Talk about neck dive …

[Kukulkan61]

That is cool, I've been wanting to do something like that with this!!

 

[Winslow]

Keep 'em coming. I don't think the mods will punish anybody.

Some of your more enthusiastic fans could be counted as groupers.

 

[El Thumpo]

You'll be fine, so long as you don't go aground on a tropical riff.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

issues with the wrap on the posts with anything other than the Ibanez Mikro string set. Did the pro steels clear that up? How about those slinkie

I haven't tried the Slinkies yet, but the Pro Stainless went on the capstan just fine. I didn't really fancy the 0.1" top string, but since it will likely stay in E Standard or Drop D, I suppose it will be OK.
The tension isn't as unbalanced as it would be on a 34" scale.

Don't get DR, unless you get the specially-made sets from Fret Nation. Here's what happened when I put DR on the Mikro a few weeks ago:

DR Hi-Beams

• Killed_by_Death
• Jul 4, 2019
• winding length too long

DR Hi-Beams do NOT fit on an Ibanez Mikro!

They're designed for short-scale, but the winding length is 33-3/4", too long for the Mikro's 28.6" scale.
32-1/2" winding is the max you can fit on there.

 

[Riff Ranger]

View attachment 3520421 That is cool, I've been wanting to do something like that with this!!

Macuahuitl bass?! Yikes! Hold (onto) your horses (' heads)!

 

[Kukulkan61]

Macuahuitl bass?! Yikes! Hold (onto) your horses (' heads)!

Yes Sir

 

[Ric5]

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This very temporary headstock mod didn't really affect playability at all, but it did convince our protagonist to dive into the great underwater park, setting into motion the under-the-ocean musical we performed at our annual volunteer celebration in the Santa Cruz District of California State Parks. After all the gear I have acquired at some expense in the past year and a half since I took my own deep dive back into the low end, it was the Ibanez Mikro I received as a surprise gift and the vintage Peavey TKO I got for next to nothing that got me through the best attended (and best paid) gig of my very part-time musical career to date! Our set featured reworked versions of the Beatles' "Octopus's Garden" and Jimmy Buffet's "Volcano," made plenty challenging not so much by the trident headstock, but instead by insufficient practice and by remnants of the green paste in my mane making my fingers sticky. An overall strong performance from the rest of the cast, along with the forgiving nature of our very friendly audience, helped gloss over any gaps in my individual performance as Ranger Merman; a good time was had by all.
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Talk about pointy headstocks!!!

 

[Riff Ranger]

Talk about pointy headstocks!!!

I had a Jackson for a long time, which suddenly seems quite tame

 

[higain617]

Tilapia the bass, mon

 

[Copperhead]

That on a T-bird would be a real world nightmare.
On an Alembic Stanley Clarke it would be ten nightmares and a riot of hilarity.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

\m/

 

[Riff Ranger]

On an Alembic Stanley Clarke it would be ten nightmares and a riot of hilarity.

... and oh-so-slightly out of my budget. Even my in-my-dreams budget.

 

[CryingBass]

View attachment 3520421 That is cool, I've been wanting to do something like that with this!!

Excellent. You will be able to spank, vs slapa, that bass!

 

[Kukulkan61]

Excellent. You will be able to spank, vs slapa, that bass!

 

[zubrycky]

Keep the headstock.

THIS!

And don't worry about neck dive anymore. Here's the solution for this mod. It's very simple and no mods at all required.

 

[Ross W. Lovell]

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This very temporary headstock mod didn't really affect playability at all, but it did convince our protagonist to dive into the great underwater park, setting into motion the under-the-ocean musical we performed at our annual volunteer celebration in the Santa Cruz District of California State Parks. After all the gear I have acquired at some expense in the past year and a half since I took my own deep dive back into the low end, it was the Ibanez Mikro I received as a surprise gift and the vintage Peavey TKO I got for next to nothing that got me through the best attended (and best paid) gig of my very part-time musical career to date! Our set featured reworked versions of the Beatles' "Octopus's Garden" and Jimmy Buffet's "Volcano," made plenty challenging not so much by the trident headstock, but instead by insufficient practice and by remnants of the green paste in my mane making my fingers sticky. An overall strong performance from the rest of the cast, along with the forgiving nature of our very friendly audience, helped gloss over any gaps in my individual performance as Ranger Merman; a good time was had by all.
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With that shirt and a little airbrushing.............Jason Momoa ain't far away!

GREAT!!!!!!!!

 

[2tonic]

Did you guys get to keep the wardrobe?




Seriously, you need to wear the body suit at every gig now! Get an airbrush artist to give it some wicked tats.

 

[Riff Ranger]

I should say, even with the trident head on there, this bass doesn't really dive at all. But I will use that belt (loop) trick with my Westone Spectrum GT. Thanks, @zubrycky!

 

[L Anthony]

At first, I couldn't fathom how you did the headstock, then I fished it out of my head. Had me carping to myself.

leaving before the tomatoes start to fly...

 

[TheDominoKid]

What a fabulous meme.