All user reviews of 3/5 for the Ibanez EDC700

I bought this bass from a local music store around a year ago. I bought it for around $600.00 brand new and bought it because I liked the modern style of the body.



As most all Ibanez basses I love the thin neck, high low end volume and it is a very comfortable shape to play on. The body is made out of luthite which is extremely light. The shape is very impressive and gets lots of compliments and the color is exrtemely attractive as well.



The mid tones are not great at all. I also discovered while in the studio, that the sustain around the 9th and 7th fret of the d-string is practically non-existent for some reason. I have adjusted the intunation, replaced the strings and even tried new pick-ups and still can't get any sustain. Also the over-all volume of the bass is nowhere near the quality of a soundgear bass.



The body of the bass is totally made of man-made luthite and the 24-fret neck is bolted on pretty firmly. The body has a scooped out thumb-rest and scooped out part under the strings for plucking.



Overall this is more of a live bass than anything b/c of the lack of sustain and mid-tone, so nobody will really notice what it's lacking. But I wouldn't go anywhere near a recorder with it.



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