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Franzbassist, I've got that one too. Mine came with a gig bag. I see you've put markers on the neck. Good addition. I still get lost down low or high...

He also played a Warwick... at least in this video which is a joy.

Would highly recommend you try one. That middle-C to high C range speaks so clearly for chords and guitar lines, yet the bottom goes all the way down to a thunderous low C and a final B below that. I know people say you don't notice the fan frets... I do! and the headless means you'll be on the wrong string and fret all the time but I'm getting used to it. Build is great but the form factor is killing: muchio strings, light weight, good balance and passive mode for long sessions. Absolutely great workhorse. Got my GB here for luxury and it has the hi-fi tone but it eats batteries and is heavy. The EHB is my 'does everything' beater!

Arghhhh! It's like staring into the face of God! Beautiful bass. You won BassChat!

Erm... are they any good though?

Bit of a munter...

A common debate here. I wasn't aware of the celebrity endorsement models... I'd take each on their own merits as an instrument and make sure you don't pay too much for the name..

Aw considering the crap he comes out with, particularly about women, I thought he was very respectful with her as he gets schooled! Video link added:

Looks legit based on the reassuring £5k price tag... P.s you and how many others will be there...

Erm, thank you for asking @EBS_freak - that's very polite for the internet. So I think Matt might have wanted to another signature artist to go with a different form factor. The AJ is quite different for example. Let's face it, despite their phenomenal talent as players, they're probably not making a particularly good living so any income stream, like a signature model commission, is probably highly prized and an overlap a perceived incursion into the signature space responded to with some wariness. I do think Matt Garrison created a 'thing': 4-finger technique + ramp (arguably a Gary WIllis innovation) + a 5-string high 'C' = Matt's thing. For the record, I'm all in with it having seen him in a tiny club in Manchester tearing it up with Gary Husband and Randy Brecker! Yes, quite a line up. So along comes Janek who puts his name to an ostensibly similar model. Does it matter? Probably a bit to Matt although I don't suppose there was any intent from Janek to plagiarise Matt's bass, Janek I think just liked similar features and was offered a commission. Re. crowd funding for a Wal - again Janek did not say that was his intention - but! In reaching his viewer goals, he would earn enough to afford a Wal and go ahead and get one and probably film it for his channel, so not an explicit crowd-funding campaign but resulting in a similar result. So there you go... That's my take and it's the rough and tumble of being a creator and making yourself the centre of attention. I'd end with a perspective of Janek as an artist and record of his which is wonderful: see below

That's a looker. F Bass are having a moment with Scott SBL Devine getting a signature too. Guess creator endorsements are more important than artist endorsements these days?

Me in the gym - good workout fodder

I thought it was rather good. Each to their own.

The reply to the charge of crowd-funding a Wal...

Oof! Urge to play 'Love Games'!

Aww, raised my expectations for some mid-80s Jazz Funk bass porn then dashed them. Get a photo up to charge the debate...

My two: BL700 NT vs. EHB1006MS - over 40 years apart and different in almost every possible aspect... other than they both have frets! Youthful hubris resulted in a truncated scratchplate on the Blazer...

@Old Man Riva I was going to post this too! Great analysis of the 'Too Shy' line...

Rare to hear an artist talk with such candour about the tribulations of having a bass associated with you...

Eeh!

My ramps are alive and kicking thanks... I think the answer to the OP's question is that the Gary Willis/Matthew Garrison 4-finger right-hand style is not so prominent or popular at the moment but ramps are still a fixture on many high-end basses destined for jazz use.

PS they've just released a fretless version too now... https://www.ibanez.com/na/products/detail/ehb1005f_1p_01.html