Peavey Ibanez GSR180 Bass

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NATO wood body
GSR4 neck
Dual neck and bridge pickups
Excellent value for money

A high quality bass from Ibanez for well under £150

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Considering the price of this bass guitar I am absolutely astonished that Ibanez can deliver such high...

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Ibanez GSR180 Bass Guitar Brown Sunburst

At the entry level end of the market is where you’ll find the Ibanez GSR 180TR bass guitar and the guys at Ibanez have crafted this instrument so that it’s easy to play for beginners and novices. The body is neatly contoured for comfort with a double cut-away whilst the neck is slim and thinner than a lot of other instruments positioned at the entry level market point.

The neck is medium scale with 22 frets and constructed from Mahogany with a Rosewood finger board and medium frets, orientation is done using pearloid dot inlays as fret markers. The pick-ups are of the Ibanez J-type single coil models and are positioned by the neck and bridge with a volume control each and a single tone control.

The GSR 180TR headstock is in natural wood finish with wing-nut key machine heads die-cast in chrome. At the opposite end of the instrument the bridge is a 4 saddle Ibanez B10 model which is also chrome plated as are the volume and tone knobs.

by Gig Stig

Considering the price of this bass guitar I am absolutely astonished that Ibanez can deliver such high quality components at a lot less than £150. Ok I will admit that this instrument is never going to sound like a Music Man or Warwick bass but then it is less than a quarter of the cost of either of those instruments and quite obviously aimed at the entry level beginners and novices market.

The slim neck plays very well and the contoured – for – comfort body will sit well with somebody who’s learning the instrument and therefore has to spend many hours with it slung around their neck. The sound is adequate without being sensational but could be upgraded by the addition of a couple of decent third party manufacturer’s pick-ups.

All in all this is a great beginners bass guitar and I would have no problem recommending that those thinking of taking up the bass guitar should get down to Nevada and try it.