IS THIS THE PERFECT FRETLESS BASS??

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0:00 Intro
0:56 Neck Pickup Sound
1:08 Pickup Specs
1:24 Piezo Only Sound
1:56 Neck Pickup + Piezo Sound
2:29 Bass Specs
3:15 Bridge Pickup Sound
3:52 Magnetic + Piezo + Reverb Sound
4:21 Conclusion

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@aidanfriedfeld8889 4 ай бұрын

Sophie just has such solid no frills playing I love it. I feel like with her demos I really get a feel for exactly how the bass sounds.

@soundman1402 4 ай бұрын

Sophie is an amazing melodic player! Wow. Loved listening to her demo.

@djcruse Ай бұрын

She sounded great! I was surprised when Gregor mentioned intonation. Nothing to apologize for!

@facelessman7733 4 ай бұрын

I’m just glad Gregor had to say Panga Panga.

@Dalfarrito 4 ай бұрын

PANGA PANGA

@This_Fretless_Guy 4 ай бұрын

Hyped AF... Finally a successor to the Portamento series. I love my SRF705, but the changes sound completely logical to me, Nordstrand pickups instead of Bartolini for better output, a semi hollow body for the piezo sound, an MR bridge. Thanks Ibanez and thanks Gregor for the demo❤️‍🔥

@TheRetroBassist 4 ай бұрын

Ibanez is one of thse companies that rarely misses the mark (at least when it comes to basses) and their pricing is somewhat reasonable, it's difficult to go wrong with any of their lines. Anyways, great video as always!

@SeidellNorbel 4 ай бұрын

Finally! This does not disappoint! Make Ibanez pay you for demos because if I only had their official demo for this I would have passed it up. Now I have it on Pre-Order! Thank you for the wonderful videos!

@dickinsoncattle 4 ай бұрын

I think they do pay him for reviews.

@thechuckster1971 5 күн бұрын

Was just given one of these and I have to say it’s a very versatile smooth playing instrument. I am not a fretless player but have been having a lot of fun on this one and sure I will be expanding my playing immensely.

@czarpaul01 4 ай бұрын

The Piezo sound was shockingly great

@djcruse Ай бұрын

I play a lot of fretless and IMO the piezo is the secret sauce.

@grantchapman6933 3 ай бұрын

Sophie's phenomenal in many ways 😊

@sebastiancabrol2014 4 ай бұрын

Great playing by Sophie and nice bass, it has all covered.

@Ricardo96092 29 күн бұрын

Sophie is so relaxed, love her tone and style. I have a headless short scale and the fret-board dots are practically invisible in the dark. The same is going on with the fret-less which doesn't really have a color difference on the fret-board divisions. Why can't Ibanez listen to the bass players observations?

@jjj6655 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your joy and enthusiasm!

@RobertTalbert 4 ай бұрын

I really wish that Ibanez had simply done nothing with the fingerboard, but just left it as a single unmarked slab of panga panga like on the SRF70* series. When you take a bass like this and put fret lines *and* dot markers on the fingerboard, when there are already dots on the side, it just adds visual noise without really being useful. Also what is up with those sound holes? Some weird visual design choices from Ibanez on this one.

@57precision 3 ай бұрын

It's clear they built this one to a price point. Grabbed an already slotted and marked board from the regular SR line and put it on this. The "sound holes" also look really roughly finished. I agree the aesthetics of this bass are not good. The Gary Willis or the Portamento look way better.

@RogerBaysinger 4 ай бұрын

I love it. Wondering if it’s available without the fingerboard inlays - lined or unlined would be fine.

@rawhead66 4 ай бұрын

Habe diese Pickups in meinem Cort Modern GB 4 string und dachte schon länger , dass diese prädestiniert für einen Fretless Bass wären...Ibanez did it...klingt klasse..!

@VeitLehmann 4 ай бұрын

Very nice, especially for the price! A piezo pickup makes so much sense on a fretless bass. I have an Esh Sovereign Fretless with 2 J-style pickups and a piezo as well. And I don't want to miss it. Sandberg has the Custom Thinline (which is semihollow as well). A beautiful bass, but far more expensive. Same with the Bassline Viper - awesome, but expensive. Now people can get something similar for way less money.

@4unkb0y 2 ай бұрын

I love my cheap old fretless Ibanez Soundgear! Practiced on it constantly for years, to the point where I wore the fingerboard down at the 3 5 7 9 positions :-)

@YTRopp 2 ай бұрын

I've considered to buy one, but fell for the SRF705. Similar specs, but the 5th string and neck-through construction made the difference for me. The piezo is the same. Stunning pickup. Before that I had an Ibanez Musician 1982 fretless for 40y. Also a great bass, which made me an Ibanez fan for life.

