As well as a lightweight body, the GWB1005 Signature is also equipped with a maple neck and an ebony fingerboard, offering an incredibly stable and smooth performance. The maple tonewood provides the overall tone with a beautifully bright characteristic, creating a sizzling high-end with plenty of punch. The rosewood tonewood provides a very responsive bright, snappy attack, along with a smooth sustain and an open midrange.This Signature Ibanez’s fretless design provides a unique tone that fretted versions can’t achieve. By removing the frets, the strings can vibrate more freely and interact directly with the ebony fingerboard. This setup also offers players a naturally smooth slide and a double-bass style vibrato and microtonal intonations. While the fretless bass is used mainly in jazz and funk since it offers a similar feel and tone as an acoustic double bass, it can work well in a wide variety of musical styles.

Ibanez GWB1005 Gary Willis Signature 5 String Bass Guitar - Fretless - Natural Flat Features:

Body: Swamp Ash
Bridge: Standard (16.5mm String Spacing)
Construction: Bolt-On
Finish: Natural Flat
Neck: 3-Piece Maple
Profile: GWB
Scale Length: 34’’
Fingerboard: High Gloss Rosewood
Radius: 305mm
Frets: 24 Fretless
Inlays: Off-Set White Dots w/Fret Markers
Nut: PPS, Black
Nut Width: 45mm
Bridge Pickup: Bartolini GWB (Passive)
Controls: Volume (Push/Pull EQ Bypass), Bartolini NTBT 2-Band EQ
Tuners: Custom
Hardware: Black
String Gauges: .045, .065, .085, .105, .135
Factory Tuning: 1G, 2D, 3A, 4E, 5B

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