Ibanez MDM1605

[Brian18242]

Top marks to the Ibanez team, they can certainly market a bass well. All over socials and YouTube 👍

[soulstar89]

1 hour ago, visog said:

 

The BtW guys rave about the four and the five. Six review coming shortly. 'Best bass Ibanez has ever made' is quite the statement given they've probably made more models (and maybe actual basses) then anyone else!

I do like the channel. I do wonder with review channels how honest they really are. Not stating they are I just think they go through ALOT of things. 

[kuetsum]

Wish they would do a maple version on the 6.. I am totally sold by the white 6 jazz spec

[ChrisLovatt]

Yeaaaah these aren't for me. I know I'm not the only one but thats too many knobs for me, plus the jazz bass knockoff shape looks off, feels like they've made concessions to the shape to accomodate them extra frets. Also the balance looks like it'll be crap

[AndyTravis]

They look like the groovline models from a few years ago following plastic surgery.

 

There are elements of Sadowsky, Alpher and dare I say it…Cort GB.

 

There’s nowt there for me.

 

Anyhow…

[LukeFRC]

5 hours ago, visog said:

 

The BtW guys rave about the four and the five. Six review coming shortly. 'Best bass Ibanez has ever made' is quite the statement given they've probably made more models (and maybe actual basses) then anyone else!

it's kinda rare if the BtW guys don't absolutely rave about something... 

[tauzero]

14 hours ago, Dood said:

The basses look really good and Nate's video is a good demo of the tones. My immediate thought as soon as I saw these models is that the leg rest cut-out is quite a long way back toward the bridge and, with a 'full size' headstock, it will neck-dive. 

 

Comparing the leg cutout with my Sei Jazz and Squier Jazz 5-strings, it looks to be in about the same position, it's just that there's more of a cutaway on the bottom horn. The top horn is above the 12th fret too, so balance should be as good as instruments with bloody great lumps of wood with metal on at the end of the neck is ever going to be. Sensibly they've gone with a 34" scale.

[tauzero]

3 hours ago, ChrisLovatt said:

Yeaaaah these aren't for me. I know I'm not the only one but thats too many knobs for me, plus the jazz bass knockoff shape looks off, feels like they've made concessions to the shape to accomodate them extra frets. Also the balance looks like it'll be crap

 

The six knob design makes sense as it caters to the passive-only luddites by having a V/B/T with active/passive switch at the front, then a three band EQ with mid switching at the rear for those of us who like a bit more tone shaping.

[visog]

8 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

They look like the groovline models from a few years ago following plastic surgery.

 

I thought exactly the same but not quite as extreme in the offset. So maybe that rare instance of successful plastic surgery?

[visog]

8 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

it's kinda rare if the BtW guys don't absolutely rave about something... 

 

I think Gregor has mentioned that he sold basses for a living so I think he knows his stuff.

 

And, to be fair, they probably avoid reviewing something they don't like at all. I have seen them be critical of fit and features - recently getting a spec changed on a bass which they then re-reviewed.