Ibanez IJXB190 Jumpstart Electric Bass Package
Jump into playing electric bass with this all-in-one beginner package. The Ibanez IJXB190 Jumpstart kit includes an axe, amp, cord, headphones, and more.
Overall User Ratings (based on 33 ratings)
Submitted August 9, 2007 by a customer from rock.com
"great for beginners."
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a great bass for beginners, and the amp is great too. just get a new strap and a cable and your set.
Sound
The sound is great, although its a passive pick up bass it has a smooth heavy low tone and a punchy high treble tone. i would change the strings and flatten the neck. like high frets on the e string get buzzy. The amp is great. definatly worth the money for an beginner.
Features
The tone knobs on the bass make it easy to find the sound you need. only complaint is there's no volume knob. the amp is great alothugh its small it has a clean tone. and if you need crunchy trebley tone just turn the effecs up to 10 :). the strap and the cable ,however, are garbage and should be replaced right away.
Ease of Use
the day i got it i knew close to nothing about bass. i watched the video and played along with it. i was almost an expert after about a year of lessons.
Quality
the bass itself is the best you can get out of a beginner package. ive had it for around 3 years now and it just died on me a week ago. Im taking it to the shop to fix it, and ill be using it again and again.
Value
GREAT for a beginner. think about upgrading when you start playing shows though. after about 5 shows i needed to upgrade. i now have a fender deluxe p bass and it plays almost the same as this. oh and DEFINATLY upgrade the amp. its great for a while but youll need a louder one eventually
Manufacturer Support
never used it.
The Wow Factor
not the greatest looking but its smooth
Musical Background:
active musician,
Musical Style:
punk, grunge, metal, funk
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Submitted May 2, 2009 by a customer from yahoo.com
"not a bad bass"
ive had it for a yaer as a baskup its ok for the money so if your just starting its all that you need
Sound
It gives you a great sound for the price. Keep in mind thought that the price is low it wont sound near as good as an American fender, a spector, or a warwick . Some complaints are that it sometimes gives of a rattle sound this is because it comes with a bad bridge. The tone is very flat when you play fast slap like Les Claypool or Victor Wooten. But other than that it has a good tone.
Features
This bass pretty basic just 2 volume and 1 tone control, but the tone control gives you a great Varity to choose from.
Ease of Use
The neck is very fast and smooth. The tuning mechanisms are great. but try not to have you cell phone around when playing it the pickups are very noisy once I put my phone next to it and played my ring tone (5 minutes alone - by pantera) and to my astonishment it was coming out of my amp ( laney hard core max combo).
Quality
The quality of this bass is ok the bridge and the pickups both stink the bodys fine so is the rest of the bass.
Value
its expensive for what you get.
Manufacturer Support
N/A
The Wow Factor
for a begining bassist who dosnt want to spend much mony its a dream it has a good paint job p/j pickups comforable and works good with most amps.
Musical Background:
Active Musician
Musical Style:
every tpe of metal, hard rock, punk, funk,alternitve, jazz
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Submitted May 21, 2008 by a customer from hotmail.com
Ibanez IJXB190 Bass Pack Customer Review
In over a year I've had no problems with the bass itself, the amp is fine for practicing uses, the strap has NOT broken (but I replaced it anyways), the cable that came with it didn't have metal ends and tore open rather quickly.
Sound
I've had this bass for over a year, and it has great sustain by itself. The amp gets crackly when you turn up the Treble too much.
Features
Package came with a tuner (sucks up batteries quickly, but works great), DVD with electric/bass/acoustic guitar lessons on it, a case for accessories, and a gig bag. The zipper on the gig bag busted after one use, because the bass doesn't fit perfectly.
Ease of Use
Really simple, plug it into your amp and play away. Not that hard to figure out. There are three knobs, but they aren't labeled, which is annoying.
Quality
Aside from the accessories, this package is great.
Value
For $200ish, this package is great for beginners.
Manufacturer Support
I haven't had to deal with them at all.
The Wow Factor
No real sex appeal on this puppy, but it gets the job done.
Musical Style:
Rock, Alternative
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Submitted November 10, 2011 by a customer from yahoo.com
"For a quick and easy way to play get it from zZ sounds today!!!"
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timeless enjoyment.
Sound
clear crisp sound what a deal, play as you pay can't be beat!!!
Features
ease of use simple.
Ease of Use
simple no hassles.
Quality
good made products.
Value
yes great value.
Manufacturer Support
1st. time, but will make future purchases.
The Wow Factor
good quality at a reasonable price.
Musical Background:
about 25 years
Musical Style:
metal, rock, jazz, r&b,funk.
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Submitted July 19, 2012 by Ron Y in Canandaigua, NY
"Basically pleased"
Usually, you get what you pay for. In this case, I got more. This bass sounds and plays better than the Hoffner I had 30 yrs ago. I was surprised to discover there were no sour sounding frets. Everything was adjusted well right out of the box. Only thing I needed to do was stretch the strings and re-tune.I new it was a starter package, so I didn't expect much from the amp or accessories. After I'm back up to speed, I'll look for better quality, but right now I'm having fun and sounding just fine.
Musical Background:
At home amature
Musical Style:
Rock, Blues, Jazz
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Submitted March 22, 2008 by a customer from aol.com
"nice."
Ill probably stay with this bass until it breaks.
Sound
it has a nice deep sound.
Features
the tuner is fairly annoying and I cant seem to figure out what the little bag is for but besides that it has some pretty nice features.
Ease of Use
the only problem with it is that when you hit a string it rattles against the neck of the guitar, but this isn't very noticeable when using it with the amp.
Quality
no dents yet, but I haven't dropped it yet so it might still happen.
Value
yes it is very worth the amount of money I paid for it.
Manufacturer Support
haven't had to talk to them yet.
The Wow Factor
yah, it looks very nice.
Musical Background:
just doing it for fun, might join a band later
Musical Style:
rock, alternative, screamo, hardcore, punk, metal, etc.
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Submitted November 23, 2008
Ibanez IJXB190 Bass Pack Customer Review
Sound
Very good for AC/DC music, has a deep sound.
Features
Cable sucks and strap is crap but cheap 2 replace
Ease of Use
learned a lot from da dvd
Quality
very nice
Value
after you learn and start to gig get a different one. the amp is quite and need a better bass. great for beginners
Manufacturer Support
never used support
The Wow Factor
pretty cool color. The blue online is different that the actual one but like the one i got instead the online one
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