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Musical Instrument Starter Packages
Here’s a little list of instruments in the Musical Instrument Starter Packages range. These are ideal for that about-to-be-gifted musical person in your life. Might be a kid. Then again, it might just be you! If you have a learner, a weekend warrior or sea-change in your household here’s a selection of the best all in one plug in-and-go musical instrument starter packs for special (real special) gift giving. Begin your dream playing now with a musical starter pack for acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitars, banjo, keyboard, steel pedal guitars, autoharps and more…
ELECTRIC GUITAR STARTER PACKAGES
Ibanez IJS40 Jumpstart Electric Guitar Pack
Learn how to play electric guitar today! You don’t just get an affordable starter package with the Ibanez IJS40 Jumpstart Electric Guitar Pack — you get brand-name Ibanez quality that you’ll still want to play after you get good! This electric guitar beginner pack includes an Ibanez GRX40 electric guitar, IBZ10 amp, headphones, gig bag, cable, tuner, strap, pouch, DVD, book, picks, and chord chart.
Ibanez IJS40 Jumpstart Electric Guitar Pack
Behringer V-Tone II Electric Guitar Pack
It’s a box of ROCK! The Behringer V-Tone II Electric Guitar Pack has everything an aspiring guitar player/enthusiast needs to learn how to play electric guitar. The pack contains an extremely playable black double cutaway guitar with 3 single-coil pickups, 5-way switching, vintage vibrato bridge, and a 22-fret maple neck. The 15W modeling amp provides 3 classic guitar amp models, 3 speaker simulations, 3 gain modes, and an 8″ speaker. Behringer also includes a cable, guitar strap, 3 picks, chord chart, and padded gig bag.
Behringer V-Tone II Electric Guitar Pack Black*
Squier Strat Pak with Frontman 15G Electric Guitar
Ready to rock! Convenience and value is the name of the game with the Squier Strat Pak with Frontman 15G Electric Guitar all-inclusive package. Get into the rock region with this awesome starter package. Includes a Squier Affinity Series Strat with rosewood fingerboard, padded gig bag, Fender Frontman 15G amp (15 watts of great Fender tone, 2 channels including normal and drive, a headphone jack, and an auxiliary input for CD, tape, or drum machine), The Fender Guitar Method book, chromatic tuner, strap, cable, a set of strings, and picks.
Squier Strat Pak with Frontman 15G Electric Guitar Metallic Red
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BASS GUITAR STARTER PACKAGES
Ibanez IJSB190 Bass Jumpstart Pack
Get thumpin’ with this shortcut in a box. Pound for pound, the Ibanez IJSB190 Bass Jumpstart Pack is where it’s at. Learn to play bass guitar with this all-inclusive starter pack, complete with an Ibanez GSR190 bass guitar, Ibanez IBZ10B bass amp, gig bag, tuner, accessory pouch, strap, headphones, cable, and instructional DVD featuring Gerald Veasley
Ibanez IJSB190 Bass Jumpstart Pack Transparent Red
Drive WildFire Electric Bass Combo Pack
The perfect setup to getcha going. This affordable starter pack has everything you need to start playing bass: black WildFire bass guitar with gig bag, B15 practice amp, cable, digital tuner, strap, picks, and an eMedia instructional CD-ROM. Bass has a 29-5/8″ scale length, easy for small hands to play.
Drive WildFire Electric Bass Combo Pack Black
Squier Bass Pak
Everything the beginning bassist needs! The Squier Bass Pak with Rumble 15 Amp gives you a great value for the money. The Affinity Series P Bass is the world’s best-selling bass because of its unmatched value. With its comfortable neck, solid alder body, and classic tone, it conjures up the sound of thousands of famous recordings. The small but mighty Rumble 15 combo amp features 15W power, 8″ special-design speaker, 3-band EQ, headphone jack, and black Tolex covering. The Pak also includes gig bag, fully enclosed headphones, instructional video, strap, and cable.
