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Ibanez K5

5+ string bass guitar from Ibanez belonging to the Fieldy series

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Published on 05/19/07 at 07:56
Ibanez K5 active (Fieldy signature), the black jai (latest model) and jai purchased new in June 2006 on the Internet with a box boxymusic.com € 840 (including shipping) or a little moins.Seul problem, had to go to jai problem for the maker of Tiran but that's normal for a new instrument .. Manufacturing in Korea, 24 frets, traditional easel .. 2microts ADX5 assets (the author of the previous opinion was wrong) .. there 4 knobs: one for volume, one swing, one for medium (+ a knob knob superimposed on the active medium "normal") and a knob for bass and the same: an active knob knob superimposed on the low "normal" ca 6 tout.Mais made in the "far" we only see 4.
What I "shocked" and contrasts with the beauty of the instrument, the look of the knobs: they look like small black caps bottle of water. For this I put 9.

UTILIZATION

Jai was impressed by the smoothness of the neck, Ibanez makes the street a lot of competitors on this là.En +, it is extremely light, nothing to do with Cort or such choses.Lacces is very easy to acute, I think it has two important points are its lightness and delicacy of sleeve.
ONLY PROBLEM nest but a problem that the first time: access to the battery active.Une screwed once the screws unscrewed, not bring down the plastic that protects access to the battery (even turning the bass), j 'I do's "leverage" with a card from bus.Mais Quon has opened a first time, other times it comes off very normalement.Ca can be very annoying in concert or just before ... Anyway, active 9v battery does not change souvent.Je dishes still 10.

SOUNDS

Javais saw Korn in concert, I looked for a 5 string for my group, a friend to me conseillé.Au start I did not because I thought it could be that the sound of Fieldy, I do not like trop.Je did not know whether to trust the first opinion which said she was very versatile, but it does, and even many in the cas.Merci active medium and other knobs that allow a wide variety of son.On really play anything with this bass (I play funk and metal, it always follows me, but I'm sure I could play jazz or death, everything A to Z). By spring against the 5th string evil, but that's my fault Hartke Kickback 15 120wats I will change to a hybrid head Ampeg SVT-3 Pro and a nemesis by Eden 2x10.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since June 2006.Je know her so well présent.Ses strengths are the ease of playing (fineness of the handle) and its very polyvalent.Les only two faults that I have found are: access to Trap the active cell not easy the first time only and the look of the knobs, but everyone's goûts.C is a really nice surprise because I did not love him as ca.Je also used with a EBS MULTICOMP (compressor) which greatly improves the sound quality that shows the amp.