A Bass Guitar with Premium Quality, Feel And Tone – The Ibanez 2021 SR5CMLTD Premium 5-String Bass Guitar in Caribbean Islet 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.
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.
Nordstrand™ Big Single pickups
Nordstrand™ “Big Single” crams as meaty a single coil as can fit in a soapbar style pickup, producing a full-bodied, powerful, aggressive tonal texture, while still retaining the clarity that’s characteristic of single coil pickups.
Premium Fret Edge Treatment
Premium Fret Edge Treatment offer super smooth,comfortable performance.
MR5S Bridge
The MR5S bridge has adjustable saddles for variable string spacing by +/- 1.5mm, answering every bassist’s specific string spacing needs.
Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/EQ Bypass Switch & Mid Frequency Switch
Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ is our 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. Precision tonal control, including a switch to choose passive-only operation. When the EQ bypasses activated, the treble tone control knob becomes the global tone control for the passive circuit.
Panga Panga Fretboard
Panga Panga features a beautiful wood grain which produces a tight low and mid range, along with a sharp attack on high end
SPECIFICATIONS
Body
- Top: Curly Maple
- Back: Ash
- Body: Walnut
Neck
- Neck Type: Atlas-5
- Neck Wood: 5pc Panga Panga/Purpleheart
- Truss Rod: KTS™ TITANIUM rods
- Scale: 864mm
- Width at NUT: 45mm
- Width at 24F: 68mm
- Thickness at 1F: 19.5mm
- Thickness at 12F: 21.5mm
- Radius: 305mmR
- Fretboard: Bound Panga Panga
- Inlay: Abalone oval
- Fret: Medium fretsPremium fret edge treatment
- Number of Frets: 24
- Nut: Graph Tech® BLACK TUSQ XL®
- String Spacing: 16.5mm
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Nordstrand™ Big Single wood covered neck pickup (Passive)
- Bridge Pickup: Nordstrand™ Big Single wood coverd bridge pickup (Passive)
- Equaliser: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/ EQ bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot), 3-way Mid frequency switch
Hardware
- Bridge: MR5S bridge
- Hardware Color: Black
Miscellaneous
- Factory Tuning: 1G,2D,3A,4E,5B
- Strings: D’Addario® EXL165 + .130
- String Gauge: .045/.065/.085/.105/.130
Manufacturer: Ibanez Guitars
Model: SR5CMLTDCIL
SKU: I647533-1-WHXX
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