IBANEZ goes HEADLESS and FRETLESS!!
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0:00 Intro
0:52 Neck Pickup Sound
1:40 Does it sing?
2:26 Woods
2:50 Slap Sound
3:09 Mechanics and Electronics
3:45 Passive Sound
4:17 Ergonomics
5:14 What a cool bass!
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I think this might be the best sounding of the EHB line. Hardly anything would sound bad in Lars' hands though lol.
@LarsLehmannBassplayer
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! 🙂
@campfiresedge9395
4 ай бұрын
Unless it was Lars from Metallica.
I like how he suddenly grows a full head of hair every time he starts playing
A bit of Jack Bruce from 0:52 if I'm not mistaken. White Room!
@LarsLehmannBassplayer
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely right, MrMiller! 😀
The close up b-roll was absolutely insane!!
The official Ibanez demo clip on this model was sub par, this is very helpful. Thank you for your excellent work as always.
@TheDiamondBladeHD
Жыл бұрын
Yuki Atori himself is a great bass player. Even fretless basses usually sound good when he plays them. But somehow in this video he didn't do his skills justice
@tatzang
Жыл бұрын
@@TheDiamondBladeHD I do agree Yuki is a monster on bass, generally. For some reason, this year Ibanez demos (those mainly coming from Japanese artists) overall were quite disappointing, I thought...
@yuki_atori
Жыл бұрын
あんたの演奏聴いたけどそんな事言えるレベルじゃなかったぞ。 sub parって言葉そのまま返すわ。
Finally a proper review of the new Ibanez! Really love the sound and how it plays Might consider looking into getting one this year
it really has a late 80's/early 90's look to it.. those control knobs are the same ones i have on my zon bass, had them on my ibanez SDGR and i had them on a modulus Q4 i used to own, both 80's/90's basses..
Ibanez’s most extraordinary accomplishment is somehow only releasing the colors/finishes I want the most into configurations I don’t particularly want lol. Put this finish on the multiscale fretted version and it’s basically an insta-buy.
@Omnatten9
Жыл бұрын
Good point 😁
@TheForeboding
Жыл бұрын
It's the other way around for me. hahaha
what a beauty. damn.. I gotta try this one. Thanks for yet another very pertinent video/review. cheers from Portugal
Thought I recognized White Room at 0:53 ❤Jack Bruce has been huge influence on me
@LarsLehmannBassplayer
Жыл бұрын
... and on me! Jack is THE MAN! Atb, Lars
That sounds amazing! Well done Lars. Did you have any pedal effects on it during the video or was that the way it sounds with no pedals?
Wow, it's really impressing!!! Love the sound and the design.
@boomerbutler7569
Жыл бұрын
I think the design is amazing but the sound is really cheap to me. Sounds so synthetic and unlike any bass I've ever heard, but maybe there will be a market for this guitar that is not me. When he's playing on the clean tones, it sounds so weak and toneless. 🤮
@Terrible_Peril
Жыл бұрын
@@boomerbutler7569 hm.. are you using something weak and toneless to listen to this demo? Because I'd agree if listening through laptop or cellular phone speakers, but with decent headphones or a proper set of monitors this bass sounds rather impressive.
@VittorioGreggio
Жыл бұрын
@Boomer Butler I agree with @TerriblePeril , I'm using a Topping DAC and a simple AKG headphone but the sound is really good, sure maybe not the best out there but for sure a good sound, of course IMO
It's a nice looking instrument and the passive sound is awesome.
Wow!! Now I like this Fretless, thank you BASS the World, and thanks LARS LEHMANN 👍❤️🙂☮️🎸
@LarsLehmannBassplayer
Жыл бұрын
Always welcome, Reuben! 🙂
I bought this bass and it is absolutely amazing! Worth the wait
@sergeysuvik5747
7 ай бұрын
Could you tell me please which strings do you use? Thanks
With a locking output jack, be sure to use a coily cable to avoid tugging accidents.
Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like the locking jack. I have an EHB1265MS, it's fantastic, but maybe I'll get the jack replaced at some point. I agree with Gregor, it worries me, as I stepped on my cable once (with another bass) and it pulled right out of the bass, which is what I'd prefer.
