foam shoved in there to keep it all still...unimpressive. A simple battery harness would keep it so much tidier and more secure. And a screw on battery comp. cover...I hate the damn thing. God help me if they decide to die on the middle of a show, I'll have to tool away at the cover for a good few minutes to get inside, and no active/passive option...all relatively minor things I guess, but that means it probably would've been easy for Ibanez to incorporate too.

Thing seems built like house. Finish looks sturdy enough, but collects fingerprints like a mother. Like I said, I have seen hardware corrosion in other examples of this bass, but not in mine so far, but it probably wouldnt hurt to keep it dry...obviously. Neck IS sensitive, like I said. I never play without a backup, just in case, but haven't needed it with this girl so far.

Haven't dealt with em.

Been playing bass for a couple of years, played guitar for 5 years before that, and own a Peavey T-40, a Samick acoustic-electric, and a MIM Fender P. I like this bass better than any of my others because of its versatility, projection, articulation, tone, and playability. If it were stolen, I'd try and find a better deal, but I'd probably be hard-pressed...there ARE better basses out there of course, but if you can't blow the money needed for a Warwick or Pedulla or Fodera or what-have-you, this is a fantastic bass for a fraction of the aforementioned brand's prices. Great value.

Recently bought 2004 Model. Basswood body, with quilted maple top. 24 frets for the G and D Strings (or G and C depending on which string sets you prefer). Active Equilizer, with Bass, Treble and Mid Boosts, plus a Mid Frequecny knob. Beautiful Transparent Black Finish. Passive PU's. Monorail II Bridge. Great features overall, I just wished that there would be Active Pickups to get an even better sound. But then again, this thing carries 2 9v batteries as is, and I don't think it would need two more. One more gripe is that I wish you didnt have to undo two screws to get the the 2 9v batteries. If you are in teh middle of a gig and this thing desides to bite the big one, you'lkl have to take a minute or two to undo the backplate.

My equpment includes a Fender Frontman 15B for home practice, Peavey TKO115 at school gigs, and a Fender Rumble 100 for other gigs. The effects that I use include a Morley Dual Bass Wah, Boss Mega Distortion, Johnson Stereo Chorus, and I use an Arion EQ pedal if I'm running into the house. I play many different styles of music. I play Funk, Jazz, Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Progressive Rock, and Rock. The sounds of this bass fit well into all of these styles. The EQ makes this all possible. Slaps sound great for funk, and has a great fingerstyle sound with the Mids up. Jazz has a great upright tone with bass and a hint of treble. For metal, turn up the bass and treble. This bass seems to excel best at these sounds, but works in other genres amazingly well. Pickstyle is great too. Turn the balance towards the bridge, and pick away. Gets a very grindy sound, great for Punk, Speed Metal, and if you're looking for a Dirty Rock Tone (Something along the lines of Geddy Lee). Overall sound is great, and it borders on being bright. Otherwise has a very warm sound. One complaint I have is that with the Eq turned completely off the Pickups sound like absolute crap. They have almost no tonal characteristics whatsoever, and sound dull. So make sure you have two 9v bolt during any kind of gig because you may be sorry.

Factory action was wonderful. Seemed absolutely perfect to me, which is one of the reasons why I picked this baby up. However, came with Elixir Polyweb strings. Nice to have these strings on there, being that they're $50 alone from Musicians Friend, but the tone I got out of them were horrible, and they felt very slippery, so I changed them to my normal GHS Boomers which are roundwound and Nickel coated. Overall, beautiful finish, no dents, or blemishes of any kind.

Overall, reliability seems good. THis bass does not seem fragile at all, and that it could take a good beating (I wouldn't want to test that. This bass is my baby). I have played some outside shows with this, and despite my weekly maintenence, some hardware is already showing signs of oxidation (small brown spots here and there). Over teh seasons, I have yet to have to adjust the truss rod. The elements don't seem to have an effect on the neck. I would go to a gig with a backup, if for some reason the batteries decided to quit on me. I wouldnt want to stop the show to have to change my batteries.

