T-Bay Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I fancy dipping my toe in the fretless world but don't want to spend too much Ibanez do a fretless model of their entry level GSR model for about £220. Does anyone have any experience of this end of their range? Is it worth looking at? They also do the Sr370 in fretless but it's £370 and I really don't like the finish. Any other suggestions? I also wondered about getting a sub£100 second hand cheaply but limited option in fretless basses it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Thomann's Harley Benton basses are generally recommended at the entry level. Not tried one myself, but under £150 delivered... https://www.thomann.de/gb/fretless_basses.html?oa=pra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 I had looked at those but can't find anywhere with one in stock that close enough for me to have a look at. They always seem to get good reviews from what I have read on here. At that money it's not the end of the world and from them I could send it back f it's terrible I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Do Ibanez even make a bad bass? I've no experience of the GSR but while I don't get on with the tight spacing on their 5 strings they all feel great to me. I was looking for a toe in the water fretless 5 and went for the Harley Benton Progressive. For about 130 quid I have no complaints other than that they ship it with roundwounds. One set of Fender flats and a little tweak and it's a nice instrument to play. Pretty decent range of tones too. Maybe a little noise when active is engaged if you turn the treble up... but who does that really. I only did it to test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 [quote name='NickD' timestamp='1509097088' post='3396550'] Do Ibanez even make a bad bass? I've no experience of the GSR but while I don't get on with the tight spacing on their 5 strings they all feel great to me. I was looking for a toe in the water fretless 5 and went for the Harley Benton Progressive. For about 130 quid I have no complaints other than that they ship it with roundwounds. One set of Fender flats and a little tweak and it's a nice instrument to play. Pretty decent range of tones too. Maybe a little noise when active is engaged if you turn the treble up... but who does that really. I only did it to test. [/quote] Thanks, as I said above I have only heard good things about the Harley Benton range, I have a cheapy Ibanez TMB30 I bought after reading reviews on here and it's a cracker of a short scale bass, maybe a little lacking at the bottom end but maybe that's because I usually play a Thunderbird. I was in PMT on Wednesday hoping to try out the Ibanez but they didn't have it in stock, all the ones I tried were on roundwounds which the guys working there commented on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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