Ktaxon 5 String Electric Bass Guitar, Full Size Standard Right Handed Rosewood Fretboard Bass Kit with Gig Bag Strap Cable Wrench Tool (Black)

Great 5-string bass with humbuckers for the price! Good a first bass or a beater. It is solid, well made, pretty good tone. My only complaint is that I can't lower the bridge action any further and the strings are still a little high for my taste. Other things to note: 1) you may need another cable. My cable was snug on this bass, worked fine, but on another bass it didn't connect properly. 2) If you take this bass to gigs, practices, etc. invest in a better case, spend at least the extra $30 on a Gator padded gig bag. 3) Remember the pickups are passive, nothing wrong with them, but you may need a pre-amp if you are going directly to a sound board. I would take off half a star if I could for not being able to lower the bridge action, but with the price I will let the 5 stars stand.

I've bought many guitars. Half the time you get a guitar in the mail or at a music shop, and you have to screw in the screws all the way. This guitar is really not bad. It's slightly intonated on 2 of the 5 strings, but otherwise, it only needed to be tuned and was 100% playable out of the box. It feels solid. The strings are meh, but I'm going to use them. I bought a set of 5 string ernie balls for a third of what this whole guitar costs, figuring I'd replace them right away, but no. The stock ones are fine. Because of the price, I was fully expecting to smack that fat b string and hear tuners rattle. I was expecting unavoidable hum when I turned it up, or crackling from a potentiometer while adjusting the volume/tone knobs. I anticipated having to adjust everything and tighten it all down, or maybe even replace parts outright. There is no need for any of that. Whether I choose to upgrade/mod is a different story. I'd consider playing out with this as-is, honestly. The pickups are single coil, and hum quite a bit when using only one. I was pleased to find that the pickups are wired correctly, and they cancel each other's hum when both are turned up to the same volume. Who's not playing at max anyway? I've got the tone pots doing a lot of shaping, but really enjoy having the neck tone pretty far down for deep warm punch, and the bridge allll the way up to get that midrange clarity at the same time. It sounds like a guitar that costs 4-5 times as much. There are no sharp frets, dead frets, or fret buzz. The shape of the neck is comfortable, and 24 frets is nice. The tuners stay put. The volume output is a bit less than my 4-string, but it feels like I get a bit more nuance at max volume by comparison. Turn up the amp, and all is honky-dorey. The fretboard is unfinished wood. Pick up a Mexican stratocaster, and there's lacquer on the fretboard, which is appaling. I rubbed some lemon oil on this bass, and it actually looks pretty decent. Feels like is should have cost more. The body is very light, and I sit to play mostly. This makes the neck rest at an uncomfortable angle. This problem is not unique to this guitar. The body is a fingerprint magnet. Again, what guitar isn't? The only real problem I found out of the box is that the knobs are different heights off of the body. One is nearly up against, 2 have a 1/16" gap, and the other sticks up almost 1/4". I only found this while looking for something negative. It's a non-issue for me, and hadn't even noticed while playing. Fresh out of the box, this looks, feels, and tastes like a $300+ guitar. I have yet to adjust the bridge, but it does look chintsy. Being a musician on a budget I've dealt with this before, and being ginger with wrenches should let me make adjustments just fine. I wouldn't recommend wrenching the heck out of anything on this guitar, or be prepared to replace parts. I know this is not a premier bass guitar. The under $100 price tag had me thinking I'd have a beater guitar in my closet for funsies. This is actually going to be taking the place of my Washburn 4-string, hanging on the wall, ready for recording. Note that most of what I do is through somewhat expensive modeling software behind a focusrite scarlett DI. I have lots of fancy tools that clean up my sound. If you plug this into a cheap practice amp, your results may not be as good. If you're just wanting to try a 5-string on a budget, you probably won't be disappointed. I bought a 7-string guitar last year, and wanted a 5-string bass to compliment. I had low expectations buying this bass, and for what I got, I'd happily pay 2-3 times as much. Before purchasing, I read other reviews that are quite negative. Maybe I got the one that was built on a Monday, I don't know. The bass came in a guitar shaped cardboard box, and that was inside another rectangular box; pretty par for the course, buying a guitar online. The inner box had 2 different types of tape. I think the retailer opens and quality checks these after they get them from the manufacturer. If so, that could explain why it wasn't a dud. If you're looking at this bass and have read my review, just buy the darn thing. You're not going to get much better quality until you hit the $400+ price range... If the one you get is as decent as the one I got. Again, maybe I got lucky. Maybe I just have low standards? A bonus is that there was no branding on the headstock, so I get to have fun with decals. I'm considering slapping a Yamaha logo on it, and see if I can trick a couple buds into believing it costs $900.

