Recently picked up a used Ibanez MiKro fiver from Reverb. I was interested in using a short scale bass or a baritone guitar for a cello pitch fifths tuning. The listing on Reverb was a fair bargain so I snatched it up ASAP.
It's currently tuned C2-G2-D3-A3-E4 with Stringjoy guitar strings...
I was thinking about getting the Ibanez Mikro 5-string, but how good is it? How will last in the long run, and if I buy it what should I upgrade?
And any other suggestions for passive 5 string basses?
I’ve been a 4 stringer for 15 years, but keep trying to buy and like 5 strings. I never end up holding on to them for long. Being a small guy with proportionally short arms I decided to see if there was such a thing as a short scale 5 string. Low end behold (sorry) I saw this guy on GC used for...