Ibanez GSR180 Gio Baltic Blue Metallic

I have been wanting to try one of these for a while. It ticks all the boxes. It’s passive, I have had active basses before and don’t want to rely on batteries. It’s inexpensive - I don’t see the point in paying mega money for working instruments, especially when they play this well. It’s light - my P bass weighs a tonne and gives me backache. It is very well balanced - not like some copies of traditional basses with lightweight bodies that neck dive - this has been designed to balance perfectly. It has a Jazz pickup configuration - versatile, predictable and useable tone that cuts through effectively. Most of all though, it plays so well! That neck is incredible. I’ve played some expensive instruments that don’t have a neck half as good as this. Yes, it needed a small setup. The intonation was slightly out and action a bit high, but this was easily sorted. The fretwork is faultless and the finish stunning. Don’t let the price tag fool you. This is not just a beginners instrument - this will be gigged and recorded with. There might be better basses out there, but this is a very good bass regardless of how much it costs.

Great starter bass, feels much better than what I started on, not to heavy (padded strap helps) tone is great and I’ve leaned mush more on it, also the blue colour is really pretty :)

Our daughter loves it. Great starter bass as recommended by Chris.

Amazing colour and sound.

just what i wanted. a great guitar.

This guitar exceeded my expectations with great build quality and very comfortable to play.