@martyrofgrenth2136 4 ай бұрын

Even with Sophie's small intonation mistakes, this is so much better than the trash Ibanez uploaded to their channel to introduce this bass... It really doesn't make much sense to make the lines black when the fingerboard itself is already quite dark; I had an Ibanez SRH500F with a rosewood fingerboard before they changed it to the panga panga one, and unless I positioned myself in a good way in front of a light source, those lines were barely visible.

@fretlessman71 4 ай бұрын

I hated the sound of the bass in the Ibanez video. I can hear effects any old time.

@Whosayswho79 4 ай бұрын

Love the piezo sound. Is this available fretted?

@dickinsoncattle 4 ай бұрын

Very pretty. Not enough different from my Portamento to make it a must have.

@firstname_rene 4 ай бұрын

oh damn.... this sounds great

@6stringsandthetruth 3 ай бұрын

I bought one of these basses after watching your review. I’ve been playing bass for over 40 years but this is my first fretless bass. It’s light, has a great neck and looks nice. The lines on the fretboard are completely pointless as you just can’t see them. It does sound good though and I’m having a great time playing it.

@joannalewis5279 3 ай бұрын

I love this so much, but without lines that you can see I'm hesitant to get it

@jarojanu1 4 ай бұрын

thank you, great review

@paulklement4511 4 ай бұрын

In my opinion the dots are confusing; it´s way better on the srf700; but no doubt - this is another great bass from Ibanez and as allways neice demo video and playing

@Eric1396 4 ай бұрын

The best sounding fretless bass I have heard

@paolorinaldi1987 4 ай бұрын

@basstheworldofficial can you tell me, please, the name of the piece played in the "piezo only demo"?

@1234drums 4 ай бұрын

Gorgeous ❤❤❤❤

@gazfunk 4 ай бұрын

How does it sound with round wound strings?

@MrVinB 4 ай бұрын

How reachable is that 30th fret? It has some incredible looks

@Kesekuchaen Ай бұрын

You'll need double bass technique, but it's perfectly reachable

@tromBoyer 4 ай бұрын

I wish the markers for 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th (and up) markers lined up with where the frets would be, instead of where the markers are on a fretted bass

@theseventhsword874 3 ай бұрын

It has top side dots and you can actually see the black lines where the frets would be.

@YanDoroshenko 4 ай бұрын

To me Ibanez makes the most fretless sounding fretless basses. This one seems interesting, but I like the SRF more. It sounds even more fretless to me and doesn't have questionable design choices.

@SoMyungJung 4 ай бұрын

ouch... that fretboard abrasive vibrato lol awesome playing and bass though

@LCA1985 4 ай бұрын

Not a fan of the Piezo but being able to blend and mixing it could be interesting adding just a touch of the Piezo sound. But why in the hell they don't have a 5 string version of this?

@amandacatherine793 4 ай бұрын

They do have one also.

@trevormacdonald5110 4 ай бұрын

I just want a six string version of this so badly

@Belman5 4 ай бұрын

Those dark fretlines......why? Otherwise sounds and looks great.

@CFAS102 4 ай бұрын

Ibanez, please please make this for left-handed players, too!

@cbrunhaver 4 ай бұрын

Do they make this in a 5 string?

@nightfall215 4 ай бұрын

Yes they do

@michaelmenkes7233 4 ай бұрын

Nordstrand is a real sleeper in an underrated boutique bass pickup maker. Kerry really gets it and this bass would be lost without the pickups and preamp which are well beyond normal Ibanez gear.

@karlzickrick8483 4 ай бұрын

Nordstrand is a pretty big name in the pickup game these days among US boutique builders and working bassists, so not sure I'd call them a "sleeper" or underrated at this point (though maybe outside of the US Nordstrand may be under-represented in much the way European options like Delano are under-represented in the US). They do make some killer pickups though (and some fairly unique option in the soapbar shapes like these pickups), and their collaboration with Ibanez is a big step up for these mid-range bass models and give a taste of otherwise quite pricey pickups to a wider audience at import prices- it should be noted that these pickups aren't made by Nordstrand though, just designed by Nordstrand and licensed/built by Ibanez (this particular pickup design is proprietary to Ibanez and isn't even available direct from Nordstrand)- the same is true of the "Bartolini" pickups in other import Ibanez'. The preamp in this bass (and all the other Ibanez models as far as I know) are still in-house Ibanez systems, though my experience with a recent EHB bass and it's Vari-Mid pre suggests that they are decent if a bit bland (the bass in this video uses a different Ibanez pre than the EHBs though, so I can't comment on it specifically). Still the EHB pre is a step up from some past Ibanez preamp systems I've used, so this one may well be too.

