Ibanez EHB1005MS £750
£750
Chichester

SumOne · Thursday at 13:47

Ibanez EHB 1005 MS

£750
Excellent condition, just some very small signs of use that won't show up on photos, a shop could get away with selling it as ex display or an 'open box' return rather than as second hand.
With Ibanez gig bag.
3.4kg.
Bought new less than a year ago.
NYXL strings fitted a few months ago (they're an improvement on the stock ones it came with).
Specs: https://www.ibanez.com/eu/products/detail/ehb1005ms_1p_02.html
Collection from Chichester, or I'm in Central London on Mondays. I have the Ibanez box it could potentially be posted in (will add a photo of that once I've retrieved it from the loft).

As a 5 string I think these are hard to beat: Clear 35" B string, even tone across strings and comfortable to play the multiscale, ergonomic and about as lightweight as any 5 string you can get - but still well balanced with no neck dive, compact for carrying and using at pub gigs with small stages, a lot of different tones, passive/active switch, decent 3 band EQ with sweepable mids, stays in tune.

These are great basses with just two annoying things: Fret markers are difficult to see and the locking jack socket needed two hands for you to remove the cable (one to press the button in and one to pull the cable out) which I found a faff. I've addressed both of those: Glowtec Lumo fret stickers (high quality, cost me about £20 with postage, they stay in place well but are removable if you want) and I took the small spring out of the jack socket so it doesn't push in to lock (I still have the small spring so it could be put back in).

I keep buying these Basses (this is my third one!) when I feel I 'need' an active 5 string, then after about a year I feel I 'need' a passive 4 string...no particular reason, sometimes there are some new songs for the band that require the B string and then sometimes there's a whole set with no need for it gets me thinking a 4 would be better, but mostly it is that I'm just fickle and like having new Basses! I'm always a one Bass at a time sort of person as I don't like swapping between different ones especially if different scale lengths or different amount of strings and I always need to sell a Bass to fund the next one so I continue the annual cycle of selling 5 string to get a 4 and vice versa. I have seen one specific 4 string Bass I want, I might remove this advert if that sells first.....and if I do get that one then this time next year when I feel I 'need' an active 5 string again I'll probably sell it to buy one of these again!