Ibanez GAXB150 32 Inch Scale Electric Bass Guitar

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Ibanez GAXB150 32 Inch Scale Electric Bass Guitar reviews

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"Stellar Bass"

Feature:
Top notch construction.Metallic red finish dazzling-web pictures do NOT do it justice. Very nice bass for the price. Love the short scale-feels more like a lead guitar-not heavy at all.

Quality:
Top notch all the way. NO complaints of any kind. Would hold up wel on the road but it is being used in home studio

Value:
Kick-butt all the way. The best bass for under $200.00 anywhere

Desirability:
Will probably buy the metallic blue one just to have an extra-it's that nice looking

Sound:
Very versatile sound, simple yet effective selector switch for pickup tones. Running bass through a art tube pac pre-amp compressor, art 351 31 band equalizer, directly into a mackie DFX board, on a PA studio system with subwoofer. Top of the line sound.

Support:
Not needed it yet, but expect good service from the parent company

Overall:
Will keep it until the wood rots away. You MUST buy one of these, if you are a beginner or an advanced bass player, there is NO better value than this bass

Submitted: 8/31/2005

Style of Music: mostly rock

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"The Little Bass that Could"

Feature:
Simple, but useful for the must part. there's a volume and a three position tone selector. If you like a bridge tone, this is not the axe for you. That's pretty much the only thing it won't do. But it will give you both a rolled off and a super bright sound in a heartbeat. Heck, Alemdivc used to do that with the Elan, i believe: switchable boosts for quick tone change. and here you have the same feature in a a bass under $200. It's MEDIUM SCALE, But still has a pretty nice low E, one tends to sacrifice that in most shorter scale basses. I've had some, and i wouldn't have picked up this bass if that was the case again.

Quality:
poorly dressed frets. I cut myself playing this bass when i first got it. You can tell this a machine job all the way. But this is easly remedied with a little follow up sanding down with a small file. (Make sure to tape of the fretboard properly, though.) I'll say this though: the hardware itself seems on par with higher priced ibanez axes. Actually, when i picked this guitar up, i played a few soundgears, and they had MORE rattle in the headtoack/tunes area. That would drive me crazy. The GAX was more quiet, tighter.

Value:
THis is the most unbelievable deal EVER. You get decent hardware, great sound and a bass the handles like a guitar for an unreal price.

Desirability:
nothing affordable is ever sexy. it's just a fact. Appeal is often an unfortunate function of unattanability. Hence we fair to protect the most valuable and irreplacable of all resources: the enviroment. go figure.

Sound:
2 usable tones, like having a stingray and a percision in one. In a flick of the switch you can go from super bright to round. The brighter two tones are aggressive without being brittle. I've owned a few basses including a stingray, and the brightness on this ibanez is more useful then the musicman's. The middle position pickup gives you a decent mix of neck and bridge at all times. This axe has lot of output for a passive guitar. Also, i notied that for an affordable axe, it's not too noisey. hmm.

Support:
n/a

Overall:
they only had a red one in stock, and i wish i could have gotten a black one. oh well. I guess part of me wishes i could drop alembic electronics in it for fun, maybe refinish it too. But a great part of the satisfaction of this bass is realizing that after owning fender, musicman, guild, Alembic & other basses, for ONCE i found a guitar that totally suits my use and at i 'didn't pay a lot for this muffler' I really came out a winner.

Submitted: 4/21/2005

Style of Music: rock

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In all seriousness, the new GAXB150 is even less expensive than Ibanez' ultra popular GSR100 (reputed to be the "best selling Ibanez anything of all time"). For smaller sized players and students, the GAXB150 features a shorter 32" scale, a dual-coil soapbar pickup and simple controls - just one volume and a 3-way tone switch which make it easy for beginners to dial in the right tones. The AXB150 features an alder body, patterned after the crystal cut, double cutaway AX shape, one of the most popular Ibanez guitar bodies.

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Specifications

AXB neck

Maple Neck

Alder Body

20 Medium frets

Rosewood Fingerboard

B10 bridge

Dual Coil Soap Bar Pickup

Pearl Dot Inlay

Hardware Color: Chrome

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