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Post by DerAlex on Aug 26, 2018 11:02:39 GMT
Hi all, as I now am also an owner of a bass (intro to come soon, I wouldn´t call me a bass player yet) and in my newbie thread there was a discussion about shortscale basses. As I was visiting MusicStore yesterday I had a chance to check them out (together with some Ibanez ones). I didn´t "play" them, I just had a look at the hardware, settings and feeling in my hands. I have to say I was surprised that e.g. the fret ends were not sharp at all (the reason for me sending back 2 J&D guitars a few years ago and switching to HB). The hardware is according to price, the bridges look cheap, the setting were awful (very high action, no adjustments whatsoever, no tuning, flobby strings). The neck to me was comfortable, neither really chunky nor slim. The paint was ok, looks uite thick - the seafoam green was my personal favourite, was a bit disappointed by the translucent blue, as it was not really translucent. YMMV I also had a glance at Ibanez shortscale basses, the TMB30 and the Mikro 20. They are a bit pricier, look better IMHO but also have cheap hardware on it. I own a Ibanez SR370 bass and this one is miles ahead of any of those cheap basses. Obvious, right? You will have to set them up after opening the box, most probably you should change strings (remember to order shortscale strings, like the Hofner). Finally if you are interested in shortscale basses and want to check them out - I would say go for it. Overall I have to say they looked quite nice, much better than expected.
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Post by LeoThunder on Aug 26, 2018 11:46:35 GMT
If I ever were to be interested in a Jazz Bass, I'd go for the Marcus Miller look.
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Post by LeoThunder on Aug 26, 2018 12:44:29 GMT
It's a visual upgrade.
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Post by JAC on Aug 26, 2018 15:50:41 GMT
To be honest, the only really cheap (i.e: Crappy) hardware in the Mikro are the knobs. I swapped the plastic ones it has for simple metal ones and it's fixed The bridge and tuners are actually pretty decent, and the electronics, well, not much you can get wrong in a VVT
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