Love it and I play it every day! Good quality bass, but the items with it are basically the cheapest in existence. The gig bag is as thin as a tent and the strap couldn’t handle the weight of the guitar. All in all, the price for just the guitar was good

I’m an old pro bassist. Studio and touring, I bought this 5 string bass on a whim, thinking it would be interesting to see what a $70 bass sounded like. I’m truly impressed. Pickups are quiet, pots are not great, but the look and sound and feel of this instrument is pretty incredible. 5 stars. Needs a setup. Strings are good too.

Came in perfect condition. The wood on the bass looks nice, with good grain matching at wood joints so as they were barely noticeable. The body is finished with high gloss and looks really nice. I see this toning down with regular use, Which I think I'll prefer. The curvature of the body is comfortable against the body and the bass itself is light and easy to hold. The neck appears to be unfinished/unsealed maple, and is smooth enough while offering a bit of friction for hold. I much prefer it to a sticky poly neck. Intonation was easily dialed in via the adjustable bridge, and string height was near appropriate. Only have had a J/P pickup setup prior, so I was surprised at how quiet it was initially. Raising the pickups to appropriate height increased output considerably, but I don't feel like these pickups have much in the way of higher frequencies. The lows, however, are full and wicked and the low B and D string BOOM bass. I think I'll try to locate another pickup for presence in higher tones to pair with one of these humbuckers. I can't believe how great a value this bass is though, and couldn't recommend it more.

The listing says the brand is Ktaxon and shows headstocks with no name. It's a Glarry. It arrived in a Glarry box and has Glarry on the headstock. This makes the listing seem dishonest. I won't critique too much because it's probably the cheapest bass guitar you can buy. I knew that when I bought it but some of the issues shouldn't be there even at this price. Most of the set screws on the saddles are mangled so the hex wrench won't go in. With the action set very high, the saddle adjustments need to work. The neck also seems to bow when the strings are brought up to tune. I'm trying to straighten it with the truss rod and that doesn't seem to be working. The adjustments available for a basic setup need to work. There is also some play in the neck pocket. I can move the neck without much force. The rest of the instrument seems in line with the price. But the ability to set up the instrument should be better, or rather possible. Edit: When I removed the neck, I found the reason for the play. One of the screw holes is actually a giant counterbore. I had to fill it with epoxy and redrill the hole. As a solution for the mangled set screws on the saddles, I had to replace the bridge with one I had on hand for a different bass.

It’s sounds really good and it’s durable fun to play the quality was good I love it

The bass itself is mostly fine, but this one had a minor crack internally, harming the finish, but it still plays the way its supposed to. I can get another body and transfer the electronics if it turns out to affect the sound. I would have sent this back for a replacement, but with no contact from the sellers about the actual ship date (which was a day later than when it was supposed to arrive), its not worth my time dealing with them anymore.

I didn't know what to expect for the price but it is great. Light weight almost half the weight of my 4 string. sounds great was good to play right out of the box just tune it up and start playing.

Sounds good I enjoy it

I have to say that i was quite skeptic about buying a bass online, but the reviews that mention this bass are quite on par. This 5 string Glarry bass did not dissapoint. It arrived in a timely manner and was well packaged. It came with a minor chip on the headstock, (not sure how cause the packaging was not damaged) hardly noticeable. I have to say that it was almost perfectly intonated ... i only had to slightly adjust the A bridge. And i really love how light it is compared to my other basses. If you want a low priced bass, this is the one you should consider. The carry bag is trash and the strap is very low quality, as mentioned also in other reviews. So i 'm giving this product a 4+ stars. Well done Glarry, but try to examine these a little better before shipping them out. It costed you a star.