- Extremely affordable, complete jam pack for beginners
- Very high value for the money
- Playable, good sounding beginner friendly acoustic guitars
- Dreadnought and concert body shapes are available
- Comes with everything you need to start right away
- As these are extremely affordable instruments, you may have fret levelling issues sometimes
Hello there, back again with another guitar review for you. This time, we will be looking at the Ibanez V50NJP & VC50NJP Jam Pack acoustic guitar models. When you are working in the musical instruments industry in customer care and technical support roles, you are often asked endless questions about the included items that come with the instrument.
Table of Contents
Usually, people need to choose each item, such as their guitar, gig bag or case, tuner, straps, picks and many more, when they first start playing the guitar. Not every manufacturer responds to this need, but for this reason, some companies do it really well! Here’s yet another guitar review!
Just before you begin, I want you to have a look at my “Why Should You Trust My Reviews Article?” Here on this website, you will have only honest and real reviews written by an industry professional! This time we’ll be looking at the Ibanez V50NJP Jam Pack Dreadnought Version and Ibanez VC50NJP Jam Pack Concert Version 
As the name suggests, it comes with everything you need to start jamming right away! The guitar that comes with this pack is called the Ibanez V50 dreadnought acoustic guitar. It also comes with a gig bag, a chromatic guitar tuner, a guitar strap, an accessory pouch, picks and allen wrench for truss rod adjustment! First of all, let’s hear the guitar action, played by Selçuk Uzunhasanoğlu.
Ibanez V50NJP Sound Demo (no talking)
According to the official Ibanez website, the current tech specs are as follows. Note that these specs have changed since I first had the chance to test and sell these guitars. 
Ibanez V50NJP & VC50NJP Tech Specs
| Ibanez V50NJP & VC50NJP | Tech Specs |
|---|---|
| Body | Dreadnought or Concert Body |
| Top | Spruce Top |
| Back & Sides | Meranti Back & Sides |
| Neck | Nyatoh/Maple Neck |
| Scale | 650mm |
| Radius | 250mm |
| Nut Width | 42mm |
| Fretboard | Rosewood or Nandu Wood* |
| Frets | 20 Frets |
| Inlay | Dot Inlay |
| Bridge | Nandu Wood |
| Tuners | Chrome covered tuners |
| Factory Strings | 12-16-24-32-42-53 |
According to the Thomann website, the guitar has an agathis body with a spruce top. I assume the neck is also made of the same or similar wood. Also, it says the fretboard is made of treated pine from New Zealand. In my 2 and a half years of service, believe me, I have opened these jampacks over 200 times just to check them cosmetically and the accessories. But it was always rosewood (or a kind of?) to us. 
Recently, because of CITES, manufacturers have come up with different solutions to get around the extra restrictions that the new regulation has brought up. So I assume this is some kind of wood, but not rosewood 🙂
I must say, this starter pack and its concert body sibling, the Ibanez VC50NJP, are the best-selling guitar starter packs in my country. There are no other models or brands that could compete with these models! As I have posted the same video below, which compares the Cort AD810 vs the Ibanez V50N guitar, I would like you to listen to this guitar again below. 
Cort AD810 vs Ibanez V50NJP Comparison Video (no talking)
As I have mentioned above, I probably had unboxing, checked the accessories, testing and played these models over 200 times, and I know what I’m talking about 🙂 Ibanez V50NJP and VC50NJP are the best starter packs you can buy, period! If you asked me, I would go for the Cort AD810, as I had stated in a separate review of that guitar, but there are not many differences between them. Just listen and decide for yourself.
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Most people have commented on the above video, as they liked the Cort model better in lead playing (or let’s say single-line playing) and liked the Ibanez model in rhythm playing. As you can see in the video, my colleague and I had the chance to play with both in the same musical scenario. I must say I felt much more comfortable with the AD810.
Ibanez felt like a rougher guitar than the Cort model. In the end, it all comes down to one’s preferences. PS: Please also do not forget that there is a concert body version of the same model, called Ibanez VC50NJP.
The only difference is that the guitar has a concert-shaped body! But as the body form changes, the overall tonality will also change, maybe not so much. Or a bit? You decide below? Please have a look at the video, played by Selçuk Uzunhasanoğlu.
Ibanez VC50NJP Sound Demo (no talking)
*Note that on some websites, you might see the model names as IVJ…It’s completely the same guitar; I believe the model names have been altered after CITES. 
By the way, I have recently published the “25 Best-Selling Acoustic Guitars For Beginners and Intermediate Players” review, which also includes the Ibanez VC50NJP Jampack. Do not forget to check this out before you buy your guitar 🙂
Pricing & Availability
For quite some time, Ibanez has supplied these packs for the guitar market. But recently, the VC50 version disappeared from most music stores online. V50 version still exists, but it’s started showing up with different colour and finish options, still in a jam pack format. For instance, there’s an open-pore version of V50NJP-OPN, as well as an open-pore model with a vintage sunburst finish, V50NJP OVS.
Check out available Ibanez V50 model Jam Pack acoustic guitars on Thomann here
You may also want to check out Reverb, as there are still all variations are still listed. Additionally, you may find other varieties such as a weathered black colour option or even western design versions, which are really rare!
Check out Ibanez V50 model Jam Pack acoustic guitars on Reverb here
Also, you may want to check out Amazon. Sometimes official Ibanez and other resellers list V50 Jam Pack series guitars over there (not easy to find).
Check out Ibanez V50 model Jam Pack acoustic guitars on Amazon here
I hope this review has been helpful! Thanks for visiting my blog, and I will hopefully see you in the next piece of content here! 🙂
