{"product_id":"ibanez-musician-bass-mc924-polar-white","title":"Ibanez Musician Bass MC924 Polar White","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ibanez Musician series was Ibanez' flagship line of the late 1970s and early '80s, built at FujiGen in Japan during what many consider the golden era of Japanese guitar making. Where Fender offered bolt-on simplicity, the Musician went the opposite way: neck-through construction, active electronics and a sculpted, heavily contoured body — a genuine high-end instrument that aimed at players who wanted more than a standard P-Bass. This MC924 dates to May 1983 and wears the rare, desirable Polar White finish that Ibanez introduced for the MC-924 exactly that year, paired with gold hardware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 1982 the MC924 carried a P\/J configuration with Ibanez' own Super P5 and Super J5 pickups, and here they do something quite special: the split-coil P5 delivers a big, burly, woody growl, while the J5 at the bridge adds attack and cutting mids. The built-in EQ-B 3-band preamp can be switched in or out, so you can run it fully passive or add hi-fi-style definition on top. For my taste, this is one of the best-sounding basses I have ever played — it bites, it growls, it has that organic woodiness, yet everything stays defined and articulated. P\/J basses rarely sound this good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstruction is proper boutique-level work: a five-piece through-neck of rock maple with walnut strips, a solid ash body, a 24-fret ebony fingerboard with abalone dot inlays, and — for 1983 — the Accu-Cast B II bridge and Sure Grip II knobs. The deeply, beautifully sculpted body and the comfortably rounded neck profile show how much effort Ibanez put into these instruments; you can see and feel that this was designed as a top instrument. For a through-neck bass with a solid ash body it stays at a comfortable 4.58 kg — on the lighter end for an MC924 — and balances beautifully on a strap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis example is in very good condition and completely original — no repairs, no modifications, all electronics working exactly as they should. Just a bit of honest play wear, visible in the pictures. It comes with a non-original hard case. A professionally set up, ready-to-play vintage bass from one of Ibanez' most respected eras.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eModel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ibanez MC924 Musician Bass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1983 (serial E831104, dated May 1983)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMade in:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan (FujiGen)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBody:\u003c\/strong\u003e Solid ash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNeck:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5-piece rock maple\/walnut, neck-through-body construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFingerboard:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ebony, abalone dot inlays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrets:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScale:\u003c\/strong\u003e 34\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePickups:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ibanez Super P5 (split-coil, neck position) \u0026amp; Super J5 (bridge position)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eElectronics:\u003c\/strong\u003e EQ-B 3-band active preamp (bass\/mid\/treble) with active\/passive switch, pickup balancer, master volume, master tone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBridge:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ibanez Accu-Cast B II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTuners:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ibanez Velvet Tune\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardware:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Polar White (PW, introduced 1983)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.58 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good, a couple of nicks and some tarnishing on the gold plating.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginality:\u003c\/strong\u003e Completely original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRepairs\/Modifications:\u003c\/strong\u003e None\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hard case (not original)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold; list-style: none; cursor: pointer;\"\u003eManufacturer Information ▾\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 80%;\"\u003eIbanez \/ Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd., 3-22 Shumoku-cho, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 461-8717, Japan\u003cbr\u003ecustomerservice@hoshinousa.com\u003cbr\u003eEU Responsible: Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH \u0026amp; Co. KG, Musik-Meinl-Str. 1, 91468 Gutenstetten, Germany\u003cbr\u003eEmail: info@meinl.de\u003cbr\u003eSafety information: No known safety warnings. Used musical instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ibanez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66058729521420,"sku":null,"price":1390.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1895\/8513\/files\/JLOM0356.jpg?v=1793699785","url":"https:\/\/wurst.guitars\/products\/ibanez-musician-bass-mc924-polar-white","provider":"wurst.guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}