Ibanez Premium SR5PBLTD 5 String Electric Bass Guitar, Dragon Eye Burst Low Gloss

Premium SR5PBLTD with Huge, Roaring Tone
We’re fortunate to get our hands on some of the finest instruments available today, and we can confidently say that Ibanez’s Premium SR5PBLTD 5-string bass punches above its price range in every way. Sporting a toneful African mahogany body, gorgeous poplar burl/birdseye maple top, and rock-solid 15-piece panga panga/maple/paduak/purpleheart/walnut neck with a bound panga panga fingerboard, the SR5PBLTD is a boutique-quality instrument with flawless playability, looks, and tone.

A pair of aggressive Nordstrand Big Single pickups deliver massive, roaring tone infused with monumental sustain. The neck is titanium reinforced, with premium tuners on one end and a Mono-rail bridge at the other. Custom Ibanez electronics with 3-band EQ complete the setup.

Massive, aggressive tone from Nordstrand pickups
With a “super-packed” coil, the Big Single is considered by Nordstrand to be the “tonal giant” of their pickup offerings. Ibanez spec’d a pair of these aggressive-sounding single-coil monsters for the Premium SR5PBLTD. In addition, you have the powerful sound-shaping capabilities of Ibanez’s Custom 3-band EQ, which gives you control over boost/cut for bass, mid, and high frequencies, a mid-frequency switch to fine-tune your midrange, and an EQ bypass. No matter what tonal texture your music calls for, this instrument’s superb electronics will get you there fast. Fingers, thumb, or pick — the SR5PBLTD’s electronics have you covered.

Mono-rail bridge enhances definition and sustain
Ibanez specified their excellent Mono-rail 5 bridge for the Premium SR5PBLTD. Unlike single-body bridges, each Mono-rail saddle is completely separate from the others. This does two things for you. First, since they aren’t connected, the saddles create minimal sympathetic vibration. This prevents unused strings from ringing. Second, each saddle is double-anchored, allowing energy to transfer efficiently between the string and the body. 

Ibanez: a brief history
Ibanez began its life in 1908 as the Hoshino Gakki company in Nagoya, Japan. However, the company didn’t get into the guitar business until 1929, when they started importing Salvador Ibanez guitars from Spain. In 1935, Hoshino Gakki began building Spanish acoustic guitars under the “Ibanez Salvador” name, which was later shortened to Ibanez. Although Ibanez began manufacturing electric guitars in 1957, the company was relatively unknown in the West until the 1960s, when they started producing guitars based on American designs. By the late 1970s, Ibanez had stopped producing derivative instruments and had begun manufacturing the innovative original guitar and bass designs that the company is now known for. Ibanez is also famous for their effect pedals, most notably the Tube Screamer. 

Features:

• Poplar burl/birdseye maple top, African mahogany body
• Atlas 15-piece panga panga/maple/paduak/purpleheart/walnut neck with KTS titanium rods
• Roasted birdseye maple fretboard, abalone oval inlays, luminescent side dot inlays
• Medium stainless steel frets with premium fret edge treatment
• Nordstrand Big Single neck and bridge pickups
• Ibanez Custom Electronics with 3-band EQ
• EQ bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot)
• 3-way Mid frequency switch
• Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL nut
• MR5S bridge; black hardware
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Specification
– Color : sunburst
– Custom shop : no
– Frets : fretted
– Number of strings : 5 strings
– Right-handed / left-hand : right-handed
– IBANEZ Premium SR5PBLTD DEL
– SKU SR5PBLTDDEL
– 5-string solid body electric guitar with active preamp
– Soundgear SR Premium series
– 2020
– Mahogany body
– Poplar Burl/Birdseye Maple top
– Bolt-on 15-pieces Panga-Panga/Maple/Paduak/Purpleheart/Walnut neck, Atlas profile
– Roasted Maple fingerboard, 24x medium frets
– Scale 34″ / 864 mm
– Nut width 45 mm
– Neck width last fret 68 mm
– Neck depth 1st fret 19.5 mm
– Neck depth 12th fret 21.5 mm
– Radius 305 mmR
– Ibanez Nordstrand Big Single pickups
– Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-Band EQ, EQ bypass switch
– Controls (see pictures)
– Ibanez MR5S bridge
– Ibanez diecast tuners
– Satin finish
– Ibanez gig bag included