Is this a GUITAR or a BASS ??? Ibanez SRC6MS Review

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the Ibanez SRC6MS is extremely unique and brings a new way of looking at a familiar but also unfamiliar stringed instrument.
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1:58 Introduction
6:31 Bitching
10:01 Into a Bass Amp
13:24 Mid Switch
16:00 Low Interval Limits
23:32 Into a Guitar Amp
25:28 Into a distorted Amp
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@rmp5s 4 ай бұрын

"I don't understand it but I want one" sums this up perfectly. Can relate, 100%.

@sassycat Жыл бұрын

Came for the bass review, stayed for the music theory lesson. Affordable fun for everyone!

@Unchainedmaple888 Жыл бұрын

Ironically that center piece of Okoume is very nicely figured

@franksmith6871 7 ай бұрын

I have a non-multiscale Ibanez SRC6 Crossover. I drilled out the first three low string ferrules and pathways so that I could put heavier gauge bass strings on it. I use it as a bass guitar, tuned low B to high C. It sounds great and is so easy to play and get around on.

@Warliche 10 ай бұрын

I got another Guitarbass, more similar to Fender Bass VI. I use it as an hybrid in my hc band, mostly as a picked bass but also for 4 strings movable chords on the D and G string. I think these hybrids are great instruments and I’m considering this Ibanez along with a couple models from Schecter for my next purchase. Thanks for the insight on sound physics, I already got that it didn’t work on some low intervals and now I know why. Glad this video made me know your channel, I’m following you from now on 💯👍🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@jackjackjack26 5 ай бұрын

Nice review! Thank you sir!

@Case_ Жыл бұрын

Essentially a modern take on the Fender VI. Could be a cheap-ish alternative for us Cure fans, though the fanned frets don't exactly go with that (on the "visual" side of things I mean).

@jimberjamber8540 Жыл бұрын

Im glad some of the old school artists have started to embrace it. Dingwall has become super popular with a lot of people.

@tim_shipp Жыл бұрын

Breaking the low interval limit is exactly what I want to do. Perfect for a noise band.

@bepitan 5 ай бұрын

yeah ..if you want to make some ear destroying sounds then distortion with low end chords on this guitar should do it .

@dragonsquare2802 Жыл бұрын

Freaking LOVE the center piece of the body!

@eggpod4567 Ай бұрын

You just earned a subcriber. Consdering, you arent afraid to talk shit. Too many people water down their emotions way too much for 'the perfect shot' on camera. I love the realism.

@stephanwilliams9622 Жыл бұрын

When using it as a guitar, I would suggest using the active preamp to scoop out the low end. I have the older SRC6 and that really helps clean it up.

@Dan-vb7lz Жыл бұрын

How far back do you roll off the low end? The whole way?

@stephanwilliams9622 Жыл бұрын

@@Dan-vb7lz yup!

@musicman243 7 ай бұрын

@@stephanwilliams9622 so basically you just use it as a lame ass djent stick?

@stephanwilliams9622 7 ай бұрын

@musicman243 No, I use it as a bass and I use it as a guitar. I do play heavier stuff with it..though I don't think it would he classified as djent. I also use it when I play and write indy/alt and more classic blues inspired rock stuff.

@RainMakeR_Workshop Жыл бұрын

As a guitarist who hates playing bass because of the feel, but wants real bass on solo home recordings (also as someone who plays bass with a pick anyway). And a fan of low tuned metal, but not a lover of 7 and 8 strings. And as someone who has wanted a Bass VI style Bass-Baritone for years but has never liked any of the vintage aesthetic ones out there. I’m 100% getting one of these.

@raptureomega1912 7 ай бұрын

Based

@RainMakeR_Workshop 7 ай бұрын

@@raptureomega1912Lol, I see what you did there... Also. I now have one and I LOVE it.

@RikkiStevens 4 ай бұрын

As a short scale bassist who hates playing guitar because of the feel, but occasionally (ok, frequently) wants to hit some power chords, but doesn’t want a massive 6 string bass….

@RainMakeR_Workshop 4 ай бұрын

@@RikkiStevens Live and let live

@jupiterjames-reynolds2260 Жыл бұрын

The best thing to make a huge improvement is changing the strings. I have the non multi scale version and it came with the 84-24. I put on a 90-19 (winspear strings) and it plays much better with heavier E and lighter top strings. With the multi scale I reckon getting 95-24. Just getting a slightly tighter bottom E makes a huge difference.

