Ibanez EHB1005MSL Left-Handed Headless 5-String Multi-Scale Bass, Sea Foam Green

Manufacturer’s Description

The EHB’s headless construction, contoured body, ergonomic design, and chambered body make for a lightweight and comfortable instrument that’s excellent for long sets or practice sessions. This series also sports a combination of highquality tone woods and versatile electronics, resulting in a cuttingedge, ultramodern bass, capable of cutting though the complex landscape of tones required for today’s bassist.

For more than 40 years, Ibanez has pioneered new frontiers in bass development, pushing the boundaries of conventional designs to bass players of all styles, affording new avenues of expression and creativity. This spirit of exploration has led to the creation of some of the most successful and popular production basses of all time. Following this same drive to bring new and relevant ideas to the musical forefront is what serves as the basis for this ongoing project, dubbed the Ibanez Bass Workshop. The impetus behind each one of these unique instruments comes from a desire by the Ibanez bass development team to satisfy the particular needs of many players. These inventions may not be for everyone, but for those who yearn to explore new sonic vistas through the medium of bass: The Ibanez Bass Workshop project may give you just what you’re looking for.

Features

• 5pc Roasted Maple/Walnut neck with Graphite reinforcement rods: The Roasted Maple neck is heattreated to increase stability, durability, moisture resistance and tolerance of temperature changes.The Graphite reinforcement rods provides massive sustain and excellent stability.
• Roasted Birdseye Maple fretboard: The beautiful Birdseye Maple fretboard imbues this model with an exotic appearance. The fretboard is heattreated for a balanced attack and rich sustain.
• Medium Stainless Steel frets: The Stainless Steel frets are durable and longlasting.
• American Basswood body: The American Basswood body delivers a natural and flat tone.
• Bartolini® BH2 pickups: The Bartolini® BH2 pickups provide a tight bottomend, punchy midrange, and smooth response. The dualcoil style configuration maximizes articulation and a long blade pole piece widens the magnetic field, providing balanced stringtostring pickup response.
• Varimid 3band EQ: The Varimid 3band EQ features a variable midfrequency control which allows you to dial in an incredibly wide range of sounds.
• Ibanez custom headpieces: Rugged yet lightweight Ibanez custom headpieces enable strings to be easily set and released by a hex wrench from the back side.
• MR5HS bridge: The MR5HS bridge is designed specially for EHB basses and features a wide intonation range. Each bridge piece is independently and securely attached to the body for maximum vibration transfer. The saddles are adjustable for string spacing +/1.5mm, answering every bassist’s individual string spacing demands, no matter the playing style. Teflon washers are used on each tuner for a smooth tuning action.
• EQ bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot): The EQ bypass control offers precision tonal adjustments, including a switch to choose passiveonly operation. When the EQ bypass is activated, the treble tone control knob becomes the global tone control for the passive circuit.
• Luminescent side dots: The luminescent side dot position marks make it easy for players to see fretboard position marks when performing on dark stages.
• Schaller SLocks strap lock pins: Indestructible Schaller SLocks don’t fail, even under the toughest conditions on stage.
• Gig bag included: It comes with Ibanez gig bag which is designed specifically to fit and protect this instrument.

Special Features

• Ergonomic body design: The EHB’s headless construction and specially designed body enable the player to maintain a similar playing position whether seated or standing.
• Slanted body back: The top half of the back of the body is slanted which allows the bass to rest slightly closer to the player’s body for better control and a more ergonomic feel.
• Comfortably rounded body edge, Chambered body: Its contoured, ergonomic design and chambered body make for a lightweight, wellbalanced, and comfortable instrument that’s excellent for long sets or practice session.
• Scooped cut on the body back: There is extra carving on the back of the body behind the lower horn for easier upper fret access.
• Detachable Finger ramp: A detachable Finger ramp is included for comfortable finger picking.

Specifications

Body

• Orientation: Left-Handed
• Body Wood: Basswood
• Finish: Sea Foam Green Matte

Neck

• Neck Wood: 5-piece Roasted Maple/Walnut
• Neck Shape: EHBS
• Construction: Bolt-On
• Radius: 19.685″
• Fretboard Wood: Roasted Birdseye Maple
• Fretboard Inlays: Offset Abalone Dots
• Frets: 240 Medium Stainless Steel
• Scale Length: 34″
• Nut Width: 1.771″
• Nut: Plastic

Hardware

• Bridge: MR5HS
• Tuners: Ibanez Custom Headpieces
• Hardware Color: Black

Electronics

• Pickups: Bartolini BH2 Humbuckers
• Controls: Volume, Balance, 3-Band Active EQ, EQ Bypass Switch

Misc.

• Strings: .045-.130
• Case: Gig Bag
• Instrument Weight: 7.1 lbs
• Serial #: I230107528

Overall Condition

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for Ibanez. This left-handed EHB1005MSL is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer’s warranty. Photos are of the exact bass you’ll receive.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.