Squier Bass Pak with Rumble 15 Amp Metallic Red
Fender Rumble 100 Bass Combo
Get ready to rumble! Fender has designed the Rumble 100 Bass Combo to meet the needs of the beginning bassist. By building in all the essentials then holding the line on price, they’ve made it accessible to most anyone.
Fender Rumble 100 Bass Combo
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ACOUSTIC GUITAR STARTER PACKAGES
Daisy Rock Acoustic Guitar Starter Pack
A high-quality instrument and everything else your budding guitarist needs to get started on a great musical adventure! This 25-1/4″ scale guitar makes learning and playing a fun and comfortable experience with proportionally smaller neck and body shapes. Full-color instruction book is a vivid, inspirational introduction to music, guitars, and guitar goddesses
Daisy Rock Acoustic Guitar Starter Pack
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Yamaha GigMaker Guitar Pack
Everything you need to take to the stage. The Yamaha GigMaker Guitar Pack is built around the F325 acoustic guitar with die-cast chrome tuners and a spruce top. Also includes a gig bag, digital tuner, strap, extra strings, picks, and an instructional DVD to kick-start your playing.
Yamaha GigMaker Guitar Pack Natural
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BANJO STARTER PACKS
Learn the banjo anyone? Dixie Chicks it is this season!
Learn the Banjo Starter Pack
A fantastic price on a smokin’ banjo pack that’s sure to fire up the picker within.
The Rogue Travel/Starter banjo features 18 brackets, high-quality head, satin finish, first-rate tuning machines, and a road-ready open-back design that’s light and fleet and produces authentic tone. Accompanying padded gig bag, Banjo Case Chord Book with multiple fingerings, and Beginning Banjo For 5-String Banjo DVD with special interactive features and tab charts make it a complete kit to get you started on the high road to the Grand Ole Opry!
Musician’s Friend Learn the Banjo Starter Pack
Washburn B8 Banjo Pack
The Washburn B8 Banjo Pack includes a Washburn B8 banjo, banjo gig bag, pitch pipe, finger picks, instructional book, and banjo strap.
Washburn B8 Banjo Pack
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STEEL PEDAL GUITAR
An entry-level, 10-string pedal steel guitar! Designed especially for students, it features 3 floor pedals, 4 knee levers, and uses E9th Nashville tuning. Its all-pull changer system, accurate mechanism, low maintenance, and end-plate tuning make it very user-friendly steel to get started on. Special pickup designed exclusively for the Carter-Starter. Maple cabinet. Includes gig bag, a Quick-Start Instructional DVD, owner’s manual, and wrench kit.
Carter Carter-Starter Pedal Steel Guitar Package
Carter Carter-Starter Steel Guitar/Accessories Bundle
A great entry-level pedal steel with all the extras. Designed especially for students, it features 3 floor pedals, 4 knee levers, and uses E9th Nashville tuning. Its all-pull changer system, accurate mechanism, low maintenance, and end-plate tuning make it a very user-friendly steel to get started on. Special pickup designed exclusively for the Carter-Starter. Maple cabinet. Includes the Carter-Starter Accessories Pack, with a volume pedal, tone bar, 3′ and 10′ instrument cables, a plastic thumb pick, and 2 metal finger picks. Also comes with a Carter gig bag, Quick-Start instructional DVD, owner’s manual, and wrench kit.
Carter Carter-Starter Steel Guitar/Accessories Bundle
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LAP STEEL GUITAR STARTER PACKAGE
Buy your instrument and then pick up a copy of Cindy Cashdollar’s DVD. Make your own starter pack.
Artisan EA-1 Electric Lap Steel Guitar
A great whinin’ axe at a phenomenal price! Get those classic country, Hawaiian, and blues tones with this highly affordable lap steel. It features a hardwood body and neck with position markers, a single coil pickup, volume and tone controls, chrome hardware, and a stainless steel pickguard.
