For more than 40 years, Ibanez has pioneered new frontiers in bass development, pushing the boundaries of conventional designs to bass players of all styles, affording new avenues of expression and creativity. This spirit of exploration has led to the creation of some of the most successful and popular production basses of all time. Following this same drive to bring new and relevant ideas to the musical forefront is what serves as the basis for this ongoing project, dubbed the Ibanez Bass Workshop. The impetus behind each one of these unique instruments. 

Most of the time, there is a switching system in the jack plug that disables the battery to avoid running it too fast. Active basses are usually run with 1 9V batteries. Some of them (lightwave systems) carry an integrated accumulator that can be recharged just like a cellphone.