Ibanez TMB100-MGR Talman Bass

Fantastic shape, fantastic sound, great to play!! I've been a guitarist and singer for many years, but only took up bass around 18 months ago. A friend of mine once said that "music is a very visual medium", which is why all my instruments have to look great. This bass is a retro looker, but with modern sound capabilities. The sound is punchy and clear, with wide ranging tonal capabilities. At this price, it's almost rude not to buy one! Great service from Thomann- ordered on a Sunday evening and it was here by Thursday morning. Also, as far as I know, in the UK, this is only available in black or sunburst. The only thing that could make it better is a pearloid scratch plate, but the dead tortoise looks good! If I was going to be picky, the control panel doesn't fit quite flush to the body.

For the pricepoint this bass comes in at it's a definite steal. The arrival of the package was quick and it was in perfect condition coming straight out of the box, I didn't need to set its truss rod or fix intonation just a quick tune up and she was ready to go. This is an extremely comfortable bass, it's not too heavy the medium scale frets make it for quick playing without extreme stretches, It has become my go to, the sound is extremely versatile having a volume and different tone nobs, you can go from a very nice boomy bass sound to a very twangy trebly sound. Overall it is a joy to play, it looks great it feels fantastic its easy to play and very versatile.
Would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a good cheap bass to take to gigs and/or recording sessions.
If you are not used to playing an active instrument, I would suggest keeping a spare battery and screwdriver in your gig bag/with your pedalboard/in your hard case just because this (having been my first active instrument) has caught me by surprise just once or twice having stopped on me mid rehearsal.

I've been playing on this bass for a couple of months now and it has never let me down. The bass has an active EQ with the battery already included. I've put some flatwounds on it which really go well with the sound.

The bass is quite heavy, playing while standing up requires a good strap and some back-strenght, after about 30 minutes or so this becomes a problem for me.

The feel and finish is what you get for the price, some rought edges around the pickups and the battery, but this doesn't affect your playing in any way. The finish on the fretboard on the other hand is of a very good quality. The frets are nice to play on and feel like they are on par with a basses with a much higher price range.

Overall you can't really go south with this bass. Because of the active EQ the sound is versatile and full, with the extra bonus of p and j pickups. If you are starting out this is a great first bass!

This is great bass for the money. It's quite hard to fault!

Playability:
This bass plays very well. It came set up and in tune out if the box! It's very balanced when both sitting and standing. Great access to the upper frets. And while a full scale bass, the neck doesn't feel super long on the lower frets.

Sound:
Can't fault the sound. Sounds like a good p-bass on the neck position and a nice bright jazz bass on the bridge. Bass and treble boost and cut sound good and make the bass super versatile and applicable to a lot of situations.

Overall:
This is my first bass, though I've played many of my friends great basses over the years, and this is a stunning bass. I use it for tracking demos in my studio so I don't know how it might hold up on the stage but it's great to throw around I'm the studio. Great to play and listen to. Really fun to play, and I can't seem to put it down when it looks so cool! As I said, at this price you can't really fault it, highly recommend it!