BTB7MS

BTB7MS Natural Mocha Low Gloss (more images)

The BTB7MS is a seven string multi-scale BTB series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2024. It is made in Indonesia as part of the Ibanez Bass Workshop line.

The BTB7MS features neck through body construction with a bubinga top over ash and okume wings attached to a maple, panga panga and walnut neck with graphite reinforcement rods and a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with abalone dot postition markers. The body has a double cutaway design with very distinctive, narrow, curving horns. Components include a pair of T1 passive humbucking pickups channeled through an Ibanez custom preamp with a three-band EQ, stainless steel frets including a zero fret, individually mounted Mono-rail Vs bridges with adjustable 15.5mm string spacing, a locking Neutrik stereo output jack, a plastic nut, and Ibanez die-cast tuning machines.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for BTB7MS

Model name: BTB7MS

Year(s) offered: 2024

Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan / USA

Made in: Indonesia

Price: MSRP: US$1,928.88 (2024)^[1] • SMAP: US$1,399.99 (2024)^[1]

Finish(es): Natural Mocha Low Gloss (NML)

Body

Body type:
Solid body

Body material:
Asn and Okume wing w/ bubinga top

Neck joint:
Neck-thru

Bridge:
Mono-rail Vs (15.5mm string spacing)

Strap buttons:
Standard

Hardware color:
Black

Neck

Neck type:
BTB7 multi-scale

Neck material:
9-piece maple/ panga panga/ walnut w/ Graphite reinforcement rods

Scale length:
889mm / 35" – 852mm/ 33½"

Fingerboard material:
Rosewood

Fingerboard inlays:
Abalone dots

Frets:
24 (+ zero fret) / medium

Nut:
Black plastic (63mm)

Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast

Electronics/ Strings

Pickup configuration:
HH

Bridge pickup:
Ibanez T1 bridge (H) passive

Neck pickup:
Ibanez T1 neck (H) passive

Electronics:
Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/ adjustable mid freq. and bypass

Controls:
Master volume / pickup balancer / 3-band EQ (bass/mid/treble) / EQ bypass toggle / 3-way mid-frequency toggle

Battery:
Two 9V

Output jack:
¼" Neutrik stereo locking jack (side mounted)

String gauge (factory):
.020p/.032/.045/.065/.080/.100/.130
(D'Addario EXL170-5SL + .020p/0.32)

Factory tuning:
1F,2C,3G,4D,5A,6E,7B (all fourths)

About this table

Images[]

Ibanez BTB7MS ( Rear: Neck through body construction with okume wings on to a 9-piece maple/ panga panga/ walnut BTB7 neck with graphite reinforcement rods and die-cast machine heads )

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