Ibanez TMB100M Electric Bass Mint Green

I own five Ibanez basses, my first one I bought back in 1982 was the Silver Series P bass. This is a really solid bass, I can get many different sounds out it, it feels good and is comfortable to play, it has nice bottom, growl and sustain. Great value for this price range, go for it!

Eq is a plus with the active pickups

Didn't work. Made sure the volume knobs were turned up, changed the battery, and even tried a different cord and nothing. Don't waste your money!

I've played many instruments at various price points over the years, and this bass has absolutely one of the worst fit and finishes I've ever seen. The only positive thing about is it the nice unfinished maple neck. For starters, the lower end of the fretboard was covered with splotches what I can only assume to be superglue - which has no business being anywhere near that part of the neck. Seriously, how did that even get there, let alone covering the entire lower half the the board? The body routing was poorly done, and the flat finish does little to hide the poor tooling marks. The cutaway and upper half of the body wood was poorly finished. I could run my hand over the wood and feel the large bumps and marks where the router sloppily passed over the wood. The pickup cavities and neck mounting holes were very much the same. Unfinished wood in the mounting holes and poor routing in the cavities. I had an issue straight out of the box where the bass buzzed like crazy. I ripped the bridge off only to find that not only was there not a single grounding wire on the bass, but the bridge screws were drilled in SIDEWAYS. Yes, that's right. Sideways. The tuning keys are very low quality, to the point that while tuning, the A string key actually broke. I inspected the rattling key to find that the tuning gear teeth were uneven and improperly filed, causing them to break off. Lovely. Much the same as the tuning key, the stacked knobs they use are improperly fitted from the factory. There's a notch at 12' o clock that if the knob is set to low, will get stuck on. Nothing a few minutes with an allen key wont fix, but annoying nonetheless. The bass is very neck heavy. I was getting extreme neck dive even with a 4 inch strap. Certainly not a bass you'd want to be playing standing up. Would I recommend this bass? Maybe. If you get lucky and get one without the issues I experiences I'm sure it will serve you well. But keep in mind that the quality control is just not there

I mainly use it to add bass parts to my recordings

This bass plays and feels fabulous. The pickups are a little noisy, but for the price how could one complain? I'm switching out the pickups and electronics and I'm sure it will be a stellar instrument. The craftsman ship is killer for this price point.