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Ibanez miKro GRGM21 Electric Guitar - Black

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Basswood Body, Maple Neck, Jatoba Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Black
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Hard-rocking 6-string for Players of All Skill Levels!

The Ibanez miKro GRGM21 is a perfect choice for any budding guitarist looking for an inexpensive 6-string built for smaller hands and shorter arms. With its exciting colors and unmistakable RG body style, this undersized axe doesn't just look cool — it also plays the part. The GRGM21 sports a pair of standard Ibanez humbuckers, which give you thick and punchy tone that's perfect for rock, metal, and other modern styles. A thin and totally playable short-scale maple neck plus medium-gauge frets ensure that beginners will enjoy playing the Ibanez miKro GRGM21 guitar!

Ibanez miKro GRGM21 Electric Guitar Features:

  • An ideal first electric guitar for novice guitarists
  • Humbucking pickups deliver quintessential rock and metal tone
  • Undersized basswood body and 22.2-inch-scale maple neck are perfect for shorter arms
  • Medium frets provide easier fretting for smaller hands
  • Jatoba fretboard sports classic Ibanez shark tooth inlays
  • Also great for use when traveling light or busking

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape Gio RG miKro
  • Body Material Basswood
  • Body Finish Gloss Polyester
  • Color Black
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Maple
  • Neck Shape GRGM
  • Neck Joint Bolt-on
  • Radius 15.7"
  • Fingerboard Material Jatoba
  • Fingerboard Inlay Sharktooth
  • Number of Frets 24, Medium
  • Scale Length 22.2"
  • Nut Width 1.614"
  • Nut Material Plastic
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece F106 Bridge with Individual Saddles
  • Tuners Ibanez Closed Gear
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Infinity R Ceramic Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup Infinity R Ceramic Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume, 1 x master tone
  • Switching 5-way blade pickup swtich
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings .010-.046
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: GRGM21BKN

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Love it. Way better than I expected.

I have relatively small hands, and as I have aged, they don't work as well as they used to. So I figured I'd try out a short scale guitar. This feels and plays like a dream. It was perfectly playable out of the box, after tuning it up. Yeah, I still prefer my full size Gretsch overall, but I've only had this for a few hours and I'm having trouble putting it down. It's a blast to play. I don't gig anymore, so I'm not concerned about how well it would be a gig guitar, but for pure personal enjoyment, I suspect this is going to be one of my favorite guitars now.
by Nicholas Petreley from Round Rock, TX on
Music background: Former gig musician with various bands

Wow

I am in my seventies and I wanted a three quarters size guitar to play while leaning back in my LaZboy. I figured for a hundred and fifty bucks why not take a chance on this guitar. I am just blown away on how nice this guitar is.
by Gary Lentz from Monroe, Michigan on

BEST BANG for the Buck$!

I bought a lefty version of this axe, and WHY was the short scale 22.2" and its 3/4 size, plus 24 frets.
It has Hoshino medium frets exact size of old 50's Gibson jumbo frets on old Les Pauls at .106" x .039" so it's not the usual huge jumbo size like Dunlop 6100's on modern axes

Overall it's pro quality that was better than costly high end custom axes I've had costing thousands. (Hamer/Gus/Conklin/Gibson)

The stock pickups are ceramic humbuckers a bit dark but because this is short scale a standard E tuning is too loose and will sound dark and muddy.

I uptuned it to F# and hit the sweet spot.

I did mod the neck using steel wool sanding pads anyone can get in a 3 pack at Walmart for $3 bucks going rough to fine. I took it down 3mm to a Wizard III contour.

I put EMG Red Series pickups in it that cost far more than the lefty version at $179 bucks.

The body wood is Poplar more dense than Ash or Alder or Basswood. It works great! The Ibanez short scale bass body is warm Mahogany. I bought a bass to go with this axe.

I LOVE this axe. It's great for beginners and short people or people with injuries who can't play longer scale axes comfortably.

I highly recommend it! It's a blast to shred on!
by Ricky Ray on
Music background: Production, studio player/sideman, composer

Sharp fret ends, some dead spots with low action... But...

I put it in with a luthier who fixed and polished and leveled the frets...
...it plays like $1000
by Jay Vee from CA on

Great short scale guitar if you do some mods

This guitar is surprisingly nice with a set of 0.10 strings, new tuners, and a proper set up (and upgrade pickups for better sound if you really want to transform it).

I originally got this for my son when he was 7 but unfortunately he was not really interested in learning guitar. It sat in his closet for for 7 years and I was about to try to sell it when I considered playing it myself because of my hand issues and moving to short scale instruments myself. It must have had light gauge strings like 0.08 or 0.09 but once I put on a set of 0.10 strings on it I was surprised that it actually played and sounded quite good. This short scale is great for me.

The feeling of the neck is nice but a little thin so do not pull on it too much or it will detune but with a moderate touch it is good. The stock pickups are not terrible. The tuners ARE terrible so I replaced them with Grover 406C6 Mini Locking Rotomatic Tuners which were an incredibly easy replacement and perfect fit with no alterations. Other upgrades I have done include lining the cavity with copper shielding tape and installing (which was not needed but just a precaution) and upgraded with new pickups. I had a Seymour Duncan Custom Humbucker SH-5 installed in the bridge position with a coil-split mini toggle (this pickup splits extremely well) and a Lace Sensor Dually Gold/Hot-Gold in the neck position with a three way mini toggle (which has three incredibly different sounds. Lace had incorrect wiring diagrams though and it took a long time to get the right answer from them about the proper wiring). The two mini toggles fit between the two knobs on the guitar master volume and master tone. I had an Emerson capacitor put in to the tone pot.

I also spent a fair amount of time with the set up adjusting the saddle-pieces in the bridge and the truss rod to get just the right string height with no buzz and perfect intonation. Now it sounds amazing and plays nicely for hours on end with no hand fatigue. I also did some cosmetic changes so it looks nicer too! This is becoming my main guitar strangely enough.
by Sweetwater Customer from Santa Cruz, CA on
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