@chris_st
Жыл бұрын
@@309550176 Thanks! I'll look into that.
Would love to get the tabs for that intro riff absolutely love it
Thankfully with the jacks used on the EHBs, you can quite easily & non-destructively make them non-locking by removing the spring inside 🙂
One of my students has a 4 string fretted version of this bass. I thought it felt great and I was really impressed with it. I bought one of the ehb1005f models and it came with several quality control issues. I’ve ironed the issues out, but there shouldn’t have been any issues. Hey Ibanez, whats up with your quality control?
@jreid641
10 ай бұрын
@@evilchameleon69 Sorry to hear this. I did end up returning my Ibanez. Too much money to be as bad as it was.
That is one cool bass.... Great player too... Thanks.... Take care....more videos please...
@LarsLehmannBassplayer
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Tiger! 🙂
Awesome bass, great playing. What are you using to make and record that sound please LOL ? 😉💚👽
Just bought this and you're so right about the cable jack issue.. I need 2 hands to press the red button down! Also, yes, the bass does ship with round wound strings and scratches on the neck. Your review is spot on though, overall it plays like a dream and the tone is incredible for this price range.
@unduloid
11 ай бұрын
I just use one hand, pushing the button with my thumb while pulling the string out. No issue whatsoever.
@namcizum
9 ай бұрын
How is the weight of the bass? I’m considering getting this but needed a bass that is 9.5 lbs or less. Thanks!
@sergeysuvik5747
7 ай бұрын
I'm going to buy the same and am just a little bit confused about which flatwound strings could I use? I mean, I should cut them, is it OK? What strings do you use? Thanks
Why no flatwound strings??? The Ibanez SRF700 comes with flatwounds and they sound great 😃
Nice video. Was that White Room by Cream Lars was playing at 0:53 ?
@LarsLehmannBassplayer
Жыл бұрын
Indeed, my friend! Atb, Lars 🙂
great video ...but who ruined the fretboard between C and A on the A string?
I like the side indicator lines. Like the old Musician basses!
Does anyone know what settings did Lars use in that intro tune? That tone was AWESOME! I can definitely hear a bit of a chorus, balance towards the bridge pickup (maybe even soloed) but anything else? Absolutely killer sound!
@basstheworldofficial
Жыл бұрын
It’s an ambient stereo chorus plugin and heavy compression
@mitchellrobins7482
2 ай бұрын
What was the into Lars?
I have one on order. Just waiting for it to be shipped.
Oh boy, I saw the Ashula in the back, can't wait!
Exciting bass. The first thing I would do is deposit those Bartolini's into the nearest waste receptacle where they belong and put in some Nordstrands like on the higher end EHB. From comparison's I've seen it's like taking the blanket off of your speaker when you change out the Barts.
@Javi45x
Жыл бұрын
Or put real Barts on it, I did it on my SR806MS day and night, I put Bartolini jazz soap bars and now it sounds like a boutique bass, those BH2 Ibanez uses are just garbage
@aaronjohnson5180
Жыл бұрын
@@Javi45x What is the model number of the soap bars you used please?
@Javi45x
Жыл бұрын
@@aaronjohnson5180 hi, I used the P46J series
@adamwalcott_official
Жыл бұрын
It really depends on the preamp also. Some Barts are super bright depending on what's inside. The Tobias Growler from early 90s had a Bartolini MM style humbucker that sounded pretty amazing. I also had a electric upright with Bartolini preamp and it sounded fine. I know that's pre-amp vs Pup, but I'm just making the point that not all Bartolini products sound muffled.
Wow! That Fretless sounds sweet! Wish it came with a white finish but that blue is cool. (Wife loves blue.😌❤️🎶👍🏾) Lars killing it AS ALWAYS!!🤨🎶👍🏾
Not a fan of the color for the body and richlite fingerboard and hopefully they come up with more color options, but otherwise the EHB body shape and electronics are pretty nice.
Lars "from Mars" Lehmann = 👑🤟🧨💥
Cool outro!
