REVIEW - Ibanez Mikro GSRM20B Short-Scale Bass Guitar - Weathered Black.
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- Short review of my Ibanez Mikro bass GSRM20B. Hope the review helps someone out. Please feel free to leave me a comment or question.
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GSRM20B Weathered Black
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I bought one of these for my Daughter and couldn’t believe how good it was. Super easy to play and capable of some great tone. I even gigged with it and it performed admirably. At $179 it’s not just a “good for the money” bass, it’s a good bass period.
I have the Lefty version, and I'm really enjoying it. Changed the chrome volume and tone knobs to black ones. Eventually I want to upgrade some other bits, but for now it is a great bass.
I got the same one and I adore it
I have this exact same bass guitar ksm music in Logan Utah put a K.S.M bridge on the bass guitar and quarter pounders pickups in the bass guitar now it's really great 👍
As long as the speaker isn't distorting you are safe with a guitar amp. You aren't going to get the best tone, but it is safe. I would recommend looking for one of the old Peavey 20W bass practice amps - cheap as chips these days and near indestructible!
I have a GSRM20 with chrome hardware, and I'm crazy about it. I have yet to set it up, but still reach for it when I feel like playing a bass.
Like you, I'm primarily a guitarist; a short scale bass is the way to go in this situation. I have a suggestion for you: Try finding a DigiTech BP355 on the used gear market. These digital bass processors give a huge amount of bang for the buck! I don't have a bass amp myself, but I hardly ever use the one guitar amp I own since I have THREE (count 'em!) guitar processors and can play them all through my computer's speaker system. If you have a computer, you can probably still get DigiTech's editor/librarian software. This is what I think is the best way to get your own unique sounds from your BP.
If you'd prefer a more modern unit, I'm sure that you can find something to fit a modest budget. Good luck, and I also think it's great that your son wants to learn bass too. Remember how happy Eddie Van Halen was to perform with his son. Something cool like that might be in store for you!
Nice video
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I have a black one with semore duncan quarter pounders pickups in it and a K.S.M music bridge from K.S.M music in Logan Utah my guitar shop and you need to put a thicker gage sting set on the bass guitar cut the tips down to size and put them on with two wraps around the E and A post and three wraps around the D and G post on the headstock it will play and sound epic
How do we find that bridge? All you say is KSM Music.
I'm thinking about getting this bass and the first thing that I would do is to string it with a set of flatwound bass strings by Fender or La Bella. Smooth to the touch and the sound. Roundwound strings are too noisy and squeaky when moving your fingers up and down the neck, plus I feel that they don't wear your fingers out and you can play longer and effortlessly.
P.S.- I noticed that you have a Fender baseball cap and a Vans t-shirt on. Do you have any more advertising space available and how much would it CO$T$ !!!???
I have five short scale basses, and three of them are strung with short-scale flatwounds, one is strung with short-scale nylon tapewounds, and one is strung with short-scale round wounds. For the flatwounds I have used LaBella, D'Addario, and GHS. I would characterize the D'Addarios as the most bright for flatwounds and LaBella as the most thumpy. Just one word of caution: if you do get new flatwounds for it, be sure that you get ones that are for a short scale because the tapering to the tuning post must be correct.
@@RockerProf I did get a short scale bass after I made that comment, but not this one. I got an ebony Gibson SG Standard Electric bass. Ever since I used a borrowed one at a gig, I wanted one, I fell in love! It was $2 G's !!! Initially I didn't want to spend that much, but I thought about it and decided that if I didn't get it, that I would regret it later. I just love it. I'm still honey mooning with it !!!
I love how the Ibanez Mikro bass comes in a bunch of colors. After I finish with the payments on the Gibson bass, I still might get the Ibanez. I just had another "look-see" at it !!!
I have the GSRM20TR and I love it. Lots of fun to play. Nice break from the big bass. From what I understand you can use the regular strings but it can produce an odd sound. There is a name for it but I can't recall at the moment. Something like when you hit one string it will sound like there are two strings and one is out of tune. I'm no expert. Just going by what I have read.
The word you are looking for is Overtone 👍
@@barryismygod yes, when overtones are mismatched in pitch or timbre from one string to another, there will be odd sounds produced...
Phasing
Is this recommended for a serious playing? I'm starting a band with my good buddies, and we agreed to take things seriously. The bassist is a guitarist-turn-to-bassist who struggled to reach the frets of a bass.. Will this be good & okay for gigging (or even professional use) after component upgrades?
The tone sounds annoyingly trebly because you have turned the tone control all the way to teble. But this is a bass, so I why not adjust the tone control toward the bass instead of treble, so it sounds like a bass.
Could also be the bridge pickup is all the way up, when I use my son's Mikro if I'm using the bridge pickup I only turn it up to 2 or 3 not to mention he said he doesn't have a bass amp and even if he did he's just recording the room.... I would DI it. I bought a Steve Harris Tech21 pedal and recorded direct and WOW