Ibanez GSRM20B-WNF 4-stars Reviews

Nice short scale bass!

Everything is ok. Easy to play due to the short scale. A set-up from a professional is needed to improve the sound!

Nice

After setting it up (a bit of trussrod) it plays beautifully. The small size is amazing for guitarists.

Perfect for the price, a joy to play, minor flaws only

I bought it 2 months ago, overall I am very happy with it, there are some flaws but pros are much more important (given the price of it)

It's my first short scale, 28.6'' scale, even shorter that the standard 30'' scale. When I bought it was my 2nd bass in general, first was a Harley Benton JB-20 which I liked but I find it VERY heavy and sold it)

Pros

- Its very small and so LIGHT!! 2.6kg (5.7 lbs), much lighter than my Stratocaster guitar - I really like that

- No flaws in the fretboard, no fret edges, satin neck is very smooth, a joy to play

- sound is fine, especially the neck split coil

- 22 frets! that are easily accessible

- I really like the Walnut flat finish, but this is just a preference.

Cons

- electronics/wiring: a thing that I'd like to fix at some point in the future

a) tone pot is actually an on/off switch - no progress at all

b) tone control also act as a volume control if you don't have both volumes turned all the way up - if they are it does not happen

- I find string spacing a bit wide - probably is the bridge placement that makes G string to be very close to the edge of the fretboard

- Some basic setup was needed, bridge-string height adjustment and intonation but this was something expected - neck was fine

- There was a small flaw in the finish in the back of the body. It seems that at some point they tried to fix something and they made it worse... I decided to keep it since I don't see it :)

Great little buy

As a guitar hobbyist who just wanted a small bass to twiddle around on, this was a great little buy. Easy to play, alright tone. Lots of fun.

It doesn't replace a standard bass for recording etc, but it's a great thing to mess around on when trying to come up with creative lines etc.