Have yet to deal with them. No problems as of yet.

I have been playing for 3 years, since I was about 14. If this thing was stolen or whatever else could happen, I would efinitely get a new one. It is a good piece of equipment to have in any repertoire. I love the feel of this bass, and the 35 inch scale of it. The strings have the tight feel. I hate the the sound of the pickups with the EQ off. Best feature is the Active EQ. I did try other basses in the price range, and this one was had teh most features, and best quality by far. One thing I wish was that it had active Pickups.

Same features as the others listed here. Mine comes with the blackest 'transparent purple' finish I have ever seen. I have to look at the bass at an angle under artificial light and the I can kinda see a bit of purple - otherwise it's essentially a transparent black bass. I would have preferred a transpatent red model but at the price I got it I'm more than happy with the way it looks. the only feature I'm not particularly fond of is the one everyone else seems to like - the locking jack. I use right angle cables and always loop the cable through the strap so I've never really had problems with jacks falling out. When I want to disconnect an insturment (especially an active one you've gotta unplug every time you set it down) I want to be able to simply pull the cable out, not futz around trying to hold down a release button while pulling the cable.

Oh man, I love this bass. The day I got it I spent the afternoon finding the resonant frequencies of various surfaces of my apartment (my living room wall is a C# for example). My mini drum set was practically dancing around the studio. This bass gives me all the tones my jazz bass could only dream of producing and has the flexibility to adapt to a wide range of musical styles. After a few weeks of playing around on it I've found my sound - volume 10, balance just slightly towards the bridge pickup, bass and treble boosted just past the center notch and the mids left dead center unless things get too muddy and the i dial out some of the low mids and I'm set to go.

I'm currently playing the BTB through a Korg AX1B into an old Roland Bass Cube 100w amp when playing live. In the studio I run it into an ART Tube MP V3 preamp and then into Amplitube via Cubase SX.

This bass was an ebay purchace so the action was set to the previous owner's liking. Aparently he was into liking a whole lot of string buzz because the strings buzzed like heck on every fret. No problem here though - I just gave it some more neck relief and lowered the action to compensate. Now it plays with only the slightest hint of fret buzz and the action is not noticibly higher than it was before. The BTB plays wonderfully. It's got nice low across the board which makes fast runs and two hand tapping a breeze. I love the wide fretboard which makes slapping almost as easy as it was on my 4-string and I've had no trouble whatsoever adjusting to the 35" scale. There were no noticible flaws on this bass other than minor wear and dings from the previous owner. The edges of the nut were a little sharp (common on Korean insturments) but this was solved with a little bit of careful filing.

My other Ibanez is an RG440 which is still in top shape after almost 20 years. Nothing about this bass leads me to thing it can't last as long or longer.

I haven't dealt with Ibanez personally.

This is the bass I've wanted for a few years now, finally found at a price I could afford.

The technical features of the BTB 405 QM can be found at the Ibanez homepage or other reviews.

What I liked most on this bass first of all was the neck shape, following classical guitar measures, substancially and slightly wider than most of the models I tested but yet very easy to handle. Although I've got quite a small hand, it fits to me even better than the wizzardlike neck of my Ibanez SRX 505.

The hardware, especially the mono rail bridge system, is perfect. Set-up (if ever necessary, up to now I didn't have to turn one screw) will be very easily and precisely made. Tuners work very smooth and keep the tuning even in our cold and rainy open air season in Western Europe (brrh). Two (in words: two!) truss rods will hold the neck as long in shape as Niagra falls...

The Neutrik locking jack is a feature not often found, at least not on an instrument of this price range. And the 18-V-circuitry provides great headroom and very low noise at extreme settings. By the way: needed one set of batteries (normal quality) in 18 months (that's to say about 1000 hours playing time).

