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The G104 is a Grooveline series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2011 as one of the initial models in the series. It was made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the upscale Prestige line.

The G104 features an ash top and back on a playfully organic double-cutaway alder body bolted to a titanium reinforced wenge and bubinga neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with only side position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez CAP Sonic Arch4 passive pickups feeding an Ibanez E4 preamp with a three-band EQ (which can be bypassed), a Tight-End Bass 4 bridge with 19mm string spacing, a GraphTech Black TUSQ nut and Gotoh tuning machines.

The G105 and G106 are similar five string and six string models.

The G104 was discontinued in 2015 along with the entire Grooveline series.

Specifications[]

Related content: Prestige series | Grooveline series | Models-icon
Specifications for G104
Model name: G104
Year(s) offered: 2011–2015
Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan / USA
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: US$2,933.32 (2011)[1] / US$3,066.65 (2013)[2] / ¥270,000 (2011)[3] / ¥310,000 (2015)[4] • SMAP: €1,999 (2015)[5]
Finish(es): Brown Burst (BBT) 2013–2015 / Deep Espresso (DE) 2011–2012 / Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Alder w/ ash top and back
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
Tight-End Bass 4 (19mm string spacing)
Knob style:
B20 (volume & balancer) & B15 (3-way EQ) plastic knobs
Hardware color:
Cosmo black
Neck
Neck type:
Grooveline-4
Neck material:
5-piece wenge/ bubinga w/ KTS titanium rods
Scale length:
864mm / 34"
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood
Frets:
22 / medium (Prestige edge treatment)
Nut:
GraphTech Black TUSQ XL (38mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh GB530
Electronics/ Strings
Bridge pickup:
CAP Sonic Arch4 bridge passive
Neck pickup:
CAP Sonic Arch4 neck passive
Electronics:
Ibanez E4 3-band EQ w/EQ bypass switch
Controls:
Master volume / balancer / EQ toggle / 3-way EQ: treble, mid, bass
Battery:
9V
Output jack:
¼" stereo barrel (side mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.045/.065/.085/.105 (D'Addario EXL165)
Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E (E standard)

Images[]

Additional finishes & details
2013 G104 BBT 00 02
Brown Burst
2011 G104 DE 00 01
Deep Espresso
Controls E4-E5 3bandEQ Grooveline 2011
Controls layout
Controls E4-E5 3bandEQ Grooveline 2013
Controls layout
Freq-resp E4 3bandEQ Grooveline
EQ frequency response

Sources[]

  • G104 product page, Ibanez USA, archived July 2011
  • G104 product page, Ibanez USA, archived July 2012
  • G104 product page, Ibanez Europe, archived June 2013
  • 2014 Europe catalog (p. 48)
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