I looked at the Ibanez GSR205 aswell and only actually found out about this one a week or two before purchsing it! I choose this over the Ibanez coz the features were a lot more exclusive and the Ibanez was just black and boring.
If this bass was lost of stolen i would probably buy it again maybe in blue or something.
This bass could be better by being a bit lighter and not having that funny red bit at the end of the neck(bottem end).
My favourite thing about this bass is the low B string plays like a beauty and unlike others i`ve played it dosent rattle.
One thing to people who are thinking of buying this bass is...get the Quilt top coz it looks much cooler..
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Model Year: 2003
Price: $200.00 Pounds (new)
Where Obtained: Guitar, Amp Keyboard centre
Made in Vietnam in 2003 this is the newest model(5-string)
24 frets and a rosewood fret board.Unlike my old bass the frets aint razor sharp!
There is a volume control and a tone control for each pickup so there 4 controls overall.There is two big humbuckers both very sensetive and powerful and its got Passive electronics.
The finish is Quilt top which is really nice and dead cool!
I use this with my crappy Peavey microbass and Boss Ceb-3 chorus pedel and it works well with both.
Only complaint is that with the sound merges together a bit with the microbass amp.
I play mostly metal and it works well as you can get a wide range of sounds from just changing the tone.
I never gigged with this bass but apart fromt he fact that its pretty heavey it would probably be fine to play on stage.The strap-locks are excellent...so wide it took me forever to get my strap onto it(unlike my old one where it reguarly fell off)