Kevstein Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Hi All, Its nothing special but i am picking up a new toy tonight. I use a Charvel 4 string precision bass at the moment. Been playing a lot of Slipknot, Reuben and Korn songs and the charvel makes a good effort but struggles in drop A tuning. Found an Ibanez GSR205 local to me at a reasonable price. She is in perfect nick, looks great and is like new. Getting it for 120 sheets. What is the opinion of you guys on this bass? Ive heard the pups are nothing special, which is fair enough, so i can upgrade these in due course, but as a first 5 string what do you think? Opinions grately appreciated, Kev. Quote
Jellyfish Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 It's an iffy one with low end 5 strings. All I'd say is be prepared to have to upgrade the string gauges until your 5th string feels playable as most affordable 5 strings still don't handle a low B, or even low A, very well at all. Quote
Kevstein Posted January 27, 2014 Author Posted January 27, 2014 Even worse than a 4 string? Ive read reviews on sites and they always seem to be positive. Dunno though. I suppose when ive not played any high end basses it might be different for me. But ill certainly keep an eye on it. Ill be restringing it anyways just for piece of mind. Quote
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