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Your cart is empty.The LTD B-205SMFL will give you the expanded sonic versatility that fretless basses are known for at a very affordable price. Players will love the extra low growl of the Low B string. Whether you are playing traditional jazz lines or playing the most up to the minute cutting edge solos, the LTD B-205SMFL Fretless Bass fits the bill. This expressive tone machine is a great choice for the session bassist who has to adapt to different genres and cover a variety of gigs. The body is constructed from Swamp Ash and features a Spalted Maple top. A translucent finish is applied; accentuating the beautiful grain pattern.
T. Porter
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024
Always had a 4 string so the addition of the B string is awesome and who needs frets? It's great for slapping and plucking it's just going to take awhile to get used to the strings being closer together. This guitar will need to be set up. The neck and bridge both needed adjustment but that was 10 minutes max. If you don't know how to do it there are videos all over YouTube to show you how.I would definitely recommend this bass to anyone looking to move past a 4 string.
Alfred Estrada
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2024
I’ve had this bass for several years and it sounds incredible. It feels great as far as balance goes (no neck dive) and the neck is fairly slim and and not to wide for a 5 string. My only complaint is the weight. It is my heaviest bass and it more suited for playing sitting down cradled on your, raised, knee. Playing a full set standing up you will absolutely start to feel it. Aside from that it has a beautiful warm, creamy tone. Use ribbon wound, tape wound or flat wound strings. Any other string will eventually wear pits into the fretboard.
Neil R
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2019
I've always enjoyed the warm, resonating sound of a fretless bass, but I've never been able to justify shelling out money for an instrument that might just end up collecting dust due to its limited applications. However, I already own several other LTD basses (F1550x, F205, and B204) and I love them all so I decided to take a chance on this one as my first fretless. It has quickly become one of my favorite instruments!The unique grain of the spalted maple makes this a gorgeous one-of-a-kind piece, and it plays as impressive as it looks. The lack of frets demand greater accuracy than a fretted bass would, but the neck feels thin and fast - it's very easy on the fingers and the construction is undoubtedly solid. The pickups (I prefer the one on the bridge) offer a full, beefy tone with lots of sustain and very little excess noise. This bass is indeed quite heavy, but it's well-balanced and sits comfortably on the shoulder if you have a decent/wide strap.Overall, I'm extremely satisfied with my purchase. The bridge needed some minor adjustments to correct the intonation before I could use it, but a luthier/tech can easily set it up for you (or do it yourself with a 1.5mm allen wrench - there are plenty of tutorials online.) One thing to note when buying new strings: you'll need to make sure you buy "super long" strings or they might not sit properly in the nut. I'm personally a fan of light-gauge D'Addario Nickel-Wound XL's on all my LTDs (which is conveniently what they come pre-strung with.) However, I've noticed after a few weeks of regular playing that the strings have left slight indentations/scratches on the fretboard of this bass. I replaced them with Chrome XL (flatwound) strings, which make it sound and play even better, and will prevent further fretboard damage. Hands down, flatwounds are the way to go for a fretless.
Blue
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2018
I just got this ESP LTD B-205 This morning and got home, tuned it up and What? Almost every Fretless Marks makes rattling noises. Bottom B is kind of ok but E string and on it's like someone made bade cut on the Fret filler? I ran may fingers and nails over them slightly and I can feel the dibbits, fingerboards are higher then the fret fillers or what ever you call it and some of them were just not right at all. My Other ESP C305 was made in Korea and had no problems except the connection in the cord plug in but that was an easy fix. I gave 4 stars just because of those frets!!!
D. G. Elliott
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2018
This is a nice instrument and it plays very well. The spalted maple is attractive, but tends to look as if it was several chunks of wood that was glued together... Unfortunately, it weighs a ton! I returned it because it weighed so much. Amazon graciously refunded my money minus return fees.
A
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2017
Very happy with this bass so far. Great tone. Obviously solid construction (very heavy). A little bit of buzz on the lower frets when I got mine (hence only 4 stars), but not much of a problem.
Reb T
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2016
This Bass is amazing! especially for the price! If you are looking for a quality fretless and you are on a budget look no further. This is the bass for you.The only down side was that the bass came with nickel wound strings which are actually very bad for the finger board. I recommend D'addarios nylon Tape-wound strings. They last a long time , sound great on this bass and will not hurt the neck
Dr David McLachlan
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2016
I was surprised at how nice this guitar is-it played and felt great right out of the box-I'm new to fretless, so the markers are very helpful-thanks
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