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Ibanez Gio GSR205B 5-string Bass Guitar - Walnut Flat

5-string Electric Bass with Mahogany Body, Maple Neck, Jatoba Fretboard, and 2 Active Humbucking Pickups - Walnut Flat
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Affordability, Playability, and Looks!

The Ibanez GSR205B 5-string bass gives you stunning looks, fat, punchy tone, and amazing playability. Sweetwater Sales Engineers are always on the lookout for affordable yet truly playable instruments. As on of the least expensive members of Ibanez's famed Sound Gear series, the GSR205B fits the bill perfectly. It sports a compact mahogany body and a slim neck profile that gives you impressive playing comfort and speed. The active Phat II bass boost adds additional girth to your sound. Keep the band grooving all night long with the Ibanez GSR205B Bass.

Ibanez Gio GSR205B 5-string Bass Guitar Features:

  • Compact, contoured body and slim neck profile give you amazing playing comfort and speed
  • Mahogany body maple neck with jatoba fingerboard
  • DXH-5N neck and DXH-5B bridge pickups serve up classic fat, punchy tone
  • B10 bridge gives you impressive sustain
  • Phat II EQ with active bass boost

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Tech Specs

  • Number of Strings: 5
  • Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
  • Body Shape: SR
  • Body Material: Nyatoh
  • Body Finish: Urethane
  • Color: Walnut Flat
  • Neck Material: Maple, Bolt-on
  • Neck Shape: GSR5
  • Radius: 12"
  • Fingerboard Material: Jatoba
  • Fingerboard Inlay: Dots
  • Number of Frets: 22, Medium
  • Scale Length: 34"
  • Nut Width: 1.77"
  • Nut Material: Plastic
  • Bridge/Tailpiece: B15
  • Neck Pickup: DXH-5N Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup: DXH-5B Humbucker
  • Controls: 2 x volume, 1 x master tone, Phat II Active EQ
  • Strings: .045-.130
  • Case Included: Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: GSR205BWNF

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Rated 4.5/5

Excellent 5 string for the price

Love this 5 string, great budget choice. Came set up perfectly out of the box and didn't need to make any adjustments, fret work is good/edges aren't sharp at all which is is common for cheap guitars and basses, the stock pickups sound good and the active bass boost knob sounds pretty good. Although I would recommend changing the strings since the stock strings are pretty cheap.
Music background: Been playing for about a year and a half now. Mainly play metal/death metal and most of it's subgenres.
Rated 5/5

Awesome bass for an awesome price!

Everything is working great so far. Really pretty finish. Have received several compliments. Ibanez for the win!
Rated 5/5

bass player for church worship team

i have a jay truser stringray 5-string bass but playing it for 2-3hrs it gets very heavy. so i was wanting to stay with a 5-string bass but lighter. i was reading about the ibanez gsr205bwnf so i called sweetwater to find out they had one in stock. so i drove to sweetwater to check it out and play it as well.they were excited to take one and set it up in the demo room so i could get the feel and sound first hand. it was a noticeable bit lighter as well as sounded great and the phatt boost was great. so it left me with only one choice I BOUGHT IT !!!!!!!
Music background: i am self taught and been playing for 30+ years
Rated 5/5

Sweetwater Bass Mecca

Diving headfirst into bassland after a thirty eight year absence, I found myself serving on a worship team that was in dire need of a bass player. I had spent one year all those years ago playing bass in a band, but just at a "bassic" level. Years since have been spent serving on worship teams at various churches as an acoustic-electric guitar player. Toward the end of that tenure, I had purchased a no frills four string Washburn Bantam X100 p bass so I could step in as the emergency bass player. It now with a regular bass playing commitment, I wanted to upgrade to something more versatile.
After consulting with a former worship team bass playing colleague who really knows his craft, I decided to shop for a five string bass. My friend said the low B string was invaluable on many songs, helping to add scope, tonal variation, and dynamics within each one. Since I live about twenty minutes from Sweetwater, something I do not take for granted by the way, I naturally started and ended my search there. Ibanez makes outstanding bass guitars, and the GSR 205 is no exception. With a smooth playing neck, excellent string spacing, fantastic fretwork, and great fit and finish, my transition from four to five strings was flawless.
Celebrating forty years helping folks the world over find their musical bliss, Sweetwater"s success can be contributed to one thing and one thing only.....outstanding customer service. Founder Chuck Surack expects nothing but the best for his customers and his employees always deliver. And they did it again. I"m coming back again for a Fender Rumble v3 series bass combo amp....when I can decide which one!
Music background: Worship team member
Rated 5/5

Best bass I own that is under under $300.00

This bass sound AMAZING the extra bost you get from the 9v battery is outstanding and it feel really good the only thing this bass need is a on and off boton to use the pick ups active and passive if you run out of battery...i regimen it for those one that ine a good sound bass but don't want to pay a fortune.
Music background: Play drums and Bass guitar at church and in a Christian Metal band
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