Arbor AB500 Review

History: I have been playing for four years and have gone through two shitty basses.

Purchase: i got this bass new from a music shop in michigan. it took them forever to deliver the damn thing. For 300 bucks i'd say it was a good deal.

Pros: it has good tone, the neck is not as wide as some others that i have seen and the playability is pretty nice. it has a pretty good passive electronics setup and has good tonal variations. i do like the strings that came with it, they have really bright tone but they are kind of noisy on the frets.



Cons: i didn't like the action on it it was set way too low and i had to raise it to get rid of all the fret buzz. the other thing is i dont like how loose the strings are. it isnt real bad but its bad enough to where it isnt a good slap bass, excellent for ppop tho.

AB500 Quality: the construction is good, it was manufactured in an ibanez factory. the neck is solid and the tuners stay in place so you can give the strings a good raping and they wont go out of tune. the pickups are positioned pretty good, i use the back one mostly. the pickups are solid ans the tone knobs are tight and not loose.

Arbor Summary: if your broke and lookin for a decent bass go for this one. iyts a great transition bass for a starting five string bassist. i like it, and when you pair it up with a behringer amp you cant go wrong.

Rating of this product: 4

This Arbor Bass Guitars Review Submitted By: joe brocklehurst

Date: 2006-06-01

Usefulness Rating: 3 out of 5. 1 reader(s) voted.