40 prototypes? I assume Gary can hear differences that any other human could... what a pain in the ass for mr bartolini... "darling...is the fat guy on the phone again.."
@lowlevelshighstakes According to my ears, mind and my experience as a bass player, oh yes. I got everything by Pastorius, bootlegs etc., but now real honestly, with all respect for this legend and icon, cause there was bass before and after Pastorius, Jaco went limited quite rapidly. If you know his playing really well, you will notice Pastorious began repeating the same patterns over and over again. I began to copy himself pretty quickly. Willis has got a much wider horizon in impro etc.
@Listendudeok You know who REALLY surpassed Jaco? Jeff Berlin. Perhaps the most technically proficient player of the Jazz-Fusion genre, perhaps of any genre!
@edthewave Well, Jeff Berlin is one of my absolute top bass players. He is a legend of course. You only have to listen to his incredible solo on "Water on the Brain" by Allan Holdsworth (Road Games album) to get it. But I find him difficult to compare to Pastorius, because their styles are really different. Pastorius and Willis have got that smooth fretless sound; Berlin never played fretless. They just sound different, although Berlin is a real technical wizard on the fretted bass.
Holy jesus this guy is really into all the technicals i just find a bass that sounds awesome and buy that ine that's how i got my schecter 5 string i just played a binch thta guy is way into the micro details
My issues with the GWB1005 (which I've played and like very much) are that for my tastes the overwhelming "Jaco-Tone" from the single bridge pickup is far too much of a "one trick pony" for my tastes as well as the price, and that even "handmade" from Ibanez's top luithers it's too simple a design (fairly simply bridge one pickup, Bart NTBT 2-band preamp, Swamp Ash body, Maple neck and Ebonal fingerboard) to charge $3,000 for. IMO the original GWB-1 & 2 was priced far better for the market.
If the bass comes with exotic woods like Brazilian Purpleheart, Buckleye woods...I could pay the GWB1005 price, Ash is not a bad wood but I hate ebonol because scratches easily...but I think I will get the GWB35 that has the same sound but it's other set up :(
I could never pay $3000 for a bass whose fingerboard's the same composite material as a $200 Squier. Why, at this price, doesn't Gary have a very thin coating of phenolic resin on his fingerboard, like Zon and others use?
There are also cheap and expensive guitars and basses that all have rosewood fingerboards. Does it make the expenseive ones worse only because cheap ones have it as well? Imo not...
@Konrad111111 There are good cuts of rosewood and there are cheap cuts of rosewood. Ebonol is ebonol is ebonol. If you want an resin as a fingerboard, instruments of that price use Phenolic Resin. THATS more like it.
GW said that he had 40 prototypes for his pickup. Regarding that I think he picked ebonol because he likes the sound. Or what do you think? I mean if you really like the sound of a cheap material, why not use it? Only because it's cheap? Btw I wouldn't pay the price for it either, but that's rather because i dont have the money and not because one part of it wasn't that expensice. But that's more a matter of opinion...
I quite like the sound of the instrument to be honest, I think you're missing my point a bit - my problem is with the price of the instrument. When it was a $1000 Korean production instrument it was a decent package - but now there's absolutely no reason for a natural finish Ash instrument with a fragile plastic fingerboard to be masterbuilt for over $3000. And the basswood version isn't the same.
Sorry folks but Ash is generally NOT a light weight wood. If this model of bass is light weight then be assured that Ibanez have specifically taken the time and effort to use light weight cuts of Ash for the body.
I own an Ash bodied Lakland and it weighs an absolute ton.
Swamp Ash is certainly not always light weight. No two pieces of the same species of timber are the same in weight, working properties etc etc. As a furniture maker I understand this and the way that timber behaves and responds many years after being milled.
I have a swamp Ash bodied Lakland that was assured by Lakland to be between 8.5 & 10 pds - it is closer to 12....go figure!
I had a Fender '51 Precision that was 16lbs. I also played a '57 Precision reissue, and it was, oh, 6 pounds tops. I don't quite know what to make of that.
40 prototypes? I assume Gary can hear differences that any other human could... what a pain in the ass for mr bartolini... "darling...is the fat guy on the phone again.."
superbass340 1 month ago
so sick
ChiapasZapata 7 months ago
I know this offends some, but he surpassed Pastorius...
Listendudeok 11 months ago
@Listendudeok ..Really?
lowlevelshighstakes 8 months ago
@lowlevelshighstakes According to my ears, mind and my experience as a bass player, oh yes. I got everything by Pastorius, bootlegs etc., but now real honestly, with all respect for this legend and icon, cause there was bass before and after Pastorius, Jaco went limited quite rapidly. If you know his playing really well, you will notice Pastorious began repeating the same patterns over and over again. I began to copy himself pretty quickly. Willis has got a much wider horizon in impro etc.
Listendudeok 8 months ago
@Listendudeok You know who REALLY surpassed Jaco? Jeff Berlin. Perhaps the most technically proficient player of the Jazz-Fusion genre, perhaps of any genre!
edthewave 3 weeks ago
@edthewave Well, Jeff Berlin is one of my absolute top bass players. He is a legend of course. You only have to listen to his incredible solo on "Water on the Brain" by Allan Holdsworth (Road Games album) to get it. But I find him difficult to compare to Pastorius, because their styles are really different. Pastorius and Willis have got that smooth fretless sound; Berlin never played fretless. They just sound different, although Berlin is a real technical wizard on the fretted bass.
