ibanez soundgear bass gsr180 demo

[@JesHill]

Just done a fretless conversion on one a bit higher up on the range, really nice instrument.

[@mushireazecomprises6406]

It's a good bass with efffects, i use Line 6 on computer and it's nice to play

[@MADMALKO]

yes a brilliant bass ....just the styling/looks doesnt do anything for me...

[@lns5852]

This one looks great! Nice video and explanation! Would you recommend this bass guitar for a begginer, mostly to play metal? Cheers!

[@MADMALKO]

yes, good solid bass - id imagine theres a 5 string version if you want to go that route for very heavy downtuned metal but for a beginner i think its best to start on 4 - rock on!

[@lns5852]

@@MADMALKO Thank you so mush for your reply. I will take your advice in consideration and start with a 4 string. If in the future I get the hang of it, then I take a step forward! Thanks again and keep the nice vibe! Rock on 🤘

[@MADMALKO]

@@lns5852 bass is great fun , id maybe suggest after 6 months getting a guitar too so you can learn them both at the same time - thats what i did and i found anything you learn on 1 can be applied to the other

[@iainlennon]

It's my bass! Can confirm it was a couple of hundred quid about 10 years ago when I got it (definitely not a high end one). Cheers!

[@MADMALKO]

well it now works and has a pickup selector and killswitch - its a good bass

[@geraldp494]

Good Job

[@timucinguner4687]

Im searching for a bass. I have jackson js11 dinky electric guitar and wanna trade it with a bass. Do you think it would be a good trade with this one? Both of them indonesian so. İdk.

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

What’s that bass on the back wall, just out of frame? I have a Hondo II h1015 bass that looks very similar. Looks like there’s a husk of a similar bass next to it, but I’ve never seen one quite like it! Reaching the 1st fret on one of those is a real challenge, but I love how those sound!

[@MADMALKO]

i know the hondo bass- i have one! , the ones on the wall here are washburn wing series- the one you cant quite see is a scavenger and the one in bits is a vulture, early 80s japanese stuff just rocks harder!

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

@@MADMALKO Yeah, I agree. Mine is from 1980, still with the original pickup! The knobs have been replaced with the black Les Paul knobs, but the pots seem original though! It looks like a DiMarzio pickup, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it actually is one based on the sound! Apparently, the Hondo II Professional series were made by either Tokai or Matsumoku in Japan, designed to be better than the older Hondo p-bass copies, which I hear sucked!

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

Funnily enough, the Hondo model had a Gibson Thunderbird style 3 point bridge! The bridge on mine was bent out of shape and cracked when I got it, so I had to replace it! The new bridge is identical and… It’s starting to bend upwards too, somehow. It seems they’re not cast very well.

[@MADMALKO]

@@djijspeakerguy4628 mines got an epiphone bridge as i used the hondo bridge on my aria pb1500 as it was bent and cracked.i think the issue with them is folk turning the 3 mounting screws unevenly and under string tension? ive had no issues with either of mine since.its not the best bridge design tho tbh, everyone should just use the p bass type bridge , simple and easy and cheap but it works!

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

@@MADMALKO Yeah I agree, also with these the saddles can sometimes fall out and possibly go missing when a string breaks. My bridge was also cracked, where the screw for the D string saddle feeds through, near where the D string ball end went. Apparently, people also have issues with these bridges pulling out of their basses, because the bridges are supposed to be slightly angled with the side with one screw being raised higher than the side with the string ends. People just screw them all the way down flat.

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

Probably better than the GSR200 due to the lack of active circuitry. To me, the active circuitry muffles the sound and the “bass boost” just makes it sound way too loud, it overpowers the band!! Not to mention, it has a battery that can die in the middle of a performance, and you need a SCREWDRIVER to replace the battery, even if you brought a spare! Also, I love jazz neck pickups.

[@MADMALKO]

not a huge fan of active circuits myself.. i like a plain p bass

[@TobTart]

im here from randomly looking up random bass reviews I really wanna learn bass and im planning on buying one; would you say this is beginner friendly? if not which one do you recommend? :)

[@MADMALKO]

yeah you cant really go wrong with ibanez or yamaha , if you like the looks then this is a winner, i prefere more old fashioned looking guitars

[@TobTart]

@@MADMALKO thank you so much!

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

Ibanez for sure, they are far more comfortable than any Yamaha I’ve tried, and I like how they look better. It will make learning the instrument far easier. Just don’t get the gsr200 with the active pickups unless you want a battery to die in the middle of your performance.

[@zaidokko6854]

Does the guitar come with the pickup switch, because you dont find them on basses very often.

[@MADMALKO]

yes i think this bass was stock

[@ano3o]

nice cif

[@scottrae6172]

Thanks bud. Ignore my previous comment on other video. 😁

[@MADMALKO]

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[@scottrae6172]

@@MADMALKO I asked if you'd played one of these on another video did.

[@scottrae6172]

@@MADMALKO did you think it's a pretty good bass? I've got one I can get for£100. Like new.

[@MADMALKO]

@@scottrae6172 yeah excellent - i just dont like the look

[@piesangbread]

Heyo mine is fighting me with slapping, i could slap on my Cort just fine but my ibanez is a struggle. I checked strings and action. Is there anything else i should check for? :)

[@MADMALKO]

i dont slap myself.. im not sure whats really needed for that.. hows your truss rod? -i think you need a pretty straight neck with sod all relief for slap maybe? - hold the e string down on the first and last fret and you want the string to be a bawhair off the frets in the middle of the neck

[@johnofanoa_]

I slap on my GSR 180. Stopped bouncing and slapping right through the string and it worked wonders 🙌🏽

[@RealPayne]

Pls answer me. Is it an only jazz bass pickup or passive and jazz pickup

[@MADMALKO]

not sure what you are asking... its 2 jazz bass pickups and theyre passive

[@RealPayne]

@@MADMALKO ok thx

[@richardrichard5409]

I know exactly what you mean about the shapes of basses 😉

[@decdel77]

I found one today for £100 in a pawn shop, in great condition and new strings. I’ll change the capacitor to a 0.05 one and some new pots . It’s a breeze to use, I play a Strat and just wanted a cheap bass for messing around with

[@MADMALKO]

theyre great ...i just think this sort of modern bass is a bit ugly ...even though they play better and are more versatile than a p bass its a p bass i want!

[@user-ji4zx9ur9j]

are the killswitches postproduction?

[@user-ji4zx9ur9j]

I take it as a "yes" 😁

[@trak201]

Can i get geddy tone with this bass?

[@MADMALKO]

yes! - the eq on its very powerfull - should cover a rickenbacker and jazz bass sound easily

[@Lennon_Andrew]

Should’ve titled the video “Rebel Bass” 😉

[@MADMALKO]

hahaha

[@hlmn3432]

What the different between GSR180 & GRS320

[@MADMALKO]

i dont know but it looks to have better hardware and a nicer paintjob - apart from that it looks very similar

[@richardrichard5409]

Surely if you just have neck pup on it's the sound of a P bass.....all be it pre 57 😉😎

[@HGVMe]

I just bought this very bass on the back of this review. A 55th birthday present from the wife. I'll tell her later. Great review bro. Answered a lot of questions for me thanks.

[@MADMALKO]

great stuff! -rock on!

[@erayk61]

1:32 bro twitter woke crew will try to cancel you when they find this 😂😂😂

[@MADMALKO]

hahaha , im just lucky the youtube subtitle thing cant understand a word i say or id have been flagged for such things!

[@Efendi_Bass]

Sounds like a tin can. Needs amp adjustments. For the very first bass , to learn is good.