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The headstock of my main bass, a lowly, but very much beloved, black Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Bass, that has received several visual mods, a fair share of use and abuse, as well as a pickup upgrade:

My Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Bass, which is actually my main, qualifies for this thread, though my pickup upgrades does bring it way over the price limit for this thread all together, so not sure if that disqualifies it, even if the stock bass definitely is under 180£ from new. Anyway here is is my black, 28,6" scale Ibanez Mikro Bass, with mahogany body and bolt on maple neck with a rosewood fretboard featuring 22 medium frets, and with a P/J set of EMG Geezer Butler pickups installed, though the P Geezer is soon to be replaced for a DiMarzio Model P pickup:

My lowly and by now quite battered Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Bass, with it's just 28,6" scale length, that got a a mahogany body and maple neck with rosewood fretboard, and a P/J set of EMG Geezer Butler pickups installed currently, though the Geezer P pickup is very soon to get replaced for a DiMarzio Model P one. I also own a GSRM25 5 string Mikro Bass that I have strung up with the 5 lowest strings of a Fender Bass VI string set (gauge .090 to .030), and tuned F# to D, with it's 2 stock J pickups wired in series, but the 4 string is my main, even if I do own a supposedly higher end full 34" scale 4 string bass as well. But without further ado, here's a picture of my beloved 4 string Mikro: Edit!!!: I guess I might as well post a picture of my 5 string Ibanez Mikro Bass as well, now that I did mention it: You can read more about it in this post, where I also explain what I mainly plan to use it for, and why it is tuned as it is:

Nut width of the Squier Mini P is 40,6 mm (1,6"), don't know the width at the bridge for certain, but I strongly assume it would be the same as a standard vintage Fender bridge.

I assume this is a cheaper take on the relatively short lived Fender Precision Jr. Bass that has the same scale length, though that only has a volume and no tone knob. I am quite of tempted to get the black one, as I love my Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro bass that has the same scale length, though an additional J pickup added to the P, as well as 2 more frets. But I'd likely just stick to my beloved Mikro, which is actually my main bass that I upgraded the pickups on. Big fan of short scale basses, and especially these slightly shorter than the regular 30" scale standard for short scales, and I very much welcome more options on the market for those. The ESP LTD B-4 JR being another of those, that just recently went into production again, after having been discontinued several years back. That one kind of tempts me too, having 24 frets, but also just one single P pickup, like the Squier Mimi P Bass. But honestly if I get another bass of this kind of scale length I would likely end up with just another Ibanez Mikro, one in the Weathered Black finish to be more exact. And I guess, just for the sake of having all the options mentioned that I am aware of for this type of scale length basses, there's the Jackson Minion as well, a 22 fret P/J bass, like the Mikro. All of these being in the lower budget price category, though I would love to see a higher end take of this concept as well. even if I suppose that is unlikely to happen, unless having a custom one made. The original Fender Precision Jr. Bass was more of a lower mid priced instrument though.

You might want to add the brand new Squier Mini P Bass, hitting the market in just a week or so, which I suppose is a cheaper take of the relatively short lived Fender Precision Jr. Bass, and which is a 28,6" scale 20 fret P bass, as well as the ESP LTD B-4 JR, which recently went into production once again after having been discontinued for several years, and which is a 28,5" scale 24 fret bass, also just featuring one single P pickup, and in the lower budget instrument price category too.

Oi, oi there fellow bass players. I am new to this forum. Composer/songwriter/multi instrumentalist/singer from Denmark here, who has had bass as my main instrument of choice for several years. And believe it or not but this lowly, but very much beloved, monstrosity of an Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Bass, currently with a P/J set of EMG Geezer Butler pickups installed, but very soon to have a DiMarzio Model P P pickup installed in place of the Geezer, is actually my main bass : And here's a jazzy instrumental track that I made, featuring improvised electric bass and guitar recorded on top of a programmed track consisting of drums, bells and synth, composed, programmed, played, recorded, mixed and mastered by myself, though quite far from the type of music I usually create :