@NikolaNovak 8 ай бұрын

Hi! On the off chance you may read this, can you help me understand what difference the strings make? I got the SRC6MS and love it for the crazy thing that it is, but I find the low E is a bit buzzy, and extremely sensitive to fretting strength/depth -- I can bend it almost a semitone just by pushing harder! Would different strings help with either? Are there sacrifices - any reason why Ibanez might've gone with the strings they have? Thx muchly! :)

@-processdrone- 6 ай бұрын

@@NikolaNovak this is exactly why the low strings need heavier gauges. Thing is virtually no one puts 84 on a 4 string bass for "E" so ... why the heck would you do it on a 6 string?!?!? fatter low end strings seem very logical. but beware this is not a "fix all" . A check for high frets, and a good set up are also essential. I'm just suggesting a good first step.

@bepitan 5 ай бұрын

@@-processdrone- no one puts 84 on a low e ..much less a short scale.

@RikkiStevens 4 ай бұрын

So who here has put a low b on it

@jupiterjames-reynolds2260 4 ай бұрын

@@NikolaNovak sorry for the late reply. A thicker gauge string means it will be tighter for the same tuning and therefore less likely to rattle against your frets as much. You do have to have a lighter approach to this instrument I find. You can always level frets to improve this as well but I don't know much about that kind of thing.

@BrentAdams Жыл бұрын

I have an older version of that (I believe) with mine NOT the Multi Scale version (mine is a 30" short scale). I use mine for both a bass.... and for a lower Baritone Guitar. Very versatile instruments! (The spacing is weird.....)

@Mark761966 Жыл бұрын

Ibanez... Always killing it with the catchy names 🤣

@user-jn7ud7cu5w 7 ай бұрын

Played one of these yesterday, they had it in the bass section and I felt it was DEFINITELY a baritone guitar more than it is a bass. Hella cool though! I might have to get one at some point.

@L.Scott_Music Жыл бұрын

There are some bass players that use the DS module in a Syn1 into a bass amp. Seems like a perfect setup for this git-bass/basstar/Batar. I've had success with using my Gretsch baritone into the DS (in a SYn30c).

@quickwashtheraccoon7601 Жыл бұрын

Cool guitar, might be cool for Fingerstyle playing. Thumb on the bass and finger for higher notes. I wonder how it would sound on an acoustic amp.

@MusicTherapyLaz Жыл бұрын

Cool Gibass! I like it! 😎🤘🎸

@UnitedEffect Жыл бұрын

The Schecter Hellcat VI is like this without the fanned frets... which is a take on the old Fender VI bass. I like the fanned frets for tighter bass strings. Very cool. As a guitarist I like my Hellcat Vi and every guitar player who has tried it likes it, bass players...not so much. It can also be restrung as a baritone guitar.

@brandonproctor3639 5 ай бұрын

Man, i can just imagine the layering possibilities using this with my drop A 7 string and using this as the bass and then layering the guitar tracks! I might actually NEED this in my life. I’m actually looking to get a bass anyway and as a guitar player this might be the perfect solution. For the price, really can’t beat it.

@igorstavtsev5962 Жыл бұрын

I think it’s a fun tool to do ambient, landscapy stuff, for guitar, or The Cure catalog. Yep, there are limitations, and those pickups have bad reputation. But all in all, it’s fun, that’s the whole point.

@timointrouble 8 ай бұрын

From a carpenters perspective, a 3 piece body can be better than one made from a single piece. If done right in regard to the wood grain, a 3 piece body will warp far less over time. And I have never seen any evidence that a few tightly glued joints have any influence on tone whatsoever. My Yamaha RGX 121D is almost 30 years old and was subjected to many brutal temperature/humidity changes. It never complained...

@Unchainedmaple888 Жыл бұрын

While Ibanez makes something like this, all I wanted was a short scale 30" SR bass...

@corpsie666 2 ай бұрын

The interval limits problem seems similiar to the complexity of tuning a piano and having to choose a temperment rather than tuning it to the correct frequency.

@LowendNate Жыл бұрын

As a bassist that wants to do my own music that loves heavy music but also shoegaze style music such as loathe I think this is going to be great for me. I can use it for those lower end tones that these bands use with their baritone Gretsch and still not feel too far away from my main instrument

@tim_shipp Жыл бұрын

Love the shoegaze idea. I really am considering it for a noise rock ssituation. He shits on the interval stuff. Thats exactly what noise is and this does it well.

