I purchased Ibanez PCBE12MH-OPN acoustic bass guitar in June 2016. I wanted a light weight bass guitar that I could play without having to worry about the amplifier.
I've been playing it for over 4 months, and it has become a dear instrument to me.
Not only it looks great but also its sound is pleasantly warm and deep, which makes me want to grab it and practice as much as I can. A relatively small concert body is very comfortable to set on my body. The neck is very easy to hold. I have small hands, so it's been great to have a bass that doesn't make my fingers stretch too much.
I also used it for a gig, too. Plugged into an amplifier, it did a very good job in an acoustic set.
At one point I had to clean the groove under the saddle, where the pick-up is. Because of the saw dust stuck in the groove, the A string sounded much weaker than the rest when amplified. But after the cleaning, it sounded normal.
I also had to change strings because the G string broke. It was hard to find a suitable set of strings in local stores because there were only the strings for long and short scale basses but not for a medium-scale acoustic bass guitar like PCBE12MH-OPN. I wish there were more information about this kind of issue.
All in all, this is a great bass for the money. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a bass guitar for easy practice.
