Update: This popular deal is still available.
Adorama has
Ibanez miKro Series GSRM20 Electric Bass Guitar (Black) for
$139. Shipping is free.
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Features:
- Compact poplar body provides excellent balance and comfort
- Slim neck profile gives you amazing playability and speed
- Short 28.6" scale is long enough to be effective yet perfect for shorter arms and smaller hands
- Dynamix P and J pickups serve up classic fat, punchy tone
- B10 bridge gives you impressive sustain
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Sarcasm towards this person aside, this is a great bass especially for the price. I paid $180 3 years ago and have been happy with it ever since.
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Sarcasm towards this person aside, this is a great bass especially for the price. I paid $180 3 years ago and have been happy with it ever since.
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One thing to keep in mind with an extra short scale bass is the strings can be kind of floppy compared to longer scale. Heavier gauge strings can help.
And I love my GSRM20. I have the walnut. I call her "Lil Nutty".
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Quick thoughts: Sounds great, plays nice. No obvious defects or sharp frets. Makes me miss my old 90's soundgear bass. Like the versatility and sound from both pickups. Nothing like the jaguar bass I bought where the middle pickup was pretty good and the bridge was trash. With the right preamp I can definitely see this being used for recording without worrying about upgrading the pickups.
Quick thoughts: Sounds great, plays nice. No obvious defects or sharp frets. Makes me miss my old 90's soundgear bass. Like the versatility and sound from both pickups. Nothing like the jaguar bass I bought where the middle pickup was pretty good and the bridge was trash. With the right preamp I can definitely see this being used for recording without worrying about upgrading the pickups.
I'm going to let it acclimate for one more day then I'll do a setup.
I also want to note that I've been playing for 5 mo, but I've become obsessed with learning everything there is to know about bass. One thing I've noticed, I'm beginning to play constantly on my full size Stingray 4HH Sub without staring at the fretboard. With the mikro I went back to staring at the fretboard, even when switching back to my full-size bas. So, I'm just letting you guys know that going back and forth between sizes may impede learning for a beginner.
I don't have the time or patience to deal with this so next time I head to the local guitar shop I'll pay to have them set it up. That will bring the total cost of the bass up close to retail. Sucks but it's the same or cheaper than paying to ship it back to adorama.
Lesson learned- not going to buy one of these deals unless it is ships and sold by amazon since they'll pay for the return. Otherwise I'll stick to ordering from a place like sweetwater that actually does some kind of set up before hand.
I have one that I customized with a EMG Geezer Butler pickup set and converted to stereo out (like a Rickenbacker). I run it through two tube preamps (with different settings) and get a great Chris Squire-esque sound of of it. In other words, it's a totally decent bass capable of a full-scale sound. At this price I want to get another one to customize even further.
The knobs are chromed plastic and a little cheap looking. The rest of the hardware is just fine.
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My son is 11yr old & started playing Bass recently and complains how heavy & long is a full bass
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