you guys clearly dont watch the whole video before commenting lol. I fix the dead spot in the neck in the video. It had a shim that I take out.

That TV on top of the fridge is a beauty

I am an older player with arthritic hands that will not let me play a full sized bass. I bought one of these and I am delighted with it. Mine was set up beautifully when I got it - no sharp fret edges. It is VERY comfortable to play with a slim neck and low action that I like and absolutely NO fret buzz. It sounds great through my 100 watt Fender Rumble and I gig with it all the time. My band mates love it too!

This is a great little bass. Have the candy apple red one with poplar body and new Zealand pine fretboard and it‘s a very good instrument. I only swapped the bridge with individual bridge pieces to reduce the string spacing from 19 mm to 16,5 mm. As an adult short guy, guitar novice, with small hands and very short fingers, it feels now very comfortable to play. Although it lost some fullness and sustain due the light aluminum pieces, I rather like the new ease of play. Maybe later I'll mount some brass guitar trem block underneath… I made some custom wooden thumb rests for even better playability. The bass needs just a slight levelling on the last 3-4 frets and a rounding of the fret ends incl. the fretboard edge, and oil for the dry fretboard. Can recommend it for everybody, 8-80 y.o., 4ft.-6,5ft., such an affordable fun instrument.

I bought one on CL on a whim. I am very pleased with it. Tone and quality is way better than I was expecting!

Initially, I was thinking he had dead spots because it was not tuned up to proper tension, but then he brought up the shim issue (sandpaper shim? odd.) and that made sense. He's right. I would normally do a proper set up on it out of the box and he obviously knows what to do in terms of set up, so all good. Looks good. Sound is subjective to each person, but I suspect through a decent amp it will sound good for "the price point" (I hate that term, btw)... so enjoy it... One note... and purely a personal thing... I have been know to get an emory board that my ex-wife used on her nails and just run it across the fret ends rather than removing the neck. Just follow the angle of the fret and don't scratch up the wood. A few swipes with the emory board and you're good to go.... enjoy playing. (and yes, I was noticing this was 2019 when the video was made.). Have a great one.

I have had that bass with a maple fingerboard in my collection for years and the strings still sound new! Incredible sound and MICRO! I have used it on many gigs

Fender MPB-33 is a 23 inch scale Japan made fender PBass! I have one

I bought this bass twice. The first one I gave to my nephew after upgrading to an Ibanez S400E, then bought the Ibanez Affirma, which is the best I’ve played. I just bought another Mikro because it was so much fun to play. Out of the box the neck and action were dead on. After putting on flats, it only needed a bit of intonation adjustment. Even though I have $500 and $1500 alternatives, I still always pick up the Mikro.

WARNING: My pal just bought one and although it plays great and good tone, but the intonation isn't right because the bridge pieces sit at least a quarter inch too far forward and the adjustment screws/springs are too long to allow it to be adjusted back far enough to bring it into proper intonation. So just confirm the intonation with a tuner before you lay your cash/card down on one. I ordered one for myself too, and when mine came in, it was fine. Not sure if the Long & McQuade tech adjusted it before I got it, but...mine was fine.

It wouldn't hurt to adjust the trussrod-plenty of instructions on how to do that on line. Yes you might need an Allen key but that is usually delivered with the bass. If not, hardware store ones are ok, get a set and try. The dead spots in the first frets are totally truss rod related do not go for a fret levelling before adjusting the truusod, please! It is natural for the neck to bow especially when you are transporting it, changes in humidity etc. PS. Did not see the shim business, yes that totally had to go.

great Video! That Bass sounds very good !!! reg. Harald

Huzzah and thank you for this review. I need something like this in my life. A simple cheap bass that plays well. (I'm not a musician.) Hopefully this is still available.

I adore my Mikro! It's pink, and it was hard to track down. Mine didn't seem to have the issues yours is. That reminds me, I need to restring it.

I don’t even know why I’m watching this.

good thing i bought mine from a guitar store, they made sure it sounded great and it's very clean

Hella interested in your shim. My Ibanez from ‘89 came with an OEM shim, a uniformly cut rectangular piece of magnetic strip. The bass played worse with it in, i took it out.

I have that same bass but it was made in Indonesia and it had no problems except for some Fret buzz but I fixed it and now it’s my go to bass

I have an 89.99 mikro bass in my cart right now. Love the mikro bass.

Played on palm mute with a pick on a roland cube 10 it sound amazing!

I have a 25inch scale p bass that’s pretty kick ass!

My bass has the same dead spot problem where it would mute the lower notes, but all I had to do was adjust the truss rod and now it works great.

Did you just somewhat played Gigantic by the Pixies?? Cool!

🤣 Who the hell had that thing before you? I'm glad you got it sorted out...probably why you got a good deal. Glad it was an easy fix. Sandpaper and sawdust....?

Sounds like it could be a back bow in the neck. If you check and it is, then truss rod should sort it.

Soooo gonna buy the Ibanez mikro uuu cant wait

Saw one in my local music shop, I might have to swoop it

Mine came nice and tight right out of the box. Gonna put some active emg's and heavier strings.

Did you leave a review on the GC site? I just bought a Mikro from there and read a review that mentioned the same stuff as you.

Hell yeah is that a Norway flag in the background?

Maybe they didn’t trust themselves to not break it, so they got it to you ASAP

Nice.

Hello! I want to start playing bass. Do you think a short scale is a good option? I am an adult, normal hands, 1'72 height. I like rock and funky Thank you!

Will standard tuning make the strings floppy on such a short scale?

I wish i had packages delivered to me often ųwų

Ended up getting a boutique bass, had the guy shape the neck exactly like this bass

Considering one for my 4 year old son.

Which model is this bass ?

Gallien Krueger is a revered brand in the industry. It's one of the best. Your neck needs a setup, and normally someone wouldn't play or demo a bass that hasn't been set up properly. A good local guitar tech can make that little bass sound awesome. You may not realize it but you have a fantastic setup between the amp and guitar. I hope you get the thing properly set up.

This was used, right?

good review

Where did you get it for that price?

Are the dead spots caused by the strings?

Talking about what drugs the postal workers are on what about all the ones on top your fridge dude loony the bass is cool I'm building them too

Adjust the action silly 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️