Artisan EA-1 Electric Lap Steel Guitar Metallic Black*
Beginning Lap Steel Instructional Pack
Learn to play that lap steel you found in the attic. Includes vital accessories to help the beginning lap steel player learn the basics: Morrell Lap Steel Guitar DVD, Dunlop Stainless Steel Pro Tone Bar, National Nickel Silver Finger Picks (4 Pack), D’Addario EJ21 Nickel Jazz Light Strings, and MF CT-440 Chromatic Tuner
Musician’s Friend Beginning Lap Steel Instructional Pack
Learn to Play Western Swing Steel Guitar DVD by Cindy Cashdollar
Cindy Cashdollar shows you how to play the 8-string, electric non-pedal steel.
Starting with the basics of C6 tuning, you’ll learn how to use the bar, picks, and volume pedal, plus important techniques such as bar slams, octave slides, palm blocking, chord inversions, back-up licks, harmony lines, scales, slants, augmented chords, and much more. Put it all into practice with classics such as “Cold, Cold Heart” and “San Antonio Rose.”
Homespun Learn to Play Western Swing Steel Guitar Lesson 1 Learning the Basics (DVD)
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KEYBOARD
Casio SA75 Starter Keyboard
One that has sounds all of its own. It’s basic. It’ll do the starter job!
The SA75 offers 100 topnotch PCM tones as well as 30 accompaniment patterns (10 rhythms, 10 free-session, 10 funny). The 10 built-in songs offer the option of turning off the melodies so that learners can play these themselves. 37 keys. 4-note polyphony. Built-in speakers. Operates on 5 AA batteries. A hand-held microphone is included.
Casio SA75 Starter Keyboard
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RECORDING STUDIO STARTER PACKAGES
They’re portable. They plug in and go. Some are for cassette. Some digital. What do you prefer? Cassettes and mini discs are easy to replace and keep recording both inside and outside of your studio for demos. Digital hard disk has a better, crisper sound but you do have to off load and store your sounds to clear the hard drive on a regular basis. It’s a matter of budget and work style.
CASSETTE MULTI TRACK RECORDING STARTER PACKS
TASCAM MF-P01 Recording Bundle
The most affordable and easiest-to-use Portastudio yet! Perfect for novice recordists or as an idea collector for songwriters, the MF-PO1 Portastudio has level and pan control on each track, input/master level LEDs, 1/4″ input, stereo line out, and headphone out with level. Uses standard cassette tapes. Records one track at a time with classic warm analog sound. Includes full TASCAM warranty. Start-Up Pack includes MF-P01 Portastudio, one TDK SA-X60KX 60-minute high-bias tape, HPVP1 headphones, and MCPV1 mic with XLR to 1/4″ cable.
TASCAM MF-P01 Recording Bundle
TASCAM Porta02mkII Start-Up Package
A terrific first recording set up. The Porta02mkII recorder is totally portable and great for practice and recording your musical creations. It features a 4-track cassette recorder with 2-track simultaneous recording capability. 2 - 1/4″ inputs including a Hi-Z guitar input for recording direct, dedicated linear faders, and level and pan controls for each channel. Also has a headphone jack with independent level control, stereo/mono switching, and a master L-R output. Includes full TASCAM warranty. Start-Up Package includes Porta02mkII, one TDK SA-X60KX 60-minute high-bias tape, HPVP1 headphones, and MCPV1 mic with XLR to 1/4″ cable.
TASCAM Porta02mkII Start-Up Package
Fostex MR-8 Recording Package
Fostex MR-8 Recording Package
ToneWorks Pandora PXR4 Recording Package
The equipment you need to record guitar and vocals at their best. Kit includes PXR4 Pandora, AKG K-44 headphones, 20′ mic cable, Behringer XM8500 microphone, Whirlwind Little Imp impedance matcher, and Guide to Home Recording book.
