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1971 Ibanez model 1915-RS
1915 Red Sunburst Red copyright sprite

The 1915 is a semi-hollow body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 1971. It was produced in Japan. It's visually similar to one of Yamaha's bass models.

The 1915 features a double cutaway thinline semi-hollow mahogany body design with ƒ holes, arched top and mahogany on back and sides with white purfled edges bolted to a hard laminated maple neck neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot position markers and a black open book headstock with a truss rod cover. Components include a pair of maxon mini-humbucker pickup's with individually adjustable polepieces, a black pickguard, a rosewood fixed bridge with a chrome plated string damper and a trapeze tailpiece, a plastic nut and chrome plated individual machines heads.

The 1910 is the guitar version of this model.

The 1915 was discontinued after 1972.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for 1915
Model name: 1915
Year(s) offered: 1971-1972
Sold in: Europe / USA
Made in: Japan
Finish(es): Red Sunburst (RS)
Body
Body type:
Hollow body
Body material:
Mahogany w/ arched top
Body dimensions:
  Length: 20¼"
  Width: 16½"
  Depth: 1¾"
Neck joint:
Bolt-on
Bridge:
Rosewood fixed w/ string damper and trapeze tailpiece (19mm string spacing)
Pickguard:
Black
Knob style:
4 top hat
Hardware color:
Chrome
Neck
Neck material:
Hard laminated maple
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood
Fingerboard inlays:
Pearloid dots
Frets:
22 / medium
Nut:
plastic
Machine heads:
chrome plated
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
Maxom (H) covered/ bridge
Neck pickup:
Maxom (H) covered/ neck
Controls:
Two volumes / two tones / 3-way toggle pickup selector
Output jack:
¼" mono (side-mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.045/.065/.085/.105
Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E (E standard)

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