All user reviews for the Ibanez Jumpstart GSR190J

I picked up this good looking bass at a local music store. I bought it used for only about 120 american dollars, It was my first bass.

This guitar is great for beginners. IT held up very well through learning and is still running through all my use. I used it very often and hard and it still works. It sounds like what you would expect from a beginner bass. It gives good clean sound straight up, and has j and p style pickups for a little extra control. Overall very good price quality relationship

There is nothing particularly wrong with this bass. It is a low end bass for beginners so one cannot expect too much. Obviously no active pickups or anything. The knobs that control volume come off after a long time but are easily glued back on.That is about it.

It is built strong. It has taken abuse and is still fine. No major parts have broken or not worked. The intonation tends to become a little off which is a pain to fix but you can bring it to a store and they will do it, also that really is not that big a deal while you are learning.

IT is a good beginner bass, It does nothing wrong really, nothing specail but a good solid unit for the price.

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I always wanted to learn how to play a bass because you only need to play one string at a time. It was given to me as a gift with the starter set.

I thought I was going to have a hard time learning all of the scales and chords but this is a realy easy to play and as a person who has never picked up an instrument in his life I am coming along well.

The only thing I can find wrong is a little buzz sound on the fret and the kit could have come with a little bit more powerful amp.

This is a strong instrument. When I can't hit those rite notes I might give it a litle bump or a drop and it is still playing ok.

This a great bass to start with because of its ease to play. I don't mean to toot my own horn (toot,toot). But I have only been playing for two months and I am not exactly the worst player in the world, infact I am now in a band.

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I bout this guitar at Fret Mill in downtown Roanoke Virginia. I could of gotten it in a package but i wanted a bigger amp so i just bought the guitar by its self. it was about $200.

This is a great guitar. it looks great and it is easy to play.

sometimes i get an occasional buzz on one of the frets but it doesnt sound that bad.

i have bumped this guitar into my walls and dropped it a few and it still is in great shape

This is a great guitar for beginners but if you had more money and were more into bass than i am i would spend more to buy a better guitar like another ibanez or fender.

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I purchased the guitar as part of "Jumpstart" pack. It included the guitar, a 10w amp, a bag, and a tuner for ~$300 at GuitarCenter. I'm a NEWBIE; this review is given from the vantage point of someone who had never owned a musical instrument before.

So far, it's been a great learner instrument. It sounds good, it seems to be well constructed, and the price was definitely right...I'd have paid $350+ for a GSR200 (the almost identical model not sold as part of a pack) and a practice amp, never mind the tuner, etc.

I get occasional buzz on one fret, but otherwise, no problems. I didn't like the fact that the *black* guitar was $10 more than the *red* guitar, but this might have been GuitarCenter's fault.

Well, it's almost a year after I bought it, and there have been no problems so far. It stays in tune pretty well.

Definitely worth it for a beginner.

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Well, I bought this package at Gordan Lasale's. It wasn't bad at all I think it came to be around $270. I got it for christmas because before I was just bumming guitars off of my friends and the school.

This Package is great for any one starting out or, like me who had been playing for about a year or so and wanted one of my own.
Surpisingly the practice amp can hold up with drums. It's a great sounding, playing and overall just a great guitar. Plus it comes with just about everything you need right down to a video.

Not much. Gennerally it's a great guitar in it self but the package stuff is a little iffy. The patch cord is wicked small and the strap isn't the best either. The amp is fine for practice but, it's always good to have a big one for your band.

I enjoy the sound produced with the hybrid pick-ups. The J and P style is great. I also like the adjustable bridge that really helps when I pu new strings on. I also like the oringinal look to the stock with 2 and 2. I also like the modern look to the body of the guitar.

If you're just starting out or you've got a couple years experience buy this. It's a great package and I've told all my friends an playin' buddies about this package. It's Great!

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Manufacturing Coren,
22 frets,
SSS configuration of microphones,
Rglages: Volume 1 bass, 1 mdium volume, 1 Tone,
Bolt stocky,
Rosewood.

Channel trs trs enjoyable and playable,
Accs easy to acute,
Excellent ergonomics, relatively light weight to play longer,
Handling very easy and enjoyable trs.

Low trs versatile, allowing easy switching of the "rock" a more jazz or funk.
I use it (for now) with an Ibanez amp BSA10 without effect.
The sound is fairly easy to get but gnralement metal. By turning the knobs for 5 minutes, we finally get a very serious and trs round proper for this price range.
I sound pretty mtallique unbearable, but once well-RULES, this bass is perfectly able to get decent sound. All as not to have fun turning the knobs in all directions at the risk of obtaining a relatively mdiocre. Although versatile, I'd say this bass has more place in a field rather than rock or funk blues.

I use it intensively for 4 months (2 of 8 per day) so I had plenty of time to identify all angles.
Its handling is very easy and this bass can grow rapidly thanks its jouabilit trs.
I had tried any other models before acqurir, but having been normment test, I can say it is very well established with regard to the report qualitprix and relevance in time for guitar beginners.
This low Exceeds TRS far MODELS similar lgrement Cort and is better than The models in the same price range from Yamaha. It is not even comparable to the sub-brands such as Stagg and Storm.
Ideal for beginners, Ibanez has been strong with this low trs that adapts search inexpriment a bassist.
With exprience, I would do without hsiter choice.