ToneWorks Pandora PXR4 Recording Package
Digital Multi-Tracker
Fostex MR-8 All-In-One Recording Package
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DJ STARTER PACKS
A dual CD player and DJ mixer all in one unit!
The CD Mix-1 gives you a pair of players and everything you need to keep grooves endlessly rolling. The players feature front-load transports with 30-second auto door close, track programming, 16% pitch/jog wheel, 12% pitch control, BPM counter, large backlit display, and true continuous play. The mixer offers one mic and 2 phone/line inputs for additional external devices, balanced output, master EQ, and stereo/mono control. It has built-in handles and when the party is in the great outdoors, you’ll appreciate the 12V DC input.
Numark CD Mix-1 Dual CD Player/Mixer
Vinyl DJ-ing Packages
Stanton DJLab.1 DJ Pack
The DJLab.1 comes with everything you need to get in the mix without breaking the bank. Mix your favorite vinyl tracks with the complete Stanton DJLab.1 starter pack. DJLab.1 comes with 2 T.50 belt-drive turntables with slipmats and dust covers, plus straight tonearms for superior tracking when skratching, 2 start/stop switches for mix or battle setup, pitch control with �10% adjustment, 33 and 45rpm speeds, and 2 RCA outputs plus ground connector.
Stanton DJLab.1 DJ Pack
Stanton DJLab.2 DJ Pack
The DJLab.2 combines the precision of a direct-drive turntable with the convenience of a complete DJ bundle. Now you can mix your favorite vinyl tracks without breaking the bank using the complete Stanton DJLab.2 starter pack. DJLab.2 comes with 2 T.60 direct-drive turntables with slipmats, dust covers, straight tonearm for superior tracking when skratching; 2 start/stop switches for mix or battle setup, pitch control with �10% adjustment, 33 and 45rpm speeds, and 2 RCA outputs and ground connector.
Stanton DJLab.2 DJ Pack
Stanton DJLab.3 DJ Pack
The DJLab.3 raises the bar in DJ packages by including the T.80 high-torque direct-drive turntable. The complete Stanton DJLab.3 starter pack’s tables are capable of delivering enough torque to please both mix and skratch DJs alike. DJLab.3 comes with 2 T.80 high-torque direct-drive turntables with slipmats and dust covers, plus straight tonearms for superior tracking when skratching, unique digital features like Key Lock (Master Tempo) and S/PDIF output, 3 playback speeds (33, 45, 78rpm), quartz lock, target light, and pitch control with selectable range (�8%, 12%).
Stanton DJLab.3 DJ Pack
Stanton DJ Skratch Pak 2
Includes a pair of STR8-60 straight-arm, direct-drive turntables with premounted 520SK cartridges, an SMX-201 turntablist mixer with 2-band EQ and gain control per channel; a pair of DJ PRO 60 headphones; 2 slipmats; and all connecting cables. Includes a FREE copy of Turntable Mechanic Workshop 2002 video. For those low budget evenings when you can’t afford to hire anything else to watch(!)
Stanton DJ Skratch Pak 2
MANDOLINS
Washburn M1S Mandolin with Accessories Kit
Beautiful crisp sounding little mandolin! Mandolin kit includes gig bag, pitch pipe, strap, picks, and instructional book to get first-timers on the right road quickly.
Washburn M1S Mandolin with Accessories Kit
Musician’s Friend Learn the Mandolin Package
Cheaper priced for starting out. Includes Rogue RM-100A mandolin, Mandolin Method book, Mandolin Chords Plus book, and Musician’s Friend fit-all mandolin gig bag.
Musician’s Friend Learn the Mandolin Package
Michael Kelly Legacy Festival Mandolin Pack
An F-style mandolin with bright, articulate tone plus everything else you need to start playing today! It features a scalloped fingerboard extension for enhanced playability. Comes with a semi-hard case, chromatic tuner, strap, and picks.
Michael Kelly Legacy Festival Mandolin Pack Satin Tobacco Sunburst