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Ibanez GSR180
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Published on 12/18/06 at 08:37
Value For Money : Excellent
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UTILIZATION

Channel-type Jazz bass end, pretty easy.
Because the number of spaces the handle is long enough. If we play up, Access in Premire boxes requires some flexibility of the wrist compartment other basses with fewer boxes, but I think it is average.
Access in acute is quite easy too.
The bass is good balance, quite lgre.
I use it either with the volumes of the bottom two microphones, the mic is "bridge" only. The treble is not rglage trs useful, the equalizer of the receiver is much better. In addition, a volume rgler intermdaire or a mix between the two microphones is difficult: the attnuation occurs on the last rotation dixime potentiomtre. The rglages are not gniaux but I trs accommodates well.

SOUNDS

I play mostly jazz and the sound is suitable for beginners like me.
On this bass, trs mdiums are delivered (read: not low trs powerful), but the equalizer in the receiver can correct a little. Get a nice deep well core remains difficult.
Can be found with a better bass sound, but I find this easy to play bass and I have more bottle to choose another. Meanwhile, there are plenty of fawns amliorer of sound:
- Work (it's a bass that is for beginners, and when beginners, must work including sound)
- To put a good amp: I started with a Peavey Micro Bass that did the trick until I played with a drummer. Now I use a Markbass Mini CMD121 (a stepfather is disproportionate but unlike the bass for which I have yet to flash a MODEL particular, the amp there's no picture .. . and there will be one day the bass that goes with it ...)
- Change the strings (whether for sound or for playing comfort)
- Change the pickups (I did not, I would consider tinkering plutt prampli first one to see).

There may be a wave of his ide "Pastorius" using micro bridge alone. For a more round, put the bottom two microphones. For now for me with the s'arrte rglages: the rest is your fingers. In gnral I prfre the strings a little tired, but takes work. The original strings were kept for long sound of slamming me to beginners (especially when playing with headphones). In Ralite the strings can be pretty new but it takes a good technique that has obviously not to beginners. So I found work as strings which sound I liked after one week of play: the Thomastik-Infeld, but I imagine there are plenty of other brands that have this property t. In addition I find them more "easy" to play ...

OVERALL OPINION

I play an average of ten hours per week for two years and this is my Premire low.
I find it easy to play. Discoveries I have a new playing comfort down the ropes and rglant the handle, and I think my technique is still far from the limits of the instrument.
I tried a cheaper MODEL: not nice to see or hear and play harder. Knew nothing I took a CHRE not pretty and I found that other shops said that customers are allowed to play ca ... and I am very tomb.
Conclusion: it is a good low-rev for beginners with a good quality price, easy to play even if the sound is no hell. It suits me well even trs APRS two years, long life provided they take a little care (belt buckle, which scrapes the varnish etc. ..).