- How long have you use it?
6 months
- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
What I like most is a lightness has parratre dbile can, but you can jou several hours without feeling any pain in the shoulder.
I dtest is the sound of the amp, which is hideously ugly.
- How do you report qualitprix?
Value for money fully correct.
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
Certainly, although a Fender Jazz Bass would not be refused, for my part, before aqurir this low, I board beginners on the cit ... prcdement
Nothing to see ...

That said, for beginners, I think there is nothing better now, but you have to replace the emergency jack 50cm (humor) and the strap is leather, which was due to my jack APRS an unfortunate fall ... inexplicable still there ...

It's been 21 months and I played with this bass.
Pack super benefit that goes into this world because the amp is good, although the sound is not great. I use it at home with a zoom pedal and there, inevitably it sounds much better, with more power.
Good jack is in form he ets a clear need to get a longer and stronger, I would say the same for the strap but I still the original (but I take care often loose - very dangerous for the bass!).

As for the more important, I am absolutely delighted with this low since each group where I go tells me she has a great sound and is nickel for the slap.
In addition to super light ... For a passive is nice!

But then it fell into the hands of a seasoned bass player (thank you Francis Winandy) that brought me closer to the strings and set the handle because before she was very stiff and difficult to play.

Price / quality ratio particularly interesting if we can revise the bass.

Everything has already been said about it ...
The violin could not be more basic, Ibanez did not use any woods, but at the same time for that price ...

The highlight of this low in my opinion is that it is very well equillibrée, which is important because it starts when I started with her bass.
She would like very much assimilated as standing above all, it does not sting the nose!
The handle is too round to me, I've realized in hindsight after playing on jazz bass, yamaha and warwick.
The ergonomics is very good.
Newfoundland, the strings are set too high on the handle. I had to readjust the bridge for better playability

This is where the hurt down ...
The only good sound that I found it thoroughly all the knobs are in every sense of the sound is too metallic.
The pickups are very sensitive which allows for a proper output level rather see a passive good for that price.
Tip: change the strings on, I managed to get a real bass sound with Rotosound steel or GHS 40-95, but the original strings are really the m. ..
The sound is rather round, clear and quite versatile.
I put three strings with the original.

I used it for 6 months with my first, it goes to a good start (to the sound with the strings of origin), if you are looking after a more or more typed Péchu it will consider going see other models.
Overall it is well balanced, ergonomic, it takes the agreement, reliable, sonnorité averages. I put him 6 because of the sound.

Low 22 frets, rosewood fingerboard, Bolt 4 points. 2 Ibanez passive pickups. Three knobs for volume, respectively rgler bridge pickup, neck and Tone.

The oil bath is mcaniques but dsacordent quickly in case of intense play. If you slapper over 5-10 minutes, a heavy raccordage needed to continue playing.

The violin is correct for the between-end, but hey, considering the price we will not grumble! Note that on my MODEL, I had to file the nut of the cot that I hurt his left hand on the back I quend Premire box.

The neck is fast (even if you are away from my B4FL Cort) and the CHAC 21me fret is pretty easy. The balance is low and does not tire the back, especially since its weight is relatively modest.

SETTING THE The factory action is downright crappy (for my instrument at least). The action is beaucoupo too high and it is possible to reduce Whereas without that border on the frets.

Clearly, the bass is oriented Pop / Rock, with its pretty metal. Can not play jazz on it (right end is not its purpose either). The slapping sounds horribly. The range of sound is limited (low passive) and I doing the knobs gnralement bottom.

Tip: Quickly change the original strings, which are frankly fair game, from the time when you want to play with other musicians. I have Ernie Ball Mount of it, and found a more slamming and richer in harmonics, which are frankly default on the strings of origin.

With a good amp, you get to draw something by coloring the sound.

This will lower its fter two years in a few days. I started the bass without being sr that to please me, me and the instrument much more. I tried the start and Yamaha Squier packs but my choice was the MODEL. For those who want to get too low in risk of ruining their wallets, it is frankly the case. I jou same group with before changing. So in hindsight, I would do the same srement choice.

Ibanez GSR190
Asian manufacturing,
22 frets, 2 pickups (bridge and neck)
three knobs for adjustment (bridge pickup, neck and volume).

No marks on the knobs but the settings are instinctively.

The handle is quite enjoyable, Access in acute ais pointde is ergonomically there is no problem you can play while sitting upright as well as carefree, the bass is not heavy Exess.
With regard to the sound this bass is enough "touches everything" through the neck pickup in Fondettes by cutting the bridge pickup gives a warm sound, very round, very jazzy.
The bridge pickup is a bit less convincing in my opinion but you can shoot funky sounds without too much problem.

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This bass is well suited to my style of play, I put the neck pickup has three quarters and the bridge pickup and it is a third party for a good pop / rock!
As I said above, the bridge pickup spits crystaline sound unconvincing and a round neck pickup not unpleasant.

I have this low since 2004 (that's my one and only ^ ^)
The particularity is that I prefer the comfort of game
The report qualitprix seems honorable.
With the experience I would probably have picked up a pack squier jazz bass ....