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The G205 is a five string Grooveline series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2013. It was made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the upscale Prestige line and was a spot model which never appeared in a catalog. It may have been sold exclusively by US retailers Guitar Center and Musician's Friend.

The G205 features a Japanese horse chestnut 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 Arch5 passive pickups feeding an Ibanez E5 preamp with a three-band EQ (which can be bypassed), a Tight-End Bass 5 bridge with 18mm string spacing, a GraphTech Black TUSQ nut and Gotoh tuning machines.

The G105 is a related model with an ash top and back and cosmo black hardware.

The G205 was offered only in 2013.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for G205
Model name: G205
Year(s) offered: 2013
Sold in: USA
Made in: Japan
Price: SMAP: US$2,999.99[1]
Finish(es): Ruby Burst Flat (RTF)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Alder w/ Japanese horse chestnut top and back
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
Tight-End Bass 5 (18mm string spacing)
Knob style:
B20 (volume & balancer) & B15 (3-way EQ) plastic knobs
Hardware color:
Black
Neck
Neck type:
Grooveline-5 C-shaped
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 (45mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh GB530
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
SS
Bridge pickup:
CAP Sonic Arch5 bridge passive
Neck pickup:
CAP Sonic Arch5 neck passive
Electronics:
Ibanez E5 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/.130 (D'Addario EXL165 + .130)
Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E,5B (E Standard)

Images[]

Additional details
Controls E4-E5 3bandEQ Grooveline 2013
Controls layout
Freq-resp E5 3bandEQ Grooveline
EQ frequency response

Sources[]

  1. G205 product listing, Musician's Friend, archived March 2015
  • G105 parts list, Hoshino parts catalog, archived October 2022
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