NBD Ibanez BTB805MS

[Thump]

After a long time thinking about it and flip flopping on choice of a new bass, I spotted this online and it instantly drew all my attention. I have looked at Btb's for several years and nearly bought one in the USA a few years back.

I always thought i could never do an instrument like this any justice when it came to playing. It turns out i don't care 🤷‍♂️  

 

Still playing around with the mid frequency switch and discovering what it does. So far it's incredible , nicely set up straight from the box , neeeearly in tune with one or two strings needing a tweak only.

 

5 string is entirely new to me and so is multi scale and i have to say i'm loving both. That low B string...oh man that sounds goooood. Clear as a bell , meaty as hell. Love me some beef.

 

The sounds it can push out are punishing my little 25W orange amp , the poor little 8" speaker was farting its life away at a tiny tweak of bass boost with the amp eq flat. Good enough reason for something else i reckon 😬

 

Here are the obligatory pictures , the only i have taken so far

[cocco]

Congrats on your purchase! I have the 605 and although it doesn't get played much I really enjoy it when it does. The tone and feel are amazing.

[Rayman]

Nice. I had a long conversation with Dave Swift about one of those….. I never pulled the trigger though. Let us know how you get on.

[crazycloud]

Congrats on the new BTB. I'd love the 806 myself.