@stereoroid Жыл бұрын

I'm thinking of getting one, but if I do I'll tune it EADGCF (all 4ths). You're not forced to use the tuning from the factory, y'know ..?

@CorbenEdward 9 ай бұрын

Bass VI player here and this thing looks cool! just no tremolo ... :( ...haha the multiscale is a wicked touch though! Just not a fan of BARFolinis though. THEY ARE MUD GENERATORS! I'd swat them out for tele pickups in a custom casing.

@seangehret7420 8 ай бұрын

I have the original SRC6, non-multiscale, and that one came with EMG bass pickups.

@serginhosena Жыл бұрын

Maybe they should do a guitar pickup version with guitar controls like you said.

@lzryd Жыл бұрын

Great job Henning. I'm a Buttarist. I love bass & baritone guitars but it always sounds like a$$ when I play them. Maybe this is a work around or I am doomed to doom on an Octave or selectable Detuner pedal.

@Mark761966 Жыл бұрын

Popular Merseyside Skiffle combo The Beatles were also known to have occasionally utilised a basstar.

@Mark761966 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever heard of a bloke called Robert Smith? Plays for a small time pub rock band here in UKland called The Cure. He's well known for playing this particularly rare and unknown kind of guitar bass hybrid.

@daved2352 10 ай бұрын

I saw one of these in a shop in Birmingham UK and it looked like the example picture from Thomann in person. I think you got unlucky with yours and it's definitely something players should try to see and play in person before buying.

@TheSiggy1990 Жыл бұрын

I'd be interested on your thoughts on the harley benton bass VI.

@terran236 4 ай бұрын

I feel its like a Viola or cello of guitars. Its not a bass or guitar but it could fill the middle of a mix.

@neurocosm 7 ай бұрын

Ibanez did this a few years back with a similarly named 6 string 30 scale. This looks more refined.

@tperry5839 Жыл бұрын

Lol out of control 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 love it ❤

@l8sk8r86 9 ай бұрын

The only real “limit” is your use of 12 tone Orchestral theory as an example. Dissonance sounds good dude!

@Sphynx76 5 ай бұрын

For me, as a bassist with small hands, this is just the thing I need.

@IWILSONMCF 10 күн бұрын

This seems perfect to play stuff like the band black tongue

@ElioCamardella Жыл бұрын

Ahahahah! Grazie for funny interesting review! 🙏☀️

@terryenglish7132 Жыл бұрын

I find normal bass string spacing way too far apart, I'll have to check the specs out at the site

@terryflaps4492 Жыл бұрын

I own the original src6 which is in good shape as advertised. I just got the new model in. Great instrument but I have the same issue with it being (very obviously) 3 pieces. Instead of the 2 as pictured.

@camf8372 12 күн бұрын

It's an acid trip of an instrument lol sounds much better than the Squire Bass VI or the Eastwood. I have always wanted a guitar with a lower standard tuning because standard on guitar can sound like too much

@thewaldfe9763 Жыл бұрын

Around 13:00 "I wish it had more treble" - that's exactly what I thought on every Bartolini equipped Bass so far. I'm sure Bartolini makes great pickups as well, but the ones in Ibanez and Cort basses I've tried so far all sounded extremely dull.

@visionop8 Жыл бұрын

Paul Tutmarc had one vision. Leo Fender had a more guitar-like vision. It's a bass guitar folks. Pick or fingers, play it.

@eggpod4567 Ай бұрын

I was actually debating between this and a fretless bass. I think you sold me on the fretless bass. I see why this wont work for me personally.

@joergl562 Жыл бұрын

Sattel 42mm...crazy! Es ist definitiv eine Bassgitarre...mit schiefen Bünden...wow! Will haben!😲

@egroegmcdonald9870 Жыл бұрын

Not exactly a bass you can really dig into. Kind of a niche item, but at $799 (US) it may be something that belongs in a lot of studios.

@Seven7Pain1 Жыл бұрын

The subzero baritone is a 30" and not sure if it's a guitarbass as I call them

@terryenglish7132 Жыл бұрын

19 minutes : thirds are always off pitch. It took me and a sound man friend 5 minutes + , listening to a true 3rd , neither major or minor , on my fretless bass to break the programming the well tempered scale instills . Once we aclimated ourselves to it , the major and minor sounded sharp and flat , as they really are. They are the most off pitch notes of the well tempered scale.

