Ibanez miKro GSRM20 - Walnut Flat Review

Great bass for the price

This base is super awesome. It sounds like a professional base for the price. I just can't believe how awesome it sounds.

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Amazing sound, and very comfortable to play.

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Plays bigger than it looks

I find the fit and finish of this Bass punching above it's price point, the shorter scale feels oddly good offering quick fretting. I got the Mikro in Flat Walnut with black hardware, with the tonewoods feeling airy and light. Neck is strait, it was setup good with spot on string height. The only thing I had to do was tune it and intonate the saddles a bit. The pickups are… read more as fat and bright as you can find in this price range, there are more expensive rigs who didn't come stock with pickups as good as these IMO. The Ibanez Mikro Bass makes playing fun, what's more? Also I'd like to say that Sweetwater's Sales Engineers are awesome, it's so refreshing to see a company really embrace the service side of business.

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All she needed was a bit of a setup and she's perfect!

The good: Arrived quickly and in good condition. After adjusting the truss rod, saddle height, intonation and pickup height... my Mikro sounds wonderful and plays wonderfully. There is no hissing or noise whatsoever. Lots of bottom end that growls when needed with just enough high end to let the slap and pops ring like a funky bell. The finish on the neck is satin smooth. Neck… read more width is just right for a 28.6" short scale. The weight feels very balanced. Light enough to not put too much strain on the shoulder and no neck dive. Tuners, bridge and pickups, although not high end, are very serviceable. Stays in tune and sounds good. The bad: Was a bit disappointed that I had to do so much work setting her up. She buzzed like a hive of angry murder hornets when I first unboxed her. It was a good learning experience, but someone with absolutely no guitar knowledge would have either been severely disappointed with the experience of receiving an unplayable bass or would have had to take it to a luthier and spend more money just to make it playable. The flat walnut finish is really disappointing, as well. I have a "flat walnut finish" Ibanez guitar that I really like. I had assumed this would be, at least, similar to the finish on my guitar. Not even close. There are some sloppy runs in the finish also. I may be nitpicking at the finish and it's imperfections, but I've had other Ibanez instruments selling in the same price range and none of them had these issues. Overall though... she plays wonderfully and sounds awesome!

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Wow, an insane value for the money

Thirty years ago I sold my fretless P-Bass because I just could not manage to play in tune, thinking someday I'd take another stab but with a shorter scale neck, so as you've probably guessed I bought this bass as a conversion project. After taking it out of its well-packaged box and tuning it up I'm wondering if I should just keep it as-is! As you can tell from my pics the walnut… read more finish is not as dark as official photos might suggest, is rather beautiful with the tight wood grain, the frets are perfectly dressed and and I'm surprised at the overall quality of this diminutive and inexpensive bass. My second pic shows how much smaller is this model than my standard scale RB800. If Ibanez made a fretless version I'd order it in a sec and keep this one around just for fun.

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