Experience New Offerings from Ibanez – The Ibanez SR Premium SR5FMDX2 5-String Bass Guitar in Natural Low Gloss
For 30 years the SR has given bass players a modern alternative. With its continued popularity, Ibanez is constantly endeavoring to answer the wider needs of a variety of players, at a variety of budgets. But no matter what the specs, the heart is the same-SR continues to excite with its smooth, fast neck, lightweight body, and perfectly matched electronics.
Premium
“Designed to Inspire”, all Ibanez Premium series are manufactured with select tone woods, high-profile electronics, hardware and dedicated skills of craftsmanship and care in details for your musical journey. The richness of sound, stunning appearance and unrivalled playability of the Ibanez Premium series will open the gate of your reservoir of inspiration.
Atlas 5-Piece Panga Panga/Purpleheart Neck With KTS™ TITANIUM Rods
The Atlas 5 piece Panga Panga/Purpleheart neck provides a well-balanced note attack and tone with rich sustain.The neck is constructed with KTS™ TITANIUM reinforcement rods, increasing its stability and adding sustain.
Flamed Maple Fretboard
The beautiful Flamed Maple fretboard imbues this model with an exotic appearance.
Medium Frets With Premium Fret Edge Treatment
Medium sized frets enhances the accuracy to your notes. The Premium Fret Edge Treatment offers a super smooth, comfortable performance.
Flamed Maple / Ash Top & Back / African Mahogany Body
The Flamed Maple/Ash top offers a beautiful wood grain. The African Mahogany body delivers a rich mid-low end.
Nordstrand™ Big Single Pickups With Wood Covers
Nordstrand™ “Big Single” cram a meaty a single coil into a soapbar-style pickup, producing a full-bodied, powerful, aggressive tonal texture, while still retaining the clarity that’s characteristic of single coil pickups. The pickups’ beautiful Birdseye Maple wood cover imbues this bass guitar with an exotic appearance.
Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-Band EQ
The Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ is their latest refinement on the concept of simple, straightforward, no-nonsense EQ control. The Boost and Cut for the Mid Control are each centered on slightly different frequencies, an innovation that delivers a preset range of the most favorable bass tones.
Gotoh® Machine Heads
Gotoh® machine heads provide superior precision, a smooth feel, and excellent tuning accuracy.
MR5S Bridge
The MR5S bridge has adjustable saddles for variable string spacing by +/- 1.5mm, answering every bassist’s specific string spacing needs.
EQ Bypass Switch (Passive Tone Control On Treble Pot)
The EQ bypass control offers precision tonal adjustments, including a switch to choose passive-only operation. When the EQ bypass is activated, the treble tone control knob becomes the global tone control for the passive circuit.
3-Way Mid Frequency Switch
The 3-way Mid frequency switch allow players to change the mid-tone between 250, 450, and 700 Hz.
Gig Bag Included
It comes with Ibanez gig bag which is designed specifically to fit and protect this instrument.
SPECIFICATIONS
Body
- Body Material: African Mahogany
- Top Wood: Flamed Maple/Ash
- Body Finish Type: Satin Polyurethane
- Body Finish Color: Natural Low Gloss
Neck
- Neck Material: 5 piece Panga Panga/Purpleheart with KTS™ TITANIUM rods
- Neck Joint: Bolt-on
- Neck Type: Atlas-5
- Neck Finish: Oil
- Fretboard: Flamed Maple
- Fretboard Radius (mm): 305
- Fret Type: Medium
- Number of Frets: 24
- Inlay: Abalone oval
- Scale Length (in): 35
- Neck Thickness (1st fret, mm): 20
- Neck Thickness (12th fret, mm): 22
- Nut: Graph Tech® BLACK TUSQ XL®
- Nut Width (mm): 45
Hardware
- Tuning Machine Heads: Gotoh® machine heads
- Bridge: MR5S
- Hardware Color: Black
- String Spacing: 16.5mm
- String Gauge: .045/.065/.085/.105/.130
- Tuning: 1G,2D,3A,4E,5B
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Nordstrand™ Big Single wood covered
- Neck Pickup: Nordstrand™ Big Single wood covered
- Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Balancer, Bass, Middle, Treble (Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ)
- Other Switch: EQ bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot), 3-way Mid frequency switch
Manufacturer: Ibanez Guitars
Model: SR5FMDX2NTL
SKU: I728047-0-WHXB
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