Review Demo - Ibanez TCB1006 Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner Signature

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Ibanez is well known by many for their range of more affordable instruments. For others, the guitar juggernaut is also renowned for the boutique offerings from their custom shop in Japan, where players seeking added amenities to Ibanez templates can request whatever their hearts and ears desire. Over the last few years, the unhindered minds in the custom shop have collaborated with Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner, arguably one of the most creative bassists in modern music. His singular style and aesthetic unpredictability inspired Ibanez to develop an instrument with classic looks and contemporary components that would satisfy his sonic needs. Originally intended as a one-off signature instrument, Bruner’s growing popularity and the growing curiosity of gearheads encouraged Ibanez to release the TCB1006.

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Maple is the wood of choice for the imposing hollowbody, with quilted for the top and curly for the back and sides. A substantial maple tone block stabilizes the body and transmits string vibrations. Equally large in stature is the TCB’s 5-piece maple and purpleheart set neck. A rosewood fretboard balances the brightness of the maple body while providing visual and sonic warmth. The bass is finished in a matte autumn leaf burst, and the binding, acrylic blocks, and gold Hipshot hardware are also nice decorative touches.

There are a wide variety of bass sounds in Thundercat’s music, which often incorporates effects. And the TCB’s electronics package provides him easy access to his tonal palette. A pair of EMG 45HZ humbuckers are at the core of the sonic command center and they’re controlled by the selector switch located on the upper bout of the body. Volume and tone are managed with the top two dials.

The lower pair of dials are a part of the Graph Tech Ghost modular pickup system. It’s a unique interface that manipulates the TCB’s magnetic and piezo pickups, and doubles as a MIDI controller. The aforementioned lower dials are assigned as volume controls—one for the piezo and one for MIDI. A trio of switches is the main control set of the system. The first switch acts like an input selector by toggling between MIDI-only mode, pickups and piezo (no MIDI), and a mix of all signals. In the center is the MIDI program switch, which allows efficient navigation of one’s effects. A piezo color switch rounds out the trio, and it transforms the piezo sound from a dark acoustic tone to a mid-friendly timbre that conveys more finger attack. (It should be noted that a 13-pin input jack for a player’s preferred MIDI device is located next to the 1/4" input jack.)

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