Listendudeok 3 weeks ago
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@Listendudeok ..Really?
lowlevelshighstakes 8 months ago
Too bad that the string spacing is so tight!
pleximanic 11 months ago
i got the black one its amazing
666abigailwilliams 11 months ago
Holy jesus this guy is really into all the technicals i just find a bass that sounds awesome and buy that ine that's how i got my schecter 5 string i just played a binch thta guy is way into the micro details
geoff25s 1 year ago
Doesn't Sean Malone use this bass too?
nightshadetheexorcis 1 year ago
@nightshadetheexorcis
Sean Malone uses the Ibanez GWB1, the first one with ebony fretboard.
tattoedsoul 8 months ago
Im not sure i understand why this costs 6 grand australian..
slappingpopping 1 year ago
jaco wannabee
0tt0kruegar 1 year ago
genious..
MrTheLighter 1 year ago
Aircraft carrier bridge! lol
Tutmarc 1 year ago
I agree with his statement at 0:53.Most basses don't have a enough cutaway depth to reach the highest notes.
gebass6 1 year ago
How wide are the string spacing at the bridge on this bass?
widepass 1 year ago
My issues with the GWB1005 (which I've played and like very much) are that for my tastes the overwhelming "Jaco-Tone" from the single bridge pickup is far too much of a "one trick pony" for my tastes as well as the price, and that even "handmade" from Ibanez's top luithers it's too simple a design (fairly simply bridge one pickup, Bart NTBT 2-band preamp, Swamp Ash body, Maple neck and Ebonal fingerboard) to charge $3,000 for. IMO the original GWB-1 & 2 was priced far better for the market.
scarred2112 1 year ago 2
ash is light. ive had over 5 ash bodied basses. lightest ones around.
xdux 2 years ago
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pleximanic 1 year ago
Amazing bass player. A true innovator on the bass, and a musician who's focused on musical profiency.
paul44miles 2 years ago 8
@paul44miles good way to be proficient as you could not even spell it
csmorgan 6 months ago
@csmorgan All Right you don't have to be a smartass, i know i mispelled it but i was only by accident.
paul44miles 6 months ago
Yes you right lummond.
If the bass comes with exotic woods like Brazilian Purpleheart, Buckleye woods...I could pay the GWB1005 price, Ash is not a bad wood but I hate ebonol because scratches easily...but I think I will get the GWB35 that has the same sound but it's other set up :(
Gillhullian 2 years ago
I could never pay $3000 for a bass whose fingerboard's the same composite material as a $200 Squier. Why, at this price, doesn't Gary have a very thin coating of phenolic resin on his fingerboard, like Zon and others use?
lummond 2 years ago
@lummond
There are also cheap and expensive guitars and basses that all have rosewood fingerboards. Does it make the expenseive ones worse only because cheap ones have it as well? Imo not...
Konrad111111 2 years ago
@Konrad111111 There are good cuts of rosewood and there are cheap cuts of rosewood. Ebonol is ebonol is ebonol. If you want an resin as a fingerboard, instruments of that price use Phenolic Resin. THATS more like it.
lummond 2 years ago
@lummond
GW said that he had 40 prototypes for his pickup. Regarding that I think he picked ebonol because he likes the sound. Or what do you think? I mean if you really like the sound of a cheap material, why not use it? Only because it's cheap? Btw I wouldn't pay the price for it either, but that's rather because i dont have the money and not because one part of it wasn't that expensice. But that's more a matter of opinion...
Konrad111111 2 years ago
I quite like the sound of the instrument to be honest, I think you're missing my point a bit - my problem is with the price of the instrument. When it was a $1000 Korean production instrument it was a decent package - but now there's absolutely no reason for a natural finish Ash instrument with a fragile plastic fingerboard to be masterbuilt for over $3000. And the basswood version isn't the same.
lummond 2 years ago
well I agree there. I's definitely a too expensive. :D
Konrad111111 2 years ago
Sorry folks but Ash is generally NOT a light weight wood. If this model of bass is light weight then be assured that Ibanez have specifically taken the time and effort to use light weight cuts of Ash for the body.
I own an Ash bodied Lakland and it weighs an absolute ton.
alembicbassguy 2 years ago
Heard of swamp ash?
Zombbg4 2 years ago
Swamp Ash is certainly not always light weight. No two pieces of the same species of timber are the same in weight, working properties etc etc. As a furniture maker I understand this and the way that timber behaves and responds many years after being milled.
I have a swamp Ash bodied Lakland that was assured by Lakland to be between 8.5 & 10 pds - it is closer to 12....go figure!
alembicbassguy 2 years ago
I had a Fender '51 Precision that was 16lbs. I also played a '57 Precision reissue, and it was, oh, 6 pounds tops. I don't quite know what to make of that.
lummond 2 years ago
Its very strange - I own an old Fender Precision that weighs under 8pds - it has Alder as its body wood.
I used to own a 70's jazz bass that weighed more than my car - go figure!
alembicbassguy 2 years ago
that bass got some very smart features!
Konrad111111 2 years ago
If there were 40+ prototypes, I get the sense that's a pretty important component, so why not use it for the GWB35?
brettsontfarrey 2 years ago 5
Good point, but the whole idea of a less expensive model is it has less features.
bigwm 2 years ago
This one is made out of ash, which is a light wood.
Steve128967 2 years ago
What's the average weight of these basses?
lidesnowi 2 years ago