@vasotoe Жыл бұрын

Am I speaking Dutch?!?! 🤣 Also, very interesting product from the Ibanezezezez

@grapefruitsimmons Жыл бұрын

Hmm I wonder how this would stand to the thicker strings and tuning down to A. Im a bassist but I like a skinny neck. A 6 with the neck of a 5 would be perfect

@PureJadeKid 2 күн бұрын

Ernie Ball makes a six string with the narrower neck of a five string. It is the John Myung signature Bongo bass. Pricey but obviously very well made.

@MarcAndreLevesque Жыл бұрын

So this is a guitar with frequencies reserved for bass but it does not have enough highs to be a guitar but you also can't really do bass stuff well because it is tuned too high to be really useful as a bass ... I am confused. And here I thought 8 strings guitar were confusing when not playing Meshuggah or Jazz ... Ibanez managed to fudge things up a little more lol

@CorbenEdward 9 ай бұрын

20:24 spot on tosin impression lol

@MusicFed 9 ай бұрын

I wonder how well this could take the place of a Bass VI

@satrianirocks Жыл бұрын

My Music Man Silhouette Bass is amazing. Super versatile. Chords sound incredible which you wouldn't expect but they do. I wouldn't want the fan fret messing with playing chords. The Music Man also doesn't neck dive like that.

@bepitan 5 ай бұрын

silhouette has a wider neck which is a plus but it uses guitar tuners which is a huge minus because you are stuck with thin strings on the low e which doesn't work well at all..maybe replace the low e tuner for the best of both worlds ,,might look super weird tho.

@michaelhudson5741 7 ай бұрын

Mine has spots on it that makes it look like it was made from reclaimed timber

@MrVinB Жыл бұрын

Damn you Ibanez for not making a 4 string version of this to go with it.

@Traumglanz Жыл бұрын

It's a bass and it's awesome. But while I always compliment Hennings playing, Manuel and David certainly did the Bass more justice. ,-) Still odd that in those promo videos you don't see even close as good that it is a three piece body. I really would have preferred a one-piece body or at least better matched parts. Ah well, never buy without having it in the hands applies here again.

@tavishurn2585 6 ай бұрын

As that nice man Tony Franklin demonstrated, you need to go fretless to play a low major third. 😃

@leyneyleyendecker5813 4 ай бұрын

It’s a typical bass guitar tuned E to e like the fender Bass 6

@dblat1291 Жыл бұрын

I was always under the impression that you shouldn't play a bass guitar on a standard guitar amp because you could damage the speaker. But you could play a standard guitar on a bass amp, ala Fender Bassman.

@mylogify Жыл бұрын

Are you back from Island? :P

@NikolaNovak Жыл бұрын

Hmm, I feel I'm missing something - all the comments talking about "not a real bass" or "not tuned as a bass" - it is my understanding that this IS a bass in its low four strings, with than another two high strings added? Am I wrong? I.e. if you play the Low-E on this, and Low-E on the standard 4-string bass... it's the same note/octave/frequency, no? 🤔 (therefore I don't understand the comments that say "now make this in 4-string version" - that's just... a regular bass, innit? $100 on Kijiji? 🤷‍♂)

@davetbassbos Жыл бұрын

Ibanez is awesome and I have only MIJ SR basses so I'll forgive them for this, lol!

@DrowningTimeOfficially Жыл бұрын

Can you show us the modeling side of it's high gain nature?

@DrowningTimeOfficially Жыл бұрын

Because i have a Harley Benton NT 6000 and tune it as a guitar and hate the big bass spacing

@Sevetamryn Жыл бұрын

I don't understand it but i want one - perfect summary at 5 minutes - and that's somewhat similar to what came to my mind ...

@jeremythornton433 Жыл бұрын

This really looks interesting! I'd prefer it as a four string though. A short scale fan fret bass. Now for me that would be beyond perfect! I don't need the top 2 strings. I just need a cool little bass. Love the fan frets! Can't afford a Dingwall.

@mtguitar5150 Жыл бұрын

Sooo, a 6 string bass without extra low strings?

@larseikind666 7 ай бұрын

Soooooo this is basically a "modern" Ibanez version of the Fender VI? I don't understand this instrument or where it's rightful place would be...