@MisterKarib 6 күн бұрын

Gorgeous 😍

@b2xmaniac 4 ай бұрын

Dope

@bottomsupbass 2 ай бұрын

I remember this one’s debut. I went ahead and ordered a 4 string it played so easily and was expertly built. Here’s where it got weird. I’ve never used Nordstand pickups and electronics. It may have been a problem with this specific instrument. It was a dream at maybe 6 lbs. then I turned it up : thin sounding at any setting. It was sterile and felt simulated. Big disappointment. I hear the new Ibanez fretless models are much better. I think I payed 699 for it on sale and a day later I gave lay away to a kid wanting it. I felt the same when I got a headless bass a while back. It seemed like an imitation bass and sound. I think it was steinberger . I can’t remember

@nateparker8450 26 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience here, man. The thin sound of the stock Ibanez preamps drives me up the wall. I replaced the one on my fretted bass with a Mike Pope preamp and it sounds great. This one sounds exactly the same as all the others which is such a bummer. You’d think they would go with a more fretless-friendly voicing. I don’t feel like figuring out how to wire up an active bass with a passive piezo system, so there’s no chance I’m getting this one even though it cool and has all the features anyone would need. Have you tried the cheaper Ibanez Portamento? It’s basically this one but with a rounder sound to it and a nice clean fretboard. I tried one in-person and it didn’t have that awful shrill sound most stock Ibanez preamps have. I wish they just put those electronics in this one.

@belmontmaster 4 ай бұрын

Nice bass, I’ve never had an Ibanez before, the only fretless I used to play was a fender jazz long ago, I like to see them reviewing Steve DiGiorgio new signature fretless bass

@christiangreene1196 4 ай бұрын

Sophie plays great 🤟

@jreid641 4 ай бұрын

It does sound good. I'm not a fan of that red color, but that's just me. Do they have a 5 string version?

@kharybaker868 4 ай бұрын

Yeah they do, but same color.

@geraldp494 4 ай бұрын

I 💜 IBANEZ....but I 💜 SOPHIE more 😊

@HaLiSp 4 ай бұрын

Make it 6 string please 😍

@danielblakely952 4 ай бұрын

“Sophie is not a fretless player”…..proceeds to play the most tasteful fretless lines ive heard in a long time 😂

@massibrero 4 ай бұрын

ahahaha just thought the same

@chiaroscuro58 4 ай бұрын

She has no idea about fretless bass playing. Sorry... truth to be told 😢

@artysanmobile 4 ай бұрын

Actually, you can tell she is definitely not a fretless player. She reverts to string-bending vibrato intuitively and uses none of the basic tools of a fretless player, such as how she doesn’t naturally approach a pitch but rather picks the fingerboard position and sticks with it. That is not normal behavior for a fretless player. I am not criticizing her. This is just an answer to a comment.

@a-bass-player 4 ай бұрын

Somehow, Sophie was the inspiration of a song... Thanks

@lessmith3799 Ай бұрын

Nice, but those position markers between the feet positions are just wrong.

@jankington216 4 ай бұрын

I see the pickups inching closer to the bridge for the higher strings. I guess that's so the bass can have an uneven sound? Idk, P basses are set up like that and people think they're amazing, but people also drink michelob ultra so I'm not convinced

@zyupan7050 4 ай бұрын

Maybe cuz the strings are too fresh, it just sounds a bit too much treble to me. But still great sound

@MoarBullshit 4 ай бұрын

Perfect? I gotta go with the Ibanez EHB1005F. I love mine.

@stumanion3213 4 ай бұрын

This is basically an srf700 with 30th anniversary holes, inlays and fret lines... the 700 is neck through as well. I like my 700 better in the looks department.

@NMbass906 4 ай бұрын

No, it doesn't say Rob Allen on the headstock :) Very nice playing. I didn't like the official video for it to be honest. I'd love to try this with tapewounds!

@reallife7235 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like a bass for playing Rush but not fretless.

@gowand2x2 4 ай бұрын

Schade, dass ich immer noch VIEL zu schlecht bin, um auch nur daran denken zu können, einen Fretless Bass zu spielen😂

@Smarthalayla 4 ай бұрын

First of all, Alain Caron fretless have the perfect fretless sound, and that's what important in an instrument. How it sounds. It will be quite problematic to get up to the and of the fretboard. The bass body blocks the way and unlike fretted instrument that you can twist the hand and get away with it, on fretless the result will be playing out of tune. Speaking on out of tune... well the bassist woman here shows it all.

