MattyK Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Hi All, I have just acquired a 1981 Ibanez Blazer bass model - BL 700NT which is a fretless. After doing some research I cannot find any evidence that these basses were ever produced as fretless - a lot of them were defretted during the 1980's. However - my guitar tech (who is also an expert luthier) is convinced that the bass was orignally fretless as there is absolutley no sign that frets have been pulled out and the lacuer is totally orignial. So my question!! - [b]Did ibanez ever produce a factory fretless blazer bass?[/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Here's another pic of a fretless, so my guess is they did. http://www.jaromi.com/strony/pods/foto/instrumenta/026_basfretless.png I had a BL 700 back in the day, it was the first bass I ever bought new, couldn't afford a Fender P at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyK Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 Cheers Highfox, Thats interesting - the pic is exactly the same as mine!! There is just no mention of it in any of the catalgoues from that era which is strange - perhaps it was an on request sort of deal. Yeah I must say (at the risk of upsetting anyone) that I just love these blazer basses - ive had a few vintage P basses and I actually prefer the Blazers - the pickups are a bit like Dimarzio's and are super hot - love em. Thanks for your help bud!! Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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