Description

Sporting a sleekly contoured maple/ash/walnut body, rock-solid 5-piece panga panga/purpleheart neck, and bound panga panga fingerboard, the SR5CMLTD is a boutique-quality instrument with flawless playability. That quality is borne out of its pair of aggressive Nordstrand Big Single pickups, which deliver a massive, roaring tone infused with monumental sustain. The 5-piece neck is titanium-reinforced, with premium tuners on one end and a Mono-rail bridge at the other. Round it out with custom Ibanez electronics and 3-band EQ, and you get a full-force 5-string bass that’s perfect for every playing situation imaginable.

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 SR5CMLTD. 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. Fingers, thumb, or pick — no matter what tonal texture your music calls for — the SR5CMLTD’s superb electronics have you covered.

Mono-rail bridge enhances definition and sustain

Ibanez specified their excellent Mono-rail V bridge for the Premium SR5CMLTD. 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. As a result, bassists are raving about the SR5CMLTD’s astonishing clarity and sustain.

Features:

• Stunning maple/ash/walnut body
• Atlas 5-piece panga panga/purpleheart neck with KTS titanium rods
• Bound panga panga fretboard, abalone oval inlays
• Medium frets with premium fret edge treatment
• Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL nut
• 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
• MR5S bridge (16.5mm string spacing)