Wow, sounds almost as good as my Sandberg Panther 5 Fretless!
Ah. Well now I’m in a pickle because I definitely wanted one of the multiscale EHBs, and now I kinda love the fretless too! 😬 Maybe Ibanez would consider a double-neck version… 5 string MS + 4 string fretless 🤤
what pedal do I use to create the second effect?
Beauty! Since the bass has a passive/active toggle switch, can you keep playing this bass in passive mode if the battery dies or without a battery?
@basstheworldofficial
Жыл бұрын
I can’t check it anymore but I doubt it
@ErwanLegrand
Жыл бұрын
I own Ibanez basses with the same preamp. Sure, I can play them without a battery. Another related piece of information: one should not leave a cable plugged in when there's a battery inside as the battery is drained even when in passive mode.
@justsomedude5727
Жыл бұрын
I cant speak for this specific bass but my charvel has a passive toggle which basically bypasses the preamp and can be played with dead/no battery.
I've never played a fretless Lars so just sent that one to me
What is that compact bass stand you are using? I’m looking for something similar for my gigs.
@basstheworldofficial
Жыл бұрын
all my stands are from K&M
さすがアイバニーズだ。ボディのデザインは個性的だがシンプルで品があり美しい…。
oh, baby
Wanderfuuulll!!!
A fretless with roundwounds ❤
Hi. Please tell me what effects are you using in this video? Thanks 🎉
@basstheworldofficial
Жыл бұрын
There‘s a chorus plugin on the bass in the intro and some reverbs throughout the video, but we didn’t use any pedals
Is the colloquial term for a Fretless Headless bass a 'Fred-Less' bass? 🙂
Does this come in 6?
Such an amazing riff! BTW as anoying as the jack plug is , get an longuer jack cable! i think it is for live situation in case an idiot walk on your jack b4 your solo , like what happen in cane festival years ago to " fff " . in home situation it sucks and a dome in one is by far what i like most.
Maybe to avoid string marks on the fretboard should be adding flatwounds?
@wisteriahill7584
Жыл бұрын
I've had good success with half wounds for those folks who don't want to go full flat.
@kharybaker868
Жыл бұрын
Little bit of witness marks is more than a fair trade-off for using round wounds and getting that mwah for me. They sound phenomenal on this bass.
@kenmathews4522
Жыл бұрын
Hmmm. Different. Pretty cool. Nice tones, esp the passive. And Lars is, well he's Lars!
What is the price ?
The line Lars is playing @0:52 sounds familiar - is it Hendrix? Anyone know? thx :)
@LarsLehmannBassplayer
Жыл бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/iIZtksmKXbavkbw.html 🙂
@bongosock
Жыл бұрын
@@LarsLehmannBassplayer Of course! Jack Bruce - another master of the fretless arts. Thanks for the reply, Lars, and the tasty licks :)
@LarsLehmannBassplayer
Жыл бұрын
@@bongosock Anytime, my friend! 🙂
I love this guy and I hope jorge sprague and him have a baby so it can grow up to become a content creator that makes weaponized basses. Lets look at its features!
Im waiting for multiscale fretless xDDD
Are yoyu guys reviewing the SRC6MS?
@basstheworldofficial
Жыл бұрын
not sure yet. we'll see
I am so about this
Thank you!
Gods I wish this came in left handed. Great playing also.
@LarsLehmannBassplayer
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man! 🙂
Wish there was a 4 string version. I feel like the fretboard could be too wide
Will you try the Bergantino new product ? :D (super pre)
@basstheworldofficial
Жыл бұрын
Just arrived today!
@francoishtzl157
Жыл бұрын
@@basstheworldofficial hard to get one to europe, cost a bit more too. But will receive mine soon too. Will be happy if you share some presets ! 😃
Красивое :)
I really wish Ibanez would sell those headless bridges and string locks separately. I'd love to put them on my bass
@anonymus8760
Жыл бұрын
They do. You can buy them in the roland-meinl store
@manuelramos1277
Жыл бұрын
They do. Search through a local Ibanez dealer
Looks really cool, but my SRF705 sounds better because it has piezo in addition to bartolinies.
