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Pros

Ibanez grs 5 is an excellent beginner-intermediate bass. It plays and sounds good with crisp notes and minimal buzz. The sound that comes out of the amp is very robust.

Thin neck makes it quick. Can go deep or funk thin. Ibanez is tops and rolls with the times making tweaks and improvements year after year. The neck is wider so have to play until i can stretch my fingers.

The color is darker than the picture but it actually looks better. Sounds great, light and looks more like cherrywood rather than just a 'transparent red' the weight is perfect the sounds were crisp putting bee strings on is fairly simple!

The active equalization really boosts the bass. I crank the treble and midrange up all the way on my amp. The extra boost knob is fantastic.



Cons

Fret buzzing abounds and the hardware is questionable at best. Still has potential to get fixed since the issue seems to be the wiring. It's a nice guitar, but why are they saying you are saving 92%?

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Quality


Even came with the battery in it ready to rock!


A longtime guitar player curious about the bass — satisfied with the tech, love the look of this


I do not want to return it but i think quality control could be better.


You’ll probably need to do some tweaking with the saddles to balance the pitch right at the upper neck.

Price


And the price was right up my alley.

Shipping


Would have gone great with the orange stained hollowbody electric gretsch i ordered as a gift for the guitar player but there's...  Read More

Packaging/appearance


Great bass right out of the box


It's light, clean and sounds great right out of the box.

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  • This product had a total of 947 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 23 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Easily one of my favorites out of my “collection”


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    When mine arrived it was untuneable much less playable


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    There was a back bow to the neck that offered no relief at the frets to most of the way up the neck


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I dont know if it was the weather it went through on its way to me or it was just horribly setup at the factory


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I find myself looking for the missing strings especially that third jump between g and b lol


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My ear has trouble discerning the really low notes and cranking the tone and treblemidrange on the amp helps quite a bit


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    As a side note my bass didnt come with any adjustment tools


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I kinda dibble on the instrument

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