The sound is great and very versatile. What we play is some soul and funk, jazz standards, and very little Top 40. The pickups are offering a large range of tone at flat control settings with warm jazz sound in neck position, funky slap when both pickups are balanced out and rocking punch using the bridge PU. The active sound control gives you any further adding color of tonality that makes sense, from deep bass growl to singing highs. The semi-parametric midrange control is able to add what you need in between.

I use this bass with a Boss chorus and a Hughes and Kettner XXL bass combo. In most cases controls both on the BTB 405 and the amp rest in 12 o'clock position and the basic sound only needs to be adjusted with the pickup balance knob.

Set-up was done perfectly, as mentioned before. Action and finish was great.

The original strings were of no good quality. I mounted Ernie Ball Slinky Bass 45...130 and they turned out to be the best choice for both punch and clarity.

When testing a new BTB at your dealer, it will be equipped with Elixir strings. Handling and action is to my opinion by far not as smooth and fast as with conventional strings.

And when talking about handling: before you are going to make a decision which instrument to buy, don't only play it on your knees. The BTB might have a bigger body size compared to a Warwick Corvette, but it balances out better when hanging around your neck.

Besides a control knob (my fault, see Customer Support) no weak parts.

I'm expecting this BTB 405 to be a good fellow for the next 25 years ;-)

To be honest: there is a BTB 406 auction at Ebay closing in two days. I'm thinking about making the next investment...

I had to change the midrange control knob after the warranty (it is slightly higher than the other controls and might be damaged on stage).

Contact to Ibanez was okay, delivery within a two days, but 25 $ is a joke for such a small item...

As I'm playing guitar already for 30 years, I first came into contact in 1979 with Ibanez when buying a George Benson GB 10. This awesome instrument is still in nearly perfect condition after this long time (except the gold parts). And, please guys in the US forgive me, the action, fit and finish of an ES 345 I compared it to was lightyears away from that what the Japs offered! Besides this I own two LPs, two Strats (one midi-mized), several acoustics (steel and nylon string), a greek bouzouki and an Ibanez Artist 300 that is also a 9,5/10.

Before buying the BTB 405 I compared it to several other basses, also in a higher price range. To me it was the perfect deal, and whenever we start playing it is a pleasure to take it out of the stand and plug it in.

If it was stolen or lost, I would surely make the same choice.

Ibanez 5 string bass w/active E.Q. and Passive Humbuking pickups
Guitar is korean made, pickups are Ibanez Stock, config is H-H.
Control pots on this guitar are VOLUME, PICKUP BLEND, TONE, BASS, MIDRANGE CUT, MIDRANGE SWEEP.

The neck has a slightly extended scale than the other ibanez BTB404 and this helps the tone and intonation of the B string largely.
The B string sounds fine acoustically, and fine when plugged in.

The body is solid and I believe the wood to be between alder/basswood/maple. It is large, but not to heavy. strap locations are ideal.

The Neck is very stable and is made from 3 pieces of wood.

For the price asked (#400 - England) I believe the features are more than adequate. I very much doubt you'll find a better 5 string in the same price range. I compared this guitar with the equally priced yamaha range which didn't even compare to be frank, and the mexican made fender P-Bass, which although being very good, didn't offer the features this one did.

This guitar will handle any type of musical genre you throw at it. Musicaly it is very versatile because of the added B string. It will handle itself in rock, jazz, and metal easily. I personaly will be using this guitar for funk and metal e.g. korn, RHCP, metallica e.c.t

I play straight into my amp, and at present I play through a 100 watt Trace Elliot. The Sound though this amp is excellent.

The combination of active E.G and active electronics on the Trace Make for a very versatile sound combination.

The low B sounds clear through this amp because the amplifier can accomadate the ectra added B note, and it takes a low A when tuned down just as well, But on cheeper amps there may be problems in getting the same sound quallity.

THe guitar is quite a simply a Lower verison of the Ibanez K5, so It's obviously designed for Rock And Metal, but it's suprising how many other musical areas it excels in.

The action an intonation are perfect on this guitar. No complaints.
Pickups are correct hight. Only complaint is there isn't much space to slap it, but you soon get used to it.