@gadymarcus2362 4 ай бұрын

Bella/Linda.😮😮😮😮😮😮🥵

@Simbosan 4 ай бұрын

The E string has almost no body to it to my ears. Boxy

@diteamiciedentrate 4 ай бұрын

well, it's an active bass so no: it's not the perfect fretless :)) but I see why it could be for others

@geofharris5546 4 ай бұрын

Ibanez basses are the best kept secret.. I've been using them for going on 40 years.. From the original ground breaking MC924 to my BTB 5str today... Just a pity you didn't call out a proper fretless player for the video.. no offence tho , but I'm missing the singing vibrato tones one can get that would make an instrument like this fly..! 😍🤩😎

@quantumeseboy 4 ай бұрын

Very strange design choices. GWB has no peizo, Portamento and EHB have no fret lines, come on Ibanez! I am still hoping.

@user-pf7ro9ud1i 4 ай бұрын

No that’s the GWB

@amd3529 4 ай бұрын

Nope, sounds metallic. A fretless bass shou;ld sound deep and warm with a buzz at the end of the note partly because of finger technique but mainly of the bass quality.

@LNVACVAC 3 ай бұрын

You are complaining it wasn't stringged with flatwounds. Just put flatwounds on it and it will sound like you described it.

@pjmuck 4 ай бұрын

Until they offer a lefty, no, it's not the perfect fretless for me.

@zorantodorovic6713 4 ай бұрын

Am I just too spoiled or this bass fails to deliver the expected "mwaah", "farty" sound. Yes, it is clean, articulate and beautiful but when I hear the Kristall Room 4 Cherry bass, it's just another level.

@tg3428 3 ай бұрын

Played fretless for about 30 years and don’t like the sound of this at all. Maybe round wounds would help but don’t like the sound at all from the vid. Playing also doesn’t really showcase it well . Shame

@RogerBaysinger 4 ай бұрын

No. No it’s not. 😊

@Kolavskaya 4 ай бұрын

... it 'would' be perfect, were it not for the ugliest and most misplaced inlays. Love the dark lines; almost as good as none ... what's with all these distracting markings they all put in their fretless basses? Still looking for one with nothing anywhere and the nut cut from the same plank of wood - just as on a double-bass - so that open strings finally sound as close to exactly like stopped ones as possible. All that money and then one has to get a luthier to fit a clean fingerboard. I don't have that kinda cash 😢. C'mon, Ibanez, your can do it; give us some real pro gear, please! That said, maybe they can't or don't want to. Since my last 5-string from 1985 (fretted), I have long-gone disliked where Ibanez have been going with their artificial-sounding bass gear: low notes but no wood and no character. Innovative, comfy to play (some), but bland. So, no, not perfect at all. Afterthought: and why is there no cutaway for the upper registers? Surely we don't that little chunk of wood for it to sound 'better' (which is a fairly relative term on this instrument).

@ft6755 20 күн бұрын

Honestly I'm not a fan of the looks or the sound, it sounds worse than the SRF700 basses from this video.

@bassmonk2920 4 ай бұрын

I have a 64 Fretless J Bass.......not even close

@aussiecoastie72 3 ай бұрын

Exactly

@panplayer 4 ай бұрын

Meh. Nah.

@miket1783-j5j 4 ай бұрын

About the lines. I find them off putting. So it's great Bass but not perfect.

@Gazzaivey 4 ай бұрын

i don't think it sounds that good - there is a thin sound to some of the spectrum 1 sorry

@rodox_sk8 4 ай бұрын

Mr Greg, you clearly don't play bass, prove me wrong ❤

@basstheworldofficial 4 ай бұрын

sorry but I got better things to do than proving things to strangers on the internet ❤️

@DaltonSean-rv1do 4 ай бұрын

So the answer is no u can't @@basstheworldofficial

@oscarsantos2608 4 ай бұрын

He does... You have not been attentive...

@Agnoletta 4 ай бұрын

Watch other videos…you’ll see. And learn cool stuff about basses…

@markokalcic3113 4 ай бұрын

Nothing to learn here, is just product selling

@neculai1988 4 ай бұрын

Not much about bass here. Just product placement. Sad. Unsubscribed

@wizrom3046 4 ай бұрын

"Please excuse Sophie's crappy bass playing... She's just a girl" Did he really just say that? 😬

@basstheworldofficial 4 ай бұрын

No I didn’t. What you just did can’t even be considered to be paraphrasing. I said she’s not a fretless player, so please excuse the little intonation struggles here and there.

@wizrom3046 4 ай бұрын

@@basstheworldofficial please excuse me, I was being cheeky. I used the wrong emoji I think... 👍