Ibanez Bass Workshop SR Portamento SRF705 Fretless 5-String Electric Bass Flat Brown Burst Rosewood Fretboard

i had to return the day i got it, the finger board was cracked and there was a buzz that could not be adjusted out, extremely disappointed, with videos ive seen this bass is supposed to be absolutely beautiful but my experience was the opposite. im left dissatisfied.

Professional Musician, in a former period of my life, and not a professional bass player. My primary instrument is electric & acoustic guitar. I've recently started composing and recording and needed a bass that didn't beat my fingers up too badly. This is an amazing bass guitar! Impossible to describe the fun I've had since getting it. When I was playing live in the 80s, I treated myself to a handmade B.C. Rich Bich neck-through and have loved that sustain and tone ever since. This Ibanez didn't disappoint!

The magnetic pickups are quite powerful and don't really need to be active for my use, and the active piezo system is off the charts. One bass with such a combination of pickups, tone possibilities are practically endless. This is the first fretless bass with an unlined fretboard that I feel truly comfortable with. Even more, this bass came with D'Addario flat-wound strings already on it, so I didn't have to change strings. It came out of the box already set up and ready to play. I play at church on the Praise Team, and I found out that playing with just the Piezo system works best in that environment, but you should hear this baby through a multi-effects pedal!

Great instrument, when I received it i tuned it up and began to put it through its paces. LoL All my basses already are strung with D'Addario so I was glad those came with them as standard gear so for me no need to restring ..I played a half dozen familiar songs and enjoyed every minute. No problem adjusting to the absence of frets to me thats the point of going fretless no lines no frets. Ample marking across the top of the neck. Lots of possibilities are in my hand as far as range and tone and various techniques . Cant wait to explore more

Great playing bass, but lack of shielding makes for a lot of noise

I've played an upright bass and a fretted 5-string Fender Jazz bass guitar for years and thought it was time to try a fretless bass guitar. When I saw this was in stock at a local Guitar Center I decided to go in and play around with it. Had so much fun with it and liked the feel, sound, etc. so I decided to take it home with me. What really blew me away was the fingerboard extending all the way to the pickups. This gives me 10 more notes per string than my Fender. It's awkward to finger those upper notes because the "frets" are so close together up there. But that's just a matter of practice. I really like being able to solo up in the stratosphere and don't have big enough hands that a 6 string would be practical. With the 2 magnetic and piezo bridge pickups, it is really flexible in terms of tone.