not to go off key,but Ibanez has an awsome micro metalic purple short scale bass.I had a roadster orange one awhile ago.It played great
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The Squier Mini Precision Bass Club
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Yes, that particular purple would be wonderful, if only they would put it on a bass with a wider neck.
I briefly owned a white Mikro several years ago, and while it looked fine and was light as two feathers, the combination of the extra short neck scale and narrow nut width was too much/little all at once for me to handle, so I flipped it after playing a couple of gigs with it, along with a set of GHS Brite Flats which I had installed onto it instead of the original rounds, and returned to my Ric 4001 until I scored my next short scale bass, which was a USA 2010 Gibson SG, which I still own but sidelined in favour of a Hofner Ignition Club bass.
So what model and age was your orange Roadster ?
Cannot recall seeing one in their catalogues.
The Ibanez Roadster currently in my avatar is a 1982 RS721TR, which is 32" [medium] scale, Maple fretboard, and like like some of the oldest Precisions had, a 1.75" wide nut.
I hope to gig that bass sometime this year.
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I think it was a 2010 year,the modle was just an Ibanez Mikro,I beleive it was a 28.6 inch scale,and the neck was very skinny at the nut probably 1.5 in.It only came with a rosewood colored fret board.Thats all I can remember.
I'm finding the opposite to be true for me. Being accoustomed to ukuleles, the Mini P seems big to me.
The Jazz I just got is positively giant. I just feel so out of sorts on that.
To me it's almost a caricature of a stringed instrument!
Looks like GC has them listed as "backorder": Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Short-Scale Bass Guitar Roadster Orange Metallic
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Now I see what happened !
I misread Rick's earlier post.
I thought that he said that he once owned an orange Roadster bass, but instead it was a Mikro in the colour of 'Roadster Orange Metallic', like in Mike's linked GC page, also very pleasant, to my eyes at least.
AFAIK, the Roadster series from Ibanez was some of their electric basses and guitars only from the early 1980s, and briefly I was thinking that I had overlooked one of the models.
I still do not recall any Roadsters being made in orange [so that the company could name the colour after them], but I'll check again.
Possibly some of the guitars were.
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Played the mini in a band setting at volume through the Berg on Sunday, seriously I could sell all the boutique basses and be happy.
I know, why do we need anything else,accept for an occasional GAS attack,or sentamental reasons.I love my Bronco,but my Mini P is my go to bass now for everything.I tried some 23 to 25 inch scale acoustic basses,&the fret boards were just to cramped for me .The Mini at 28.5 in scale knocks it out of the park for me with tape wounds on sound & playability.For that oldschool Jamerson sound in my case.
It's so easy to get caugt up in the tech, the "new" thing on the block with "better" wood, "better" pickups, that new "cool" color or whatever.
It pays to remember some of music's most iconic recordings were played with instruments which at the time would have been considered "junk" or "low end" or "student" models.
One doesn't have to spend tons of $ to get good sound, or a very playable instrument.
In a similar vein one does not need multiple basses or guitars.
But many of us damn sure want them!
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I know,right now my 2 basses are good enough for me.You guys wanted pictures of my great little inexpensive,musicians gear hard shell guitar shaped Mini P bass case.Here they are,$59.99 at Guitar center.This was made for a Gibson,guitar,& fits my mini almost perfectly.
I think fender deliberately made it fit into a strat case.
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"Right Now", he said.
But about that case, it definitely WAS an unexpected gem !
Makes me wonder what ELSE might fit into it ?
I noticed that its lid is arched, so maybe a Les Paul ?
Or how about a Strat or a Tele ?
And in basses, would your Bronco also fit ?
Even if it does not, perhaps a quick pic of it laying in the case, with the headstock or the horn hanging out ?
I still have that short scale Jay Turser bass, which is much like a 30" scale version of the Squier Mini-P, and am curious whether IT might fit.
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TELL me about it !
For decades, I only had my Ric, or whatever bass that I had before it, even when playing full time on the road.
It was only much more recently that the GAS attacks began, and other basses accumulated.
I dunno, mayhaps the Internet is partly to blame ?
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It was only much more recently that the GAS attacks began, and other basses accumulated.
I dunno, mayhaps the Internet is partly to blame ?
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GAS is fed by all of these instruments we see on websites, on YouTube etc. So in your face, so easy to "click and buy".
Then there's these groups of codependants on these places called "forums".
Hadn't posted in a while so here's my CV-style Mini and my current rig for those who haven't seen it... 
Hadn't posted in a while so here's my CV-style Mini and my current rig for those who haven't seen it...
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What kind of music do you play with this ‘quite’ rig?
~Church music.
I was going to speculate mayhaps a Lawrence Welk tribute band.
And before anyone laughs, seriously, in our home, when I was a child, my folks watched his show religiously, and turned me and my siblings onto it.
Good family entertainment !
Also, the music which he and his orchestra played was not all that simple.
BTW, I do plan to spring for Mesa gear at some point, though I expect that it will be a pair of Subway 1x12 cabs with possibly that head.
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I just got mine yesterday! I went with the black. Ordered it from Sweetwater. They forgot my candy, but the bass is great right out of the box. No issues. Can't believe how good the quality is at this price point. Ordered a 3 ply black pickguard that is on the way. Can I get a number or are we still doing that?
