Ibanez

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Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner is a multi-talented artist bass player, producer and singer. He has collaborated with many famous musicians and his works have been highly acclaimed by critics and music online magazines. Ibanez has released his signature 6-string hollowbody bass guitar, the TCB1006.

The hollowbody is built with a quilted maple top, curly maple back and sides, all dressed in a beautiful transparent matte burst finish. The structure is designed to provide a balanced tone, have superior durability and avoid unnecessary feedback. The neck is a 5-piece maple/purpleheart set-in neck, with a reinforced structure to withstand the tension of six strings. To avoid neck-dive, the TCB1006 features lightweight machine-heads, Hipshot Ultralite tuners. These tuners reduce the weight and provide the model with the same balance of a hollow body and neck.

One of the biggest features of this model is the Graph Tech Ghost modular pickup system. The system offers Piezo and MIDI output options to the player in addition to the magnetic sound. Players can quickly and smoothly control various tones by two knobs and three toggle switches; Piezo/ Magnetic /Mix, MIDI program up/down, and Mid/Dark (natural Ghost acoustic sound/mid-boost) switches. For the magnetic pickup, the TCB1006 features EMG 45HZ, a passive humbucking pickup which features low noise, plenty of output and warm tone. It maximizes the potential of the Ghostsystem and acoustic tone of the hollow body to realize Thundercat's unique sound.
Ibanez TCB1006 Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner Signature Electric Bass Guitar Autumn Leaf Burst
Ibanez TCB1006 Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner Signature Electric Bass Guitar Autumn Leaf Burst
Ibanez TCB1006 Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner Signature Electric Bass Guitar Autumn Leaf Burst

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Neck
  • Shape: Info not available
  • Wood: Maple/purpleheart
  • Neck joint: Set
  • Scale length: Info not available
  • Truss rod: Standard
  • Finish: Oil
Pickups
  • Active or passive pickups: Passive
  • Pickup configuration: S
  • Neck: Not applicable
  • Middle: Not applicable
  • Bridge: Single-coil
  • Brand: EMG
  • Series or parallel: Not applicable
  • Active preamp: Not applicable
  • Special electronics: Not applicable
Fretboard
  • Material: Rosewood
  • Radius: Info not available
  • Fret size: High-profile, wide
  • Number of frets: Info not available
  • Inlays: Dot
  • Nut material: Info not available
  • Nut width: Info not available
  • Neck width at 12 fret: Info not available
Body
  • Cutaway: Double cutaway
  • Construction: Hollowbody
  • Body wood: Maple
  • Top wood: Quilt maple
  • Body finish: Gloss polyester
  • Orientation: Right handed
Controls
  • Control layout: Master volume, tone
  • Pickup switch: No
  • Coil tap or split: No
  • Tone switching: No
  • Special switching: No
Hardware
  • Bridge type: Fixed
  • Bridge design: Piezo
  • Tailpiece: Not applicable
  • Tuning machines: Die-cast
  • Color: Chrome
Other
  • Number of strings: 6
  • Pickguard: Yes
  • Special features: Not applicable
  • Case: Sold separately
  • Accessories: Info not available
  • Country of origin: Info not available