GWB1005

GWB1005 Natural Flat

The GWB1005 is a five string solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez in 2006. It is a signature model for American jazz fusion bassist Gary Willis. It is made in Japan by FujiGen.

The GWB1005 features an SR series double-cutaway swamp ash body bolted to a maple neck with a fretless ebony fingerboard with abalone oval position markers. Components include a custom Bartolini passive soapbar bass pickup with a Bartolini preamp with a two-band EQ, a standard bridge with 16.5mm string spacing, a removable finger rest/ramp, a plastic nut and Gotoh tuners with custom Sure Grip buttons.

The GWB105 and GWB205 are more affordable versions of this bass which are made in Indonesia.

Specifications

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Specifications for GWB1005

Year(s) offered: 2006–2019 Sold in: Asia / China / Europe / Japan / North & South America and Oceania / USA Made in: Japan Finish(es): Natural Flat (NTF)
Body Body type: Solid body Body material: Swamp ash Neck joint: AANJ Bridge: STD5 fixed Knob style: Knurled metal dome w/ pointer Hardware color: Cosmo black	Neck Neck type: GWB Neck material: 3-piece maple Scale length: 864mm / 34" Fingerboard material: Ebony Fingerboard inlays: Offset white dot Nut: Black plastic (45mm) Machine heads: Gotoh GB707 w/ GWB Sure Grip buttons	Electronics/ Strings Pickup configuration: S Bridge pickup: Bartolini GWB passive Electronics: Bartolini NTBT 2-band EQ w/EQ bypass switch Controls: Master volume w/ push-pull EQ bypass / Stacked bass boost-cut & treble boost-cut Battery: 9V Output jack: 1/4" stereo barrel (side mount) String gauge (factory): .045/.065/.085/.105/.135 Factory tuning: 1G, 2D, 3A, 4E, 5B

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Controls layout

EQ frequency chart

Sources

• 2006 North America catalog (page 90)
• 2009 Europe catalog (page 72)
• 2012 North & South America and Oceania catalog (pages 6–7)
• GWB1005 product page, Ibanez USA, archived October 2012
• 2017 USA catalog (page 74)
• 2019 Japan catalog (page 36)
• GWB1005 product page, Ibanez USA, archived August 2019