BTB806MS

BTB806MS Transparent Gray Flat (more images)

The BTB806MS is a six string multi-scale BTB series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2022. It was made in Indonesia as part of the Ibanez Bass Workshop line.

The BTB806MS features neck through body construction with a poplar burl top and okoume back on ash wings attached to a maple and walnut neck with a 24-fret panga panga fingerboard with binding and abalone dot position markers. 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, a finger ramp which matches the top, individually mounted Mono-rail VS bridges with adjustable 17mm string spacing, a locking Neutrik stereo output jack, a plastic nut, and Ibanez tuning machines.

The BTB805MS is a five string version.

Specifications

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Specifications for BTB806MS

Model name: BTB806MS Year(s) offered: 2022–2024 Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan / USA Made in: Indonesia Price: MSRP: JP¥ 195,000 (2022–2023) / JP¥ 201,000 (2023–2024) / US$2,066.65 (2024) • SMAP: US$1,499.99 (2024) Finish(es): Transparent Gray Flat (TGF)
Body Body type: Solid body Body material: Ash wings w/ poplar burl top & okoume back Neck joint: Neck-thru Bridge: MR5S Mono-rail (17mm string spacing) Knob style: Knurled metal dome Hardware color: Black	Neck Neck type: BTB6 multi-scale Neck material: 5-piece maple/ walnut w/ graphite reinforcement rods Scale length: 939.8mm / 37" – 876.3mm/ 34½" Fingerboard material: Panga panga with binding Fingerboard inlays: Abalone dot Frets: 24 (+ zero fret) / medium stainless steel Nut: Plastic (54mm) 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/EQ bypass switch Controls: Master volume / pickup balancer / 3-band EQ (bass/mid/treble) / 3-way mid-frequency toggle Battery: 9V Output jack: ¼" Neutrik stereo locking jack (side mounted) String gauge (factory): 2022–2023: .030/.045/.065/.080/.100/.130 (D'Addario NYXL30130) 2024: .032/.045/.065/.80/.100MS/.130MS (D'Addario single strings: NYXLB032, NYXLB045, NYXLB055, NYXLB080, NYXLB100MS, NYXLB130MS) Factory tuning: 1C,2G,3D,4A,5E,6B (B Std.)

About this table

Images

2022 Ibanez BTB806MS ( Rear: okoume/ash wing body with a 5-piece maple/ walnut neck through construction and Ibanez die-cast machine heads )

Additional details

Controls layout

EQ frequency response

Video

2022 Ibanez Multiscale bass BTB806MS ( Demo by Bitoku )

Sources

• BTB806MS product page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived June 2022
• BTB806MS product page, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2023
• BTB806MS product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2024