Don't know how relaible this is yet, appears to be trustworthy though

havn't delt.

I've been playing 4 years. I've played guitar and bass in a good few bands now, And I currently own a Yamaha Pacifica 112 Retrofitted with 2 Active EMG 85 Humbuckers, an Ibanez RG RoadStar series Guitar, An Ibanez RG7321 Solid Body 7 String, and a Squire Deluxe P-bass Special. My amps are and Orange MatAmp head, a Marshall MG series DFX 50, a Fender Champ 50, and a Trace Elliot 100.

This guitar is a welcome addition to my current collection, and will no doubt be an asset to my music

Made in 2002 ( I guess) in korea.
5 strings and 24 medium frets.
quilted maple top, on a walnut/basswood body.
one volume control, one bass control, one treble control, onepickup balance, and a mid freq/ mid boost-cut control.
Ibanez dfr n4 bridge pickup, Ibanez dfrn4 neck pickup
Vari mid3 active EQ system
Transparent black finish
Ibanez Mono rail2 bridge
non locking tuners
Neutrik locking jack
Came with allen keys

This bass is a great all-rounder-it caters for all my needs-it ahs a great funk slap tone, it's heavy enough for a rock-metal sound, and is even great at some high-end jazz tones.
I'm currently running it through some BOSS, digitech and zoom effects, into a laney 154 watt combo and an additional 15" speaker, and i dont get any noise from it, apart from when a large amount of treble is dialed in.
The great thing about it is, due to the EQ you can get any tone you want from the most basic of amps, and I've always used it live, and frequently in recordings. I like the amount of tonal contrast you get, however, the mid controls are a little confusing

The action was a little low, especially on the B and E strings, but it hasn't been bad enough for me to do anything about. I've never noticed the pickups as being badly set up, and the elixer strings supplied just annoyed the hell out of me

I've only encountered two problems in this area; the strap pins, although good at holding straps on, came loose after a few months, and recently the volume control knob fell off. The finish is smooth and still is in good condition after a year of zealous playing. The truss rod has never been adjusted, and it has withstood a year of demanding gigs/rehearsals perfectly.

I've never dealed with ibanez

I've been playing bass for a while now but as a serious musican about 3 years, I also own a Peavy milestoneIII and a stagg fretless. If it was stolen I would definitely buy the same bass, it's given me a lot of good playing and I can use it loads of styles. I love the way it looks, it changes colour in the light form grey to green to brown to purple and how it can be used in music as diverse as jazz and metal. It's a tad awkward to play(I play with the bass high up like jaco), as the angle of the horn makes you wanna play real low, but then the weight of the thing makes that idea not comfortable. It has the weight of jazz without being too heavy too. All in all it's a beautiful bass, that tonally does it's job, and for the price is a great all rounder

- Made in 2003
- 5-string bass
- 35" scale -- very clean tones, particularly on the low B string
- 24 medium frets on D and G; 23 on low B, E, and A
- Controls: volume, pickup pan, bass, mid, mid frequency, treble. Powerful 18V EQ -- bass: +/-17dB @ 36Hz; mid: +/-13dB @ 77Hz-5kHz; treble: +/-18dB @ 17kHz. These numbers are based on the manual, but from my experience, the EQ is even more powerful than described (especially the mid control)
- Dual passive IBZ DFR humbuckers
- Basswood body, maple and walnut neck, rosewood fingerboard
- Transparent black or bright blue finish. Mine is transparent black; I like it more.
- Mono Rail II bridge. This bridge design features fully adjustable individual saddles, one for each string. Supposedly the individual saddles prevent vibrating strings from making other strings resonate, but I haven't been able to test this out.
- Neck is 47mm wide at the nut and 76mm at the 24th fret. To me this is a bit thick, but I guess it's a good for slapping. The thickness is 20-22mm, which is comfortably thin.
- Instrument is about 10.5 or 11 pounds. A little on the heavy side, and enough to get me a sore shoulder after a while.

