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Jan 29, 2016
Lightweight with great features!
The Ibanez SR1406TE blends traditional beauty with modern appointments, starting with the classy Vintage Natural Flat finish that makes it pretty obvious from the start that there’s neck-thru construction on hand. There’s obviously a flamed maple top, and that’s sitting on a body that features maple wings and a midsection provided courtesy of the neck-thru build.
The 34” scale neck on proud, natural-finish display is an Atlas-5, five-piece, wenge/bubinga neck. Given the thin, flat profile (305mm radius, 45mm wide at the nut, 19.5mm thick at the first fret and 21.5” thick at the 12th), it’s nice to know there are KTS titanium rods for added strength and stability. Finding those in a Premium series instrument (as opposed to Prestige) is a fantastic detail. The medium height frets are rounded at the edges, and the neck features a black TUSQ XL nut.
The bridge is a Mono-rail IV model, which features five independent string saddles, and the SR1405TE includes a pair of passive, Nordstrand Big Single, soapbar-style pickups.
One knob (closest to the strings) provides volume control, while the other knob controls balance between the two pickups. As you can see from the plethora of additional controls, there is plenty of tone shaping on board: the EQB-IIISC three-band EQ features a circuit bypass switch, and another switch enables you to select between two different mid-frequencies (250Hz or 600Hz). Three small knobs provide boost or cut in low, mid, and high ranges.
This instrument, featuring neck-through design, refines the aesthetics, feel and tone already established by Ibanez's bolt-on Premium-series instruments. Kudos must be given for the as-delivered factory set up, which was perfect. Tuning was a breeze: low action, no noticeable buzzing, and good intonation throughout.
The slim neck permitted my thumb to glide effortlessly along its length, making position shifting—especially at the upper cutaway, very comfortable. The back of the neck has a compound radius that has more of a C carve at the headstock that flattens slightly to a D carve by the twelfth fret or so. The SR1405TE's controls, including volume/tone knobs and pick up configuration selector switch, were compact and easily accessible.
Another nice touch: the recessed cable input on the face of the bass guitar, which helps protect the plug from getting damaged or being inadvertently jerked out.
The Nordstrand Big Single pickups are hot by any single-coil bass pickup standard, and I was somewhat surprised that this bass was passive by design, because the tone was so bold and clear. Playing through a very-low-noise Carvin amp straight into my mixing board (via the amp’s onboard DI), the SR1406TE proved to be extremely quiet, well balanced volume-wise across all strings, and extremely articulate. I had no trouble discerning the sound of chords, and the neck-thru design handily contributed to this bass’s outstanding sustain.
The SR1406TE is easily one of those workhorse basses that you can take to virtually any gig, as it responds superbly over a range of playing styles and musical genres. I put it to task in everything from rock and pop to funk and more. The onboard EQ was particularly useful for dialing in a wide range of tones from classic to cutting, and I was especially pleased by the by the frequency response on the low B string, whether traversing a driving eighth note pattern or simply letting a whole note ring out. It was also interesting to experiment with the EQ bypass switch, but I preferred the sound with the EQ engaged, even if all controls were at their neutral settings.
Tone and volume was consistent across the fretboard, with no dead spots. Besides the aforementioned clarity of tone in chords or while ripping through fusion and prog rock melody lines, the SR1406TE did a great job funking things up.
The SR1406TE is definitely a bass that poses the essential bass player’s question: how much will it cost to keep this thing? It’s a hard instrument to put down, and really, I can’t fathom what more is possibly gained from Ibanez’s more costly alternatives in the Prestige line.
Mar 16, 2021
Great printer!
Very easy to set up and the print quality is superb!
Very satisfied with this purchase.