Why do they always build these necks without fret lines. I don‘t want to struggle to play without lines.
Jack Bruce bass line!
@lucacottone1807
Жыл бұрын
Yeah! White room!
This bass is so beautiful, makes me wish I played bass just to justify buying ir
I agree about the locking jack thing, not a fan
Hmmm….could be more sustain for a fretless… Do they have flatwounds on them….
I gotta have one. Time to sell stuff.
Poezja.
Fanned fretless!
Schade das es die guten Ibanez Bässe immer nur als 5-Saiter gibt. Einmal gekauft wird man ihn nicht mehr los. Die meisten Bassisten die ich kenne wollen 4-Saiter. Mir geht es ähnlich, wenn man mal einen Viersaiter gewöhnt ist, ist gleichzeitig Backvocals ohne sich zu vergreifen schon echt anstrengend. Liebe meinen BTB vom Sound und seiner Bespielbarkeit, aber ein Viersaiter wäre mir lieber, für Proben Auftritte entledige ich ihm immer die H-Saite...Danke, Groovigen Gruß Kay It's a pity that the good Ibanez basses are only available as 5-string. Once you buy it, you can't get rid of it. Most bassists I know want 4-string. I feel the same way, once you're used to a four-string, doing back vocals at the same time without getting caught is really exhausting. Love my BTB from the sound and its playability, but a four-string would be better for me, . for rehearsals and gigs I always discharge him the B-string.Thanks, Groovy greetings Kay
i think it would be 'more' beautiful if the upper horn didn't look like a piece of plastic which warped... to me it looks like the upper horn has been tugged upwards, to my eye the cutaway where it hits the neck should either be in line with the lower cutaway OR more perpendicular to the neck., it looks weird to me. sounds killer though, cool color too
I’m not Ibanez user but always give me interesting video. Thanks! Hello from Japan
DER GLOCKENKLANG!
👍👍👍👌
The fretboard looks damaged by the roundwounds. Would never use anything but flatwounds or tapewounds on it.
Well....at least I don't have any money. Cus I'd be buying this bass and the new Ashula 7 string right now...then be in debt a couple thousand. 😆
I was waiting on your review of this! Ibanez’s own demo of this was poor and didn’t really show what the instrument can do
next product: Ibanez goes BASSLESS
It almost has a mysterious Arabic sound at times
Surprisingly, the BH2s don't sound that awful on this bass
where is the sustain? it's needed to call it singing on a fretless
I've never seen a locking jack until now, and it sound like a giant gimmick ngl.
@daevien
Жыл бұрын
They've been around for a long long time
Its headless, fretless and also gluten free 😅
A little low on the sustain imo.
Is it just me or is there actually not that much sustain for a fretless?
@xngr
Жыл бұрын
Fretless basses tend to have less sustain, as the string vibrates directly against the fretboard. Basically the thing that causes that fretless "singing" sound costs you some sustain. With frets the contact area of the string and the fret is much smaller.
@zamkowicz
Жыл бұрын
@@xngr I meant it has less sustain than other fretless basses I've heard
Now you have no where to put your cig.
I cant wait till they make a Fretless and headless and bodyless and neckless and stringless and bridgeless bass and or guitar
Dead note! At 1:40 his playing hits that note a few times that practically refuses to sound. It has virtually no response and zero sustain. If that’s happening on a model Ibanez sent to be reviewed, that doesn’t say good things about quality control.
@meinAliasfuer2024
Жыл бұрын
...was really "loud" to hear - you re not the only one who noticed that.
@martyrofgrenth2136
Жыл бұрын
Yep, noticed it immediately and that's not good.
What a Less..
Look at that guy talk, shit,,,,, Now i see the beauty gone,,,,
looks bit like a kiesel bass
It seems like Ibanez doesn't want us to love this bass; poor in-house release demo, minimal push for better press, single color way, different from any other in the lineup. It sounds pretty great, the EHB shape is what it is (I like it, but not everyone does I'm sure) but MAN if it had a little more in common with the upper tier EHB offerings, I'd IMMEDIATELY jump on it.
First time seeing the outro vid... No.