NAMM 2019: Ibanez debuts 19 new bass guitars

[Aidil]

Uau!

I think I'm turning into an Ibanez fan!

I only have the SRH 505 for a couple of months, but it's now my favorite bass!

I'm thinking of selling my avri 64 Jazz and my Maruszczyk Fretless to justify buying a fretless Ibanez! What do I do??

hold on to it, cause seems they've decided to cease the SRH505 model out from the market this year (the 4 string SRH500 is still available though). My SRH505 has become my favorite too. Great sounding bass.

If you were aiming to get the SRH505F, luckily they are still on this year catalog. I'd get it ASAP if I were you. Don't know how long they're gonna be available.

 

[J_Bass]

hold on to it, cause seems they've decided to cease the SRH505 model out from the market this year (the 4 string SRH500 is still available though). My SRH505 has become my favorite too. Great sounding bass.

If you were aiming to get the SRH505F, luckily they are still on this year catalog. I'd get it ASAP if I were you. Don't know how long they're gonna be available.

Thanks! I'm between the SHR505F, the Portamento, or the new Gary Willis!

 

[Bassworship1]

I've been waiting for years for them to offer a 18mm Premium Ibanez bass. Hopefully they are a huge success and they start offering Prestige models to.

 

[Ryan L.]

I am negativist when it comes to Ibanez.
Never in my house. Sorry.

Good to know

 

[FRoss6788]

I am negativist when it comes to Ibanez.
Never in my house. Sorry.

Not sure why you would bother commenting then...

 

[TolerancEJ]

I am negativist when it comes to Ibanez.
Never in my house. Sorry.

If you took a second to read the thread title before opening, you could have spared some agony for yourself.

 

[stingray69]

Found this on YouTube today - very nice, detailed shots of many of the 2019 models:

 

[bholder]

I scrolled through the list of pics and was thinking "just this year's models, nothing very new or interesting" until I hit that last one:

Love that color!!!!!

 

[Bassworship1]

I don’t know about anyone else but those wise spacing premium Ibanez basses have me excited. I will buy one of those once Sweetwater gets some in stock.

 

[kosma]

Found this on YouTube today - very nice, detailed shots of many of the 2019 models:

Thanks, its my short clip from today's Ibanez news meeting in Poland. I'll try to make some sound test as soon as I will get those basses for few days.

 

[Bassworship1]

Thanks, its my short clip from today's Ibanez news meeting in Poland. I'll try to make some sound test as soon as I will get those basses for few days.

Anxious to hear your thoughts on the new wide series Premium basses with the Aguilar Super doubles in them. That bass has caught my eye.

 

[stingray69]

Thanks, its my short clip from today's Ibanez news meeting in Poland. I'll try to make some sound test as soon as I will get those basses for few days.

Great video - love the high definition shots of the new lineup!

Looking forward to the sound clips later...

 

[ERIC31]

That red Adam Nitti model has got my interest! Looks really good....now I wait to hear how it sounds.

 

[stingray69]

I see a lot of new woods (Okoume for some of the bodies, Pangapanga for some tops) and scores of adjustable string spacing bridges in the mix - as well as some Vintage style models.

2019 is shaping up to be quite an exciting year for Ibanez!

 

[kosma]

I will try to do some sound test of those new premium models as soon as it will be possible

 

[Solarmist]

... of adjustable string spacing bridges in the mix ...

About that - does anyone else find the M500 bridge with the adjustable spacing to be gimmicky or something you would actually use?

 

[bassman74]

That red Adam Nitti model has got my interest! Looks really good....now I wait to hear how it sounds.

Let’s see how much it will cost too! I hope it’s not 3-4000$ like the other Nitti bass.

 

[Bassworship1]

Let’s see how much it will cost too! I hope it’s not 3-4000$ like the other Nitti bass.

It shows the price is $1999 at Sweetwater for pre-order.

 

[bassman74]

It shows the price is $1999 at Sweetwater for pre-order.

IMO it’s still expensive but I haven’t tried it yet. Maybe it plays as good as it looks!

 

[stingray69]

About that - does anyone else find the M500 bridge with the adjustable spacing to be gimmicky or something you would actually use?

I won't pretend to know the complete range(s) of side-to-side adjustment - although I think I saw some discussion recently over in the Ibanez Club (Part 6) thread. In any case, I'm not sure I see anything gimmicky at all about offering string spacing options.

In fact, IME, by far the most common complaint I tend to see reverberating around on TB about Ibanez 5-strings are in regards to "narrow string spacing". I'd say if anything, it might appear to be a response to consumer feedback. That said, I really do believe a lot of people will be utilizing it, regardless of the intent behind it - if TB is any measure of a greater, real world consensus.