This is honestly too weird and too unique to not love, seriously so ridiculous but so fun

THE SRAS7 IS BACK FOR 2023!!! NEW WOODS ANS A NEW COLOR!! THE ASHULA 2 IS MY DREAM BASS, I MUST OWN THIS!!

This is what I come to get from the Lobster - the creeps and weirdos of the bass world. What a unique instrument. Kudos to Ibanez for letting such a creation get on the production line. Great review, as always, and your fretless playing was mesmerizing!

I had one of these for a while, put piccolo strings on the fretted side tuned DGCF, then BEA on the fretless side. The contrast between the soft fretless notes and the sharper fretted ones was really appealing when playing 10th chords and so on. Should've stuck with it...

Ooooh that Creep cover was amazing. Even though I would never play this bass, It's an astonishing instrument nevertheless and shows Ibanzes experimental side which not alot of big companies are willing to show. Now we need that multiscale BTB with 37 or 36 inches and I'm sold :DD

I remember when this bass first came out, I was at Sam Ash here in NYC. I thought it was one of the most unqiue basses I ever come across. I love axes that are different then the normal, after waiting a couple of years I did pick one up new for like $800 which I thought was a steal for such a unique bass. I own a recording studio and have over 50 basses and guitars and this is easily one of my favorite basses to play. You are correct it does take time to get use to play :) I found going from the fretless side to the fretted side took a little getting use to, but once I got use to it its not so bad. Its actually a best of a bass; so in certain times when I have a need for both a fretted/Fretless on a song I tend to pick this up. I love the thing LOL

Beautiful work! Very cool episode ✌️

Love how you are enjoying this. 😊

It sounds surprisingly good (well, if you tame the treble). What a strange beast! It makes me happy that someone, somewhere put such a thing in mass production.

When I first saw this bass, I was blown away. It is so unique. I do agree it is not practical, but it is an interesting concept. Thanks for uploading this. It was a lot of fun.

Lobster, excellent demo! Thanks great sound.

You always seem to be enjoying yourself on these videos. But you can truly tell you are enjoying the oddness of that bass. 10/10 enjoyed this video.

Cool I’ve been waiting for this

That "Creep" bass loop was beautiful

I NEEEED one of these!

Perfect song choice! Do more like this!

The slap tone on that fretless side, is outstanding!

I totally want one! Btw I love the multitrack instrumental ... nicely done 🔥🔥

Hell yeah! Saw this bass a while back and was hoping for some in depth review!

Ok. Blow us away with your excellence. Go ahead. We love it!

Wow! If my former Teacher were alive today; he would DEFINITELY had this in his collection. He had a Conklin BD-7, Heartfield DR-6, and MIJ Fender Jazz fretless, and Kay Upright Bass. I like it! I can see playing it in a Trio or quartet situation where there is no guitar player. Doing a Charlie Hunter type of gig. I would get one.😌🎶❤️👍🏾

You have a really nice vibrato on the fretless :). What a bonkers bass!

I played one in a shop a few years ago and can't stop thinking of how easy the Ashula played in comparison to my '70s Fender. The sound was incredible.

I love the pencil thin Ibanez necks!

Pretty cool demo, lobster 😎🎸 I would say this bass is quite the experiment. And yeah I can see how it can throw you off when you play it. I was a little thrown off when I played a 6-string bass live. Normally I’m a 5-string player, but I did purchase a 6-string bass to experiment with one. It took me some time to get use to it, but despite that, it was fun to experiment with a 6-string bass. Other than that, this was a fascinating bass to check out. Not the kind of bass I would play, but it is a fun experiment of a bass.

Great video and great looking bass. Definitely a well built but high priced novelty bass. I would rather have a doubleneck in a fretted 4/fretless 4 configuration. The cool thing about unusual basses like this is that they make you think outside the box and usually you figure things out or write something that can be applied elsewhere. Cool vid.

I almost want one!! It looks cool!!😅

Why i didn't watch this before? Good job in the review!

When I see this, I am reminded of the two necked instruments that were popular for a nanosecond. It is no doubt a beautiful instrument, like Pat Metheny's Harp guitar, limited maybe? You make it sound good in any case. Thanks for an oddity, Lobster.

I'm really tempted to buy one of these and re-route for 7 string pickups. I really wish they would have put mag and piezo across the whole bass. That would have made it an instant buy for me a few years ago when they first came out.

I ordered the 2023 version and will be delivered this coming March.

Oh my god i remember seeing this on davie504's channel its really beautiful and sounds beastly. Love the video lobster!

Great video. Unusual bass for sure. Davie 504 really plays those basses well

I kinda love it.

I remember when these monstrosities came out. I was always curious what they sounded like. Thanks for this demo! It sounds like an Ibanez for sure!

Watching this as the new one has released recently and I do really want it 😅

I had the first gen of this model, where the D&G treble was fretless. It's a interesting concept.

My Eye is drawn to that signature valenti of yours

I really like the finish. Would like this on the EHB multiscale 😅

I like your shirt!

