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Ibanez SW20 Soundwave Bass Combo Amplifier (20 Watts, 1x8 in.)

20 watts. 8 in. speaker.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
 
 

"Best Practice Amp Ever!!!!!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from comcast.net
Submitted: 3/16/2006
Style of Music: Rock, Punk Rock, Emo, some metal, Jazz.
Musical Experience: Bass Player
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

 

 
Feature:
Defenitly has very good features. Has Volume, Bass, Middle, Treble, and Presence knobs, and a 10DB bass boost gain, which sounds really great. It also has CD inputs (so you can plug in your CD player and play along with it) and headphone jack.

Quality:
Made very well, can take a pretty good beating. Ive had mine for a while now, and It has done really good.

Value:
VERY GOOD PRICE for this good of an amp!

Desirability:
Has a very good apperance. The blue switch that lights up when you turn it on is pretty cool too.

Sound:
This is a great starter amp! It has an awesome sound, with a low end punch t it. Im sure some bigger amps have better sound, of course (which is why I gave it a 9) but for beginners, I would give this amp a 10!! And with 20 Watts, it's still pretty loud.

Ease of Use:
Not hard to use at all!!! Just plug the cord in and adjust the sound to how you want it, and play!

Support:
Havent had any experiences with the company or anything, but I havent needed any repairs or stuff like that.

Overall:
I am defenitly very satisfied with this amp. If you are playing shows and stuff like that, this wouldnt be the amp for you. Its only 20 Watts, which means its mainly for practice. But dont get me wrong, you can still get this thing loud!

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"For a practice/starter combo...you can't overlook this..."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          8 out of 10
I Want It:
          6 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from ge.com
Submitted: 5/25/2008
Style of Music: Rock
Musical Experience: Hobbyist
Location: Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand

 

 
Feature:
Basic and to the point, just what you want in a practice amp. It does what it should. Having a line in for a CD player (or other external music source like an MP3 etc) is awesome, I haven't actually used this function yet but it's nice knowing it's there LOL

Quality:
I've only had it for a few days so it hasn't been roughed around yet and I generally take good care of my stuff anyway, but it feels and sounds solid, no "show" bits that aren't needed. It's very basic so I think it will last.

Value:
I paid NZD$299 for it and normally I would think it would be a bit much for a combo this size but when I heard it, it sounded very decent and thought, well, why not?

Desirability:
How would I rate the "sex appeal"? LOL its a small combo...we all know bigger is better! I would say this is like the drunk one night stand you DONT tell your friends about....

Sound:
Ok, remember that its only a 20W amp, but for a litte thing it goes great, its not going to cut if for a studio session or playing against drummers etc, but for PRACTCING, its perfect, great punch, the 10db helps, good tone and playing with a bass that has active pickups adds to it

Ease of Use:
Plug and play, can't much easier than that.

Support:
I have not needed to use support and doubt I will. There's not a lot that can go wrong with it.

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"Awesome ampp"

Overall:
          5 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          6 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          4 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          6 out of 10
User: a customer from aol.com
Submitted: 1/3/2005
Style of Music: rock
Musical Experience: active musician
Location: Iowa

 

 
Feature:
the tone controls let you mold the sound you want very well

Quality:
ive had it for about 2 years and it is still in perfect condition

Value:
this is an awesome amp for the money

Desirability:
just another amp

Sound:
very good for the size

Overall:
this is a good amp

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"this crazy good practice amp"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          6 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 10/27/2007
Style of Music: metal, hardcore, death metal
Musical Experience: active musician
Location: nj

 

 
Feature:
the most useful feature is the 10db gain it helps a lot but is not enough, i think...

Quality:
i have played on this amp for about a year and is still as good as when i bought it

Value:
this amp was cheap, real cheap

Desirability:
this amp is not this best looking but who really cares

Sound:
this is an awesome amp but it is quiet, if ur goin to play in a band i would consider a different amp becuse the drums will just cover up ur sound, this amp has a wide range of sounds and is pretty good i would deffinitly recomend it

Ease of Use:
this is the best practice amp, cause it is simple and small

Support:
nope i never had to even go back to them after i bought this product

Overall:
i am goin to get another one in aout a year because i want a pedal but the pedal is as much as the amp with the pedal built in so i think ill just get that instead

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"Kick ass little amp!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Submitted: 5/4/2006

 

 
Feature:
Its got our standard features, and I was using a 10+ year old bass with it and managed to get a pretty decent sound.

Quality:
I neverv really inspected it (the amp belongs to my cousin) but I know he never has had any problems with it. Seems to be pretty well built.

Value:
This is a damn good little amp. Worth the money.

Desirability:
Going off to college in a few months and I definetly want this amp to accmpany me. Good tone, its well built and seems to be reliable.

Sound:
I have an older Dean Markley bass amp, and really don't want to take ot to college with me. Having played this amp, it gets good, solid tone, despite the fact that its only 20watts. I've used it while jamming out some AIC and Black Sabbath tunes with my uncle and cousin in a upstairs room. The sound can easily fill the room.

Ease of Use:
Its very playable, easy controls. sounds good!`

Support:
Not rating this because we haven;t had to call.

Overall:
Good Amo. Way to go Ibanez!

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"dont buy this amplifier"

Overall:
          1 out of 10
Features:
          2 out of 10
Quality:
          2 out of 10
Value:
          1 out of 10
I Want It:
          1 out of 10
Sound:
          5 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          4 out of 10
Support:
          6 out of 10
User: a customer from aol.com
Submitted: 3/16/2006
Style of Music: Rock
Musical Experience: active musician, in the band "The Flying Graysons", played for 2 years
Location: Trafalgar Indiana

 

 
Feature:
terrible

Quality:
The thing was a waste of money.

Value:
i shouldnt have paid more than 20

Desirability:
stone age tech

Sound:
This amp is completely terrible. The only way i can get it to almost compete with the guitar and drums is to turn everything up except only turn the middle and presence up about half way.

Ease of Use:
it gets distorted really easily. it will also pick up radio waves from an antenna about 10 miles from my house.

Support:
no

Overall:
i hate it

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