@enricoroselino7557 7 ай бұрын

then if you have the money, the next problem is finding the string at limited marketplace (somewhere, the gov is a clown). 8 string set is maxed at .74, but this def a djent machine

@Herfinnur Жыл бұрын

If they release a lefthand version I might very well have to scrape the cash together

@lifeofry1728 Жыл бұрын

So what kind of strings would you put on this? 6 string bass strings?

@EytschPi42 Жыл бұрын

No clue

@bolotskih675 9 ай бұрын

Why does a glued up body bother you but a glued neck doesn't?

@doublea125 3 ай бұрын

A baritone guitar that dared to lean more towards being a bass.

@Al69BfR 10 ай бұрын

So it‘s more like a Fender VI then?

@limpindug Жыл бұрын

H. You got a wierd one there bud. Still horses for coarses bud. 😂😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍👍👍🥃Respect to you mate.

@rirrid5662 Жыл бұрын

Not sure about the narrow nut width....

@johnsausage Жыл бұрын

This is just a modern, affordable, djentable multiscale Fender VI :D

@tuxlector 2 ай бұрын

It - will - chiug. I hate when neck (the head actually?) is heavier than the body. That sucks. Apparently not when sitting and playing. Although ... I would say this is the entry point for smaller (younger) female Bass players. Or for new Messugah .. or Fear Factory album ?

@frankifran5335 Жыл бұрын

And what string do u use for that, baritone guitar?

@blainemarquise Жыл бұрын

Bass VI strings. It's basically a multiscale Bass VI

@sinakaedwards2009 Жыл бұрын

One thing about Germany is they build quality products, The only country to compete successfully with America and Japan for instruments. Warwic is one of the best basses in the world as well as Sandburg.

@Goth108 Жыл бұрын

You can play chords and intervals as low as you want when removing the problematic frequencies from the resulting sound, to a pretty far ranging degree…

@WasheZisj 5 ай бұрын

Is it possible to play this with a standard bass tuning?

@PureJadeKid 2 күн бұрын

Do you mean standard six string bass as BEADGC? The answer is probably no because of the shorter scale length. I have a five string with a 34” scale length and the low B is already a bit flubby. However if you mean standard bass tuning, EADG as in a four string bass for the low four strings then the answer is yes because that is the exact tuning.

@Beadlock_ Жыл бұрын

Alright let’s tune it to FACGCE and play some funky math rock

@bassnsax Жыл бұрын

But don't drink my coffee! ☕ Neat to see a multi-scale, active (with switchable passive + treble control becomes the passive tone control) version of the Bass VI!

@Mark761966 Жыл бұрын

So. You've never seen a Fender Bass VI style instrument have you, Henning

@terryenglish7132 Жыл бұрын

The bacon grease rub is $30 extra.

@strettoasino9006 8 ай бұрын

😮As many sounds as colors he's wearing

@zombiemontage Жыл бұрын

So I should buy a baritone?

@EytschPi42 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@andrehammon4155 Жыл бұрын

Ich habe mich amüsiert .... Schön gemacht. Aber es stimmt in der Tat, dass Intervalle im Low-Bereich irgendwann nicht mehr gut klingen und keinen Sinn mehr machen. Ich sehe Potential für Solokünstler, die das Instrument für ihre Performance nutzen wollen. Innerhalb einer klassischen Bandbesetzung macht dieser Bass oder diese Lowgitarre jedoch keinen Sinn. Hier kommt es eindeutig zu Frequenzkollissionen bzw. Konkurrenz mit anderen Frequenzen. Das Instrument trägt damit nicht zur Klarheit des Sounds eines Stückes bei und verwäscht den Bass wie die Gitarre.

@Phoenixhowe842 24 күн бұрын

I can't tell what I'm supposed to pay attention to, his outfit, the video, or the guitar in the back.

@EytschPi42 24 күн бұрын

Everything

@YIIMM Жыл бұрын

It's a Bass VI

@JoeDread316 6 ай бұрын

Its a Bass VI. .

@jamiemacmillan4056 Жыл бұрын

100% a djentstick. No need to worry about low interval limits if you're riffing with single notes in polyrhythms! It's also the perfect bass for studio guitarists that find bass string spacing awkward. I can't really think of any insanely unique use for it in a band setting and if it did it would have been a thing a while ago.