5 string bass guitar
Skip itWeak search conversion (0.1%) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Review moat
Great377.55avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Competition
Great39%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Returns
Good2.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Brand share
Okay83%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Avg price
Okay$281.75avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Growth
Bad-11.9%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad$71K$71K/yr · 253K searches
Price range
Bad$21.05–$528.73cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Conversion
Bad0.1%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 5 string bass guitar is a $71K/yr Amazon United States market (253K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.
Data updated Jul 8, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
5 string bass guitar market data
- Units sold / yr
- 500–750
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $141K–$211K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.1%
- Avg BSR
- #317
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 67%
- Sponsored
- 57%
- Out of stock
- 11.7%
- Avg brand age
- 71 months
- Avg seller age
- 197 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (39% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
14 falling
Sellers
77
Top-5 brand share
83%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
39%
Top 20: 75%
Open market
13%
- Ktaxon31%
- Ibanez29%
- IYV11%
- Yamaha7%
- Bullstar5%
- GLARRY4%
- Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 13%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -11.9% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Top 5 string bass guitar search terms
- 5 string bass guitar113K/yr
- 5 string bass67K/yr
- bajo elctrico 5 cuerdas51K/yr
- bass guitar 5 string22K/yr
Top 5 string bass guitar products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Ibanez GSR205BWNF GIO - Walnut Flat
Ibanez$295.964.5★672 rev
Ktaxon Electric Bass Guitar 5 String Bass Guitar with 20 Watt Amplifier JB Type Pickup Naturally air-dried Maple Neck Rosewood Fretboard Basswood Body(Black)
Ktaxon$130.714.6★617 rev
Ktaxon 5 String Electric Bass Guitar Full Size Standard Right Handed Rosewood Fretboard Bass Kit with Gig Bag Strap Cable Wrench Tool (Upgraded Natural)
Ktaxon$94.994.3★189 rev
IYV-IPJB-500A Solid Body with Flame Maple Electric Jazz Bass Natural
IYV$173.174.3★85 rev
Ibanez Gio GSR205PC 5-string Bass Guitar - Transparent Marine Burst
Ibanez$364.964.1★18 rev
Newest
by launch date
Leo Jaymz 5-String Electric Bass Guitar Exotic Natural Burl Top Active 3-Band EQ Alnico 5 Pickups Maple Neck and Fretboard High-Gloss Finish (Natural Burl)
Leo Jaymz$399.711 rev
Bullstar Electric Bass Guitar 5 Strings Full-Size Standard Solid Wood Electric Bass Ripple Elm Wood Body Flowing Water Wave Design Each Guitar Has Unique Grain A True Piece of Art DB120
Bullstar$191.7118 rev
Bullstar Electric Bass Guitar 5 Strings Full-Size Standard Solid Wood Electric Bass Ripple Elm Wood Body Flowing Water Wave Design Each Guitar Has Unique Grain A True Piece of Art DB120 (Black)
Bullstar$188.6618 rev
Ibanez SR305EDX Standard 5-String Right-Handed Electric Bass Guitar with Jatoba Fretboard Nyatoh Body and PowerSpan Dual Coil Pickups (Wine Red Frozen Matte)
Ibanez$528.735 rev
Ibanez Gio GSR205PC 5-string Bass Guitar - Transparent Marine Burst
Ibanez$364.9618 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumLeo Jaymz 5-String Electric Bass Guitar Exotic Natural Burl Top Active 3-Band EQ Alnico 5 Pickups Maple Neck and Fretboard High-Gloss Finish (Natural Burl)
Leo Jaymz$399.715.0★
Bullstar Electric Bass Guitar 5 Strings Full-Size Standard Solid Wood Electric Bass Ripple Elm Wood Body Flowing Water Wave Design Each Guitar Has Unique Grain A True Piece of Art DB120 (Black)
Bullstar$188.664.7★
Bullstar Electric Bass Guitar 5 Strings Full-Size Standard Solid Wood Electric Bass Ripple Elm Wood Body Flowing Water Wave Design Each Guitar Has Unique Grain A True Piece of Art DB120
Bullstar$191.714.7★
Ktaxon 5 String Electric Bass Guitar Full Size Standard Right Handed Rosewood Fretboard Bass Kit with Gig Bag Strap Cable Wrench Tool (Upgraded Sunset)
Ktaxon$107.294.3★
Ibanez Gio GSR205PC 5-string Bass Guitar - Transparent Marine Burst
Ibanez$364.964.1★
What buyers say about 5 string bass guitar
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Awesome Bass”
“Comfortable strap”
“Great for the price”
“The build quality is fairly good with minor flaws”
“It is very comfortable”
“The sound it nice”
“As advertised”
“Stays in tune so far”
“Sturdy craftsmandhip”
“Flawless finish”
What buyers complain about
“even with the smaller strings the tuners dont work right”
“A few things to note, it's heavy, heavier than my Ibanez 6 string”
“Chemical smell”
“Unlike the last cheap bass I bought”
“I don't know how well they will hold up long-term if you take your strap off”
“look so expensive”
“#2 the bad: Quality control is very lacking out of this factory”
“It might be better to say if the amp starts to smoke”
“I was sent an OBVIOUSLY used guitar that was clearly previously purchased and repackaged”
“Not bad, not quite as comfy as some claim”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is 5 string bass guitar profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $71K/yr across 49 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -11.9%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (40/100).
- How competitive is the 5 string bass guitar niche?
- 14 brands and 77 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 39% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 83% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in 5 string bass guitar?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Tune Retention, Weight Heavy, Smell. The return rate is 2.0%.
- When does demand for 5 string bass guitar peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the 5 string bass guitar niche?
- Listings span $21.05–$528.73; the average listing price is $281.75 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 378 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.