Actual weight of Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Short-Scale Bass?

It depends on the wood, weight varies between individual pieces of wood, even of the same type, heck even from the exact same tree, and sometimes quite a bit, add to that that different versions of the Mikro Bass throughout the years have been made from different types wood, from rather light basswood to relatively heavy mahogany for the body, and different types of wood used for the fretboards as well after rosewood, which is a really heavy wood, became a protected species.

The answer is that there is no definitively one right weight, and that between 6.9 to 9 lbs might be the correct answer and as close as you can possibly get.

 

It is THE answer!

Try read what I actually wrote.

Not 2 Mikro Basses will weight the exact same, and there will be quite a difference between the absolute lightest one and the absolute heaviest one.

I can't see how knowing the weight of one random Mikro Bass could possibly help you.

Yes, it would give you one definitive number like you ask for, but it is almost guaranteed not to match any other Mikro Bass out there.

 

Yes, someone knows how much their Mikro weighs. Do you think however many thousands of these basses that exist all weigh the same?

 

Ok, let me break it down logically to you :

- 1. Different individual pieces of wood of the same size all weights differently

- 2. The individual Mikro Basses are made from different individual pieces of wood

- 3. And as the size of the individual basses is not varying, adjusted so that they always match a specific weight, regardless of the specific weight of the specific piece of wood they were made from, and, as said, it would be nearly impossible to find two same sized pieces of wood that weight the exact same, and further more since it is also impossible to make more than 1 bass out of 1 appropriate sized given piece of wood, and cutting 1 larger piece of wood into several appropriate sized pieces would effectively give you an according amount of different individual pieces of wood, all by far most likely weighting differently, it gives that different individual Mikro Basses are going to, and indeed also in actual reality does, weight differently

 

Bathroom scale says 7.2 for my son's Mikro.....but....it's a lefty!

 

You can suspect that a Mikro weighs less. Not the.

At this point in the conversation do you recognize that that is the point of contention?

 

I haven't actually weighted my 2 4 string Mikro Basses, but my gloss black finish GSRM20 from the 2010 production with a rosewood fretboard and a mahogany body is considerably more heavy than my 2017 production GSRM20B with a thin open pore Weathered Black finish, even though they both are supposed to feature a mahogany body and likewise a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard.

As I said I don't have any option for actually weighting them, but the older GSRM20 got to be at the a very minmum at least 1 lbs heavier than the newer GSRM20B, and a qualified estimate is that it is probably closer to 2 lbs heavier, if not even slightly above that.

So even disregarding the much thicker poly finish on the GSRM20 the wood used for it must weight considerably more than that of GSRM20B, despite the fact that they are both supposed to be made from the same types of wood.

I wouldn't call the GSRM20 a heavy bass really, my 34" scale ash body, maple neck with rosewood fretboard Aria Pro II still weights considerably more, but I wouldn't exactly call it a light bass either, and I'm inclined to say that this particular Mikro Bass is actually on the heavy side considering it's small size.

The GSRM20B on the other hand I would call an exceptionally light weight bass, certainly the body is unusually light for a piece of mahogany that size, and it seems that it's maple neck with rosewood fretboard is actually a bit lighter than the one made of the same types of wood on my GSRM20 as well.

So to sum up I probably have both one of the lighter Mikro Basses out there and one of the heavier ones out there, despite the fact that they are both supposed to be made from same types of wood, and a qualified estimate guess, since I have no means to actually weight them, beyond how it feels weighting them in my hands, is that the weight difference probably is around 2 lbs, or perhaps even slightly more, and at minimum definitely no less than a 1 lbs difference.

 

My recent-model Mikro GSRM25 weighs 6.5 pounds via the bathroom scale method. I'd imagine the GSRM20 is similar.

 

As an owner (and lover) of a Mikro, their issue is not total weight but the distribution of that weight.

 

I have had four Mikros, all 4-string: black (6.7 lbs), walnut (5.9lbs), weathered black (5.5 lbs), sunburst (6.0 lbs).

 

Well, again depends.

My GSRM20 had no neck dive whatsoever, and my GSRM20B, even with it's exceptionally light body, still balanced fairly well, if not as firmly and secure as my GSRM20 did, but the GSRM20 neck on the GSRM20B body, which is what I have now, neck dives pretty severely.

And as said they are both supposed to be made from the same types of wood.

 

I guess I should clarify that I own the five string version, which has one more tuner and more material in the neck.

 

Next thread: “how much do people named ‘Sam’ weigh?”

 

The average of Ted Danson chopped up in exactly 12 equal pieces, taking the sum of the weight of each of those pieces, then divide that number by 12, and finally multiplying the result by 12, with an estimated variable average insecurity of approximate -50% to +200%.

More so if you include Woody.

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