I play a whole variety of stuff and I alternate between finger playing, picking, and slapping. I usually hook it up to a Hartke Kickback 12.

Because the EQ is so versatile and powerful, I can usually adjust it to suit any type of music I play. When I play with my fingers, I can get anything from a rich, warm sound to a sharp jazzy sound. The low B string kind has a way of dying on me, but I'm almost entirely sure it's because of my amp, since it's only rated down to 50Hz and the B string is 30Hz. When I hooked up the bass to a Fender Bassman head and cabinet at Sam Ash, I got a solid, clean tone on the low B. I'm very satisfied with the finger tone.

Picking and slapping only get me okay tones. One complaint I have is that the bridge pickup sounds nasal to me, and it kind of ruins the jazz pickup sound I try to get when I pick or slap. That's one problem that's hard to remedy with the EQ.

Overall, though, the tone is better than that of any other guitar I could find in its price range. Also, the 18V EQ is so good that it blows my mind.

When I got my bass the action was a tad low (some strings buzzed) and the saddle positions were a bit off (some of the strings had inaccurate intonation when I played high on the fretboard). They weren't serious problems, though, because the bridge is very easy to adjust, and the bass comes with a small wrench to make such adjustments.

I raised the action on a few strings and pulled the saddle back on a few others. There we go, now it's perfect.

The pickups didn't need adjustment, and there were no flaws that I could see.

This bass is solid. Besides a G&L 4-string that I played for a short while, this is the first bass I played after learning the acoustic guitar, and it took me a while to to get used to how big the instrument is. Needless to say, I banged it up a bit, except no one can probably tell, because the instrument still looks perfect to me. The only sign of age on the instrument is the fact that the coating on the strings is wearing off.

I haven't needed to contact customer support yet. I believe the warranty is for one year only.

Before I got this bass I played a G&L Tribute SB-2 for a short while, and this bass is a million times better (it is a little more expesive too, but still...). The only things I don't like about this instrument are its weight and its jazz pickup, but I would still buy it again if it were stolen or lost. I would say its 35" length and (of course) its EQ are its best assets.

I tried out several Ibanezes as well as a few other basses from other brands before I decided to get this one. The Ibanez SR's are pretty good, but not as good; I also liked the Ibanez K5, so be sure to check that one out. The other brands in the same price range (such as Yamaha) just didn't compare.

I just put this bass on layaway, and b4 i had to sit down with this bass, and just play frantically with it, to test its limits, its a great bass, very durable

This Bass truly has many different styles, from heavy metal to jazz, you really gotta play with the settings on it, experiment

the bass is beautiful, its heavy but thats how i like em, its got a wicked quilted maple finish the one i have is the transparent black and its great

i havent really had this bass yet haha, but judging from the other reviews, it lasts long

i didnt get a waranty with this bass but im going to

This is my First 5 string bass, hopefully i enjoy it, ive been playing for about 2 years, jazz, classical, and rock---metal. i was inspired by sam rivers from limp bizkit, because its an awesome bass, hopefully its great for me like it is for him

I love everything about this Bass

I don't know what was wrong with the guy below me's Bass, but i play this thing for hours straight at a time and I'm still on the same battery. the sound is undescribable.

Everything looks very well made. Of course mine is a blemmished model, but The construction is very hightech. The pickups are really sweet. The only thing i am noticing is that the hardware scratches easily and can get worn pretty good.

This is an extremely reliable bass, like i said earlier the battery has a very long life to it. as long as you make sure you unplug it when not in use. This bass was definately made for the stage and mine has seen the stage many a time.

Mine was not under A direct Ibanez waranty because it was blemished, but the store i got it from has a really nice 2 year waranty. I havn't needed to use it yet.

I've been playing bass for years. this was my first 5-string, but i've played other ones. I played a Yamaha of the same value, and it was shameful compared to this thing. Trust me , whatever style of music your into this bass is extremely versatile. and it is nicely well built