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Great bass and great service
By: Ben
Submitted: 12/8/2023
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This is one of my favorite basses. There are so many tonal options with this instrument and it inspires me to play more. The satin finish on the neck, neck-through construction, and pickups are the stars of this bass in my eyes. Playability and sound is honestly better than some of my more expensive basses. I'm sure the 4 and 5 string options are great as well but having such an affordable 6 string fretless bass available is awesome. As always, my experience with AMS was superb. It shipped fast and arrived in perfect condition. The setup out of the box was near perfect. 100% recommend buying this bass from AMS.
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Very impressive for the price
By: Luis Rodriguez
Submitted: 10/25/2021
5 people found this review helpful.
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Wow one the best bass I’m try in my life good sound beautiful very competitive to the high brands
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Great six string fretless bass
By: Jay in NYC
Submitted: 3/2/2020
6 people found this review helpful.
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I bought this bass last fall when I decided to get back into fretless after a few years' layout. I'd bought a Fender MIM Jazz fretless from a guy who obviously couldn't play it and that totally relit my interest in fretless bass. I was interested in 6 string bass for a while and decided to buy one.
The neck thru design is really light but it resonated well and the instruments balance is great, not at all neck divey with a good strap. The low B is not flabby sounding or feeling. Notes almost seem to leap off the board. I'm not ordinarily crazy about flats, but they really work on this instrument and when it comes time to change I'll put flats back on.
Truth be told I had some buyer's remorse, though: The board is really wide (it's a 6 string) and it's unlined. This took some getting used to---I'm pretty much fine on the B to D strings up through the second octave but my upper neck higher string string playing is still a work in progress---but it was so, so worth it. (That said, I do wish it had upper neck dots to help with intonation.)
I'm playing it in a six piece blues rock band (guitar/guitar/keys/bass/drums, plus vocalists, including me sometimes), which seems like an odd use for a fretless bass with a piezo and Bartolinis. I'd been playing the Fender, but decided I should play the Ibanez to get used to it and the tones were immediately right on. It sits under everybody perfectly and really helped remove the mud we've been working so hard to eliminate. I play it into a Tech 21 Para Driver 2 preamp into a bass amp set flat, which gives plenty of control over the sound along with the onboard controls, which are super low noise and easy to use.
I get a lot of mileage playing lines up the neck. This really helps me avoid long stretches, which both helps with intonation and keeping a more relaxed fingering hand. I'm getting to play the money notes but with much less arm reach and hand tension.
Next time I play jazz this should be fantastic, especially as my intonation on the high strings improve.
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Awesome fretless
By: Ray_St. Louis
Submitted: 12/31/2018
6 people found this review helpful.
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This bass is absolutely awesome! The piezo setup sounds great and has a nice "woody" tone. The piezo can be combined with the soap bar pickups for great tonal flexibility. Setup was perfect out of the box. If you're new to playing fretless, this bass does not have a lined fingerboard. It does have position markers on the edge of the neck so you're not totally in the dark, ha!
Anyway, great bass for the money! You won't be disappointed.
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typical Ibanez. Fantastic instrument right out of the box.
By: Brennen M Nase
Submitted: 11/6/2018
6 people found this review helpful.
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As a full time professional jazz bass and guitar player, this bass is excellent. I recommend it to anyone.
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Awsome Sound & Tone Worth every dollar
By: Keith Moore
Submitted: 10/28/2018
5 people found this review helpful.
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The sound is second to none
I workked for a music franchise for a year and never saw anything tuis versatile.
Soundgear has really out done themselves with this model.
The EQ peizo system is infinate in sound reproduction in my opinion. I use it in tthe studio for different sound.
I always wanted to own an upright and so far this is as close as I have gotten and I am very pleased. Especially for Sound.
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A great bass
By: Papa Ed
Submitted: 7/10/2018
6 people found this review helpful.
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I was looking for a great fretless bass with great features at a great price... found it. It rivals my custom Conklin bass. It sounds amazing !!!
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Best fretless I have played
By: Berg
Submitted: 6/28/2018
8 people found this review helpful.
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Sweet! Awesome! Possibilities are endless with the controls and far reaching neck. I've owned 5 fretless basses, including a 5 string Warwick, which had the best sound... until now. This is by far the best sounding fretless of them all. Very light weighted, easy on the neck; the intonation and action were perfect for me, right out of the box. The low B plays perfectly, all around the neck, no buzzing!
It looks and sounds like it costs much more than a grand. AMS easy paying opportunity makes it a dream come true.