Cool video, and nice interpretation of, "Creep," on the fretless, Purpleheart, and piezo equipped instrument. It would be fun to watch/listen to Les Claypool, or Steve DiGiorgio, rip it up on one of these. I'd prefer a double neck bass with a 4 string fretless and a 5 string (possibly a 6 string) fretted bass... ... I might have to build one next Spring or Summer...

Interesting! Very nice demo. But I think I would find the legendary Pedula double neck more useful. As for the Ashula, I personally find the Piezo pickup to be a show stopper and not the overall concept of the bass.

I really loved the composition you did LEL. And truly, what else do you do with such a bass? You can get much better fretted and fretless basses and you'd swap as required. But the novelty is quite cool.

Love the T-shirt lol

Great instrument. Love the Radiohead!

Man I REALLY want one of these! The only thing holding me back is that price (£1300!!!) but absolutely understandable given how wild it is

If you ever get your hands on one it would be cool to see an ibanez sr506 (theres also a more modern sr506e with a little more electronic control) though i reckon the sr500 series is all basically the same no matter how many strings it has. I recently got one and it sounds and plays well above its price, and it was a bargain at $400 used (i believe it was about $620 new, but they now only produce the 506e which is around $750). I love it but it would be interesting to see what someone who has more experience with high end basses thinks.

I ‘d love to see you demo the epiphone eb-0!!

7:20 This man just played a fretless string! He thought we wouldn’t notice, but we did! For some reason, I saw this and wanted to make an Avengers reference.

You should check out the ibanez SRC6. Weird bass VI style thing

I love Jatoba

When you started playing creep, I thought; man that sure sounds like creep. Lol. Great playing. I had a chance to try one out in guitar center a few years back. Not that uncomfortable just odd. Since it doubles in tuning you can play the same note fretted and fretless simultaneously. And vibrato the fretless note in and out of tune while holding the fretted. 🤷🏻‍♂️ an idea.

I'd've had the low strings fretted & the A-D-G fretless. Crunching lows with singing leads

Hey Lobster! cool review! There is one of these, the first generation 6 strings, for sale near me, for around 600, what do you think? Shall I pull the trigger?

I took a long look at that bass, but didn't end up getting it. I was going to change the tuning of the 3 fretless strings to C# F# B descending - so it's a high C# on the top string, to a low B. That way, the bass would become a function 5 string B E A D G, with the low B on the fretless board And I'd have some reversed fretless strings to do weird shit on.

“Yeah that’s bit on the brightside.”

It would be awesome if you could track down an Ibanez Alphonso Johnson sig bass and compare the two. It has a similar layout but it’s allso very different. It would be very interesting for your channel if you could track down a professor of a music university to discuss those two instruments in depth.

i have the 1st version Ashula which is awesome (in fact just did a video with it on my channel ;-)... this one.. hmmm not so sure...

See Pearl Jam’s “Garden” played on this on YT.

I had one that I purchased from zzounds brand new. When it arrived, the battery was dead. I changed it but the batteries only lasted a few days before dying on me.

The only person I know of that plays one in a band is Linus Klausenitzer (sp?) formely of Obscura.

I have a Ibanez hollow body bass short scale hardwood neck..Nashville. Branson special... I love it but it is country .. I'm a old rocker..oh well.

Would it make sense to tune/string this thing like a Chapman Stick, that is, inverting the order of the fretless strings, such that the lowest string is towards the middle of the fret board, and the highest string where the lowest string usually goes?

Are you still going to do the Ibanez version of the Fender VI?Cant recall the model name

Guitarists called the EVH axe a Frankenstein. They don't know bout Frankenstein. This is a Frankenstein. It's still sexy tho

19:39 - I LOVE DOUBLE D strings. But the double g string sounds gross & painful. So bass-ically, this is guitar is the answer to a "what if" question that nobody ever asked.

The pitches of the strings are I presume:- Fretless - EAD then the fretted - EADG but you could tune them however you want!.....

You need a third claw to play that axe.

Creepy!!!😜

fun bass but hmmm no it can look good on the wall

4:45 wait for it...3 2 1 MASHES BOTTOM REGISTER ON PIANO *7 year old me laughing*

This bass is weird, and I don't like it, but I like your video.

So the top string for both the fretted and the fretless are turned to E?-- Oh Lord! To me it sounds like a Ibanez SR series which is terrible...

Strange look i dont like this combination but still the sound is very good real good for ibanez

Definitely a bass to say the least, I’m stumped at words lmao sorry lol

Ibanez was pretty brave throwing money straight down the toilet.

Such a weird factory tuning...

All I can say is,....."What's the point?"

They should have named it 15 minutes of novelty. Someone at Ibanez was trying to justify their worth, and actually sold the concept. SMH

this is such a stupid bass... i want one

"go ahead and pinch the like button so my hand'll turn back to normal" >shit i already liked the video >his hand will never turn normal >i'm so sorry lobster i never imagined i would betray you like this >oh god oh fuck what have i done >I'm SO SORRY LOB- *hand turns back to normal* >mfw.jpg