FS/FT: Ibanez GWB35 Gary Willis Signature fretless

bass_lord_mutha · #1 05-05-2011, 10:10 PM

What we have here is a used Ibanez Gary Willis GWB35 5-string fretless bass. I got this in a trade with dmonroe a few months ago and it never really grew on me. Great sounding and playing bass, though the phenolic fingerboard should be leveled and reradiused a bit. As you can see in the pics, this bass has quite a few battle scars on it (came that way in the deal). I did take some fine-grit sandpaper and some 0000 steel wool to kinda even up the scratches on the back so presently the scratches aren't as severe as they are in these pics. The only structurally unsound issue with it is that it seems like it may have fallen on the control knobs at one point and now there's a crack happening between them (hard for me to tell if it's just a finish crack or if it's through the wood though). The strap buttons have been replace with Allparts Schaller-type black straplock buttons, and will include a pair of Schaller straplocks mechanisms with this bass, as well as a Levy's gig bag and a makeshift wooden string winder (as this bass uses tuners with some 3-prong faucet-like tuner buttons).

Let's say ~~$400~~ ~~$350~~ $300 OBO on this dude, shipped to CONUS. Paypal only please (no eChecks!!!)