ambient Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Just found this. [attachment=153298:GALLERY_BAS0007222-000_1_images1600.jpg] Looks pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 To me, the lower horn protrudes a bit too much. Bet it's great though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Brings to mind my self imposed rule of "if you can't say anything positive then don't say it". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) [quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1390752398' post='2348999'] Brings to mind my self imposed rule of "if you can't say anything positive then don't say it". [/quote] Ha, I normally abide by that rule myself, but in this instance offered a bit of design criticism, with a bit of token positivity tagged onto the end to soften the blow. It was hardly vitriolic, and there is much more inappropriate negativity on the forum than that! Edited January 26, 2014 by Roland Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkoantt Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 There is something and at same time there ain't.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Hmm proportions are all out. The horn is too extruding and the top part seems too fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Proportions look all wrong to me too. I seriously hope that this isn't the outcome of the work Martin Petersen of Sei Bass was doing with Ibanez a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 It's was maybe done by the same designer that did the Grooveline. Mad Eyes Murdoch. [Img]http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1647/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1647R-93426.jpg" class="ipsImage" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 It's good to see a mainstream company embracing the singlecut as a design alternative, after all it's a BTB underneath all that, but, as Machines said, the proportions seem a bit 'off', but still - kudos. Now a singlecut SR, that'd probably work. Ibanez have also brought out a Fender Vl type instrument; once again good to see them trying something new (for them anyway) rather than just sticking some player's name on an existing model with a couple of tweaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I prefer the double cut BTB. This looks odd to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I admire Ibanez for putting this out there. In my opinion it isn't the prettiest single cut that I have seen - but beauty is in the the eye of the......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizznit Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 It's massive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 If you look at it side on it's definitely a hippopotamus with the tongue of a lizard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Machines' timestamp='1390764581' post='2349260'] If you look at it side on it's definitely a hippopotamus with the tongue of a lizard.[/quote] I forgot the bug on the end being the headstock. Edited January 26, 2014 by Machines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 [quote name='Machines' timestamp='1390764581' post='2349260'] If you look at it side on it's definitely a hippopotamus with the tongue of a lizard. [/quote]Snakes alive you're right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Posted a link on this too from the Namm show. I think it looks better than the fugly Warwick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 [quote name='Machines' timestamp='1390755426' post='2349060'] Hmm proportions are all out. The horn is too extruding and the top part seems too fat. [/quote] I think it looks more normal than the Spear S2. Though, I played one of these a few years ago. And I think I remember the one I played looking more normal and more like the Ibanez. Maybe the designed has been changed over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 It's good that a company are gonna put out something like this, after all its only gonna have a niche market, I doubt it'll sell thousands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 If they're using CNC machines to cut the body, would it really cost them all that much more to have a body variation. Couldn't they have one person working one day on the files that define the shape, then after that they could run a batch of them pretty much without having to do anything really different compared to the normal BTBs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 The top section follows the exact same contour as the top horn on the standard version, but it's too much of a gap and just looks, how else can I put it other than sh*te ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) BTB 'Terrafirma' apparently... [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/eu/news/f_products/2014/workshop/terrafirma.html"]http://www.ibanez.co...terrafirma.html[/url] On sale in the States for $1000. Reckon it'll be a similar amount, perhaps a shade less here. Lot bass for the buck if it is! Edited January 26, 2014 by visog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott S Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I like a nice singlecut but this reminds me of the whale off spongebob squarepants...actually, no, the whale off spongebob squarepants is better looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) [quote name='visog' timestamp='1390769858' post='2349356'] BTB 'Terrafirma' apparently... [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/eu/news/f_products/2014/workshop/terrafirma.html"]http://www.ibanez.co...terrafirma.html[/url] On sale in the States for $1000. Reckon it'll be a similar amount, perhaps a shade less here. Lot bass for the buck if it is! [/quote] £746 according to todays exchange rate. [url="http://www.musicstore.de/en_EN/EUR/Basses/6-strings/Ibanez-BTB-686-SC-NTF-Natural-Flat/art-BAS0007222-000"]http://www.musicstor...-BAS0007222-000[/url] Edited January 27, 2014 by ambient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Mysteriously GAK in the UK have a page for it: http://www.gak.co.uk/en/ibanez-btb686sc-ntf/92488 But with no details :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 AT you are right the Spear S2 design has mutated very slightly over the years. The one you show is the current spec, the top horn is more rounded and the top strap button points down more , the body looks less chamfered with less of a carve on top (but that may be the photo). More importantly the new ones are 9v not 18v which I assume means a different preamp (may be wrong but there's scant info around). Headstock looks more swept back too. Still better than the ones with the sleazy lady inlays. Aesthetically I never thought I'd pickup a single cut, I remember calling it a Caveman Bass in the shop but the top horn just fits perfectly against my ribs and the body thrums with resonant life, subtle yet forceful. Could learn to like the Ibanez although their necks can be super thin. To me their mistake is trying to make the lower horn sleek, better to punctate it with a 'jigsaw piece' like the S2 or the Grooveline and deny any reference to double horns at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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