I used to play a 5-string fretless Ibanez bass (in another life, long, long ago). I've switched to guitar as a means to flesh out melodies which I later transpose by piano on sheet music. The Ibanez brand is so far superior for the $$$. I own a gorgeous transparent-cherry AS-73 hollowbody...I can make it sing like an opera star or git down 'n dirty like Janis Joplin w/Big Brother and the Holding Co. Prefer it over Gibson SG's, Epiphones and even compare it to Gretsch Nashville models. It's comes with great (no-name/Ibanez) pickups.
