Ibanez Musician Bass Pt 1. Ahead of its time

A 5 strings musician would be a best seller in 2023

The bass with the most perfect body shape ever in my opinion..

I bought an MC924 about 1981. I got a good deal on it but I really wanted a fretless bass. I had the MC924 modified several times. I ended up with fret markers, only under the E string, made of light colored inlaid wood. Direct replacement pickups by Bartolini were added. Volume and pan pots were rewired to be separate volumes for each pickup. A graphite nut was installed along with Ibanez branded, sealed mini “Y” shaped tuners. The headstock was doweled and re-drilled for the smaller tuning key shafts. I plan to change the Strap Locs to Schallers. This is truly a one of a kind bass!

Oh man, this is so cool. I was in junior high school when these came out and my friend Mike Levin and I were OBSESSED with these in the music magazines. There was no way we even knew Alembic existed, but Ibanez was within reach, and the pinnacle of MIJ basses, well maybe pinnacle, but there were SOOOooo many legendary brands like Greco, Kawai, Fernandez, Univox, Aria Pro II, Seville, and so on... The Japanese Fujigen basses started as copies of American models, only to exceed them in quality ironically blowing them out of the water. Sure, a '59 Les Paul is the holy grail, but any MIJ Les Paul is gonna give it a run for it's money...

Nice basses ,I have a 8 String Version

Man, what a video, you speak out of my heart. I bought a Fender in 78 and regreted it when I discovered that Ibanez (and Aria) made suddenly own designs with the features of custom made basses, neck through, precious woods etc. Okay, the Precision is now of great value, but I'm still thinking about a Musician

I love the old Japanese basses. I have several, Vantage, Morris, and a couple others. They still hold up to many current pro model basses.

Love mine. Active and very light. Sounds great. Thank you for making this video

Great video Greg.. I love these basses..

Great vid! I had one of these in the 90's. Such a good bass.

Appearance wise they definitely remind me of Alembics, very handsome indeed.

So glad to be an early subcriber to your channel. - Mike in California.

I bought a 79 Musician in 1986 and it’s been my main bass ever since…outstanding instrument

This is a great video! Love those basses! About time someone dedicated a video about these gems! I want one also……but yeah…..my back says no….lol. Thanks!

I played one Musician 924 from 1981- 1995. Loved it

Thumbs up, great lineup and test drives on them...

thanks again i probably commented already but as im re watching the videos i say it again

I had an 80's Musician bass. It was heavy and the electronics were a bit noisy but it sounded killer! I regret selling it.

Greg, thank you so much for this overview... you've now created a monster... I REALLY want to find one of these! Classic shape, and the even response sounds as good as my old Steinberger but with warmth and character, which the Steinberger lacked. Thanks again for the wonderful review!

Oh yeah! This is what YouTube is for! Very informative. Never owned a Musician but always wanted one.