Ibanez SR605E SR Standard Bass Guitar, 5-String, Black Stained Burst

Ibanez builds guitars for players of all levels—from beginners to the most demanding masters of the instrument. Regardless of price, Ibanez always strives to offer the absolute best sound, style, and playability in its class. The Standard series incorporates all the staples the Ibanez brand is famous for, such as fast necks, floating terms, and high-octane distortion in a package that is available and accessible to most players.

Features

5pc Jatoba/Walnut neck
The 5pc Jatoba/Walnut neck provides tonal clarity and superior attack.

Rosewood fretboard
Rosewood provides a well-balanced solid tone with a focused mid range.

Nordstrand™ Big Break pickups
Nordstrand™ "Big Break" pickups cram a meaty split 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 tone with noiseless performance.

Accu-cast B500 bridge
The Accu-cast B500 bridge has adjustable saddles for variable string spacing by +/- 1.5mm, answering every bassist’s specific string spacing needs.

Medium frets
Medium sized frets enhance the accuracy of your notes.

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 bypass is activated, the treble tone control knob becomes the global tone control for the passive circuit.

Technical Specifications

• Neck Type: SR5
• Neck Material: 5pc Jatoba/Walnut neck
• Body Material: Ash body
• Fretboard: Rosewood fretboard
• Inlays: Abalone oval inlay
• Frets: Medium frets
• Fret Count: 24
• Bridge: Accu-cast B505 bridge
• Strings: D'Addario® EXL165 + .130
• String Spacing: 16.5mm
• Neck Pickup: Nordstrand™ Big Break neck pickup (Passive)
• Bridge Pickup: Nordstrand™ Big Break bridge pickup (Passive)
• Equalizer: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/EQ bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot), 3-way Mid frequency switch
• Factory Tuning: 1G, 2D, 3A, 4E, 5B
• String Gauge: .045/.065/.085/.105/.130
• Hardware Colour: Black
• Scale Length: 34"
• Nut Width: 45mm
• Fret Width at 24th Fret: 68mm
• Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: 19.5mm
• Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: 21.5mm
• Radius: 305mmR

SR605E's EQ curve diagram

The bass boost/cut frequency curve has a peak at 20 Hz, the variable width becomes smaller toward the high range, and the variable width becomes zero at about 1000 Hz. The variable range of the peak frequency is approximately ±15 dB. The treble boost/cut frequency curve draws a mountain-shaped curve with a peak at around 10,000 Hz and zero variable range around 100 Hz. The variable range of the peak frequency is approximately ±15 dB. The mid-boost/cut frequency curve creates a bell-shaped curve that peaks at a specific frequency, and the variable range becomes zero near 20 Hz and around 10,000 Hz. The frequency peak can be switched to 700, 450 and 250 Hz. The variable range of the peak frequency is approximately ±15 dB.

SR605E's control diagram

With the bass held in the playing position, there are three small knobs located towards the lower edge of the body. Directionally, from the lower bout towards the neck these knobs control treble boost/cut, mid boost/cut, and bass boost/cut knob. Above these are two larger knobs closer to the bridge. Of these, the knob closest to the end of the body is the pickup balance, and the knob located towards the neck is the volume knob. There are two switches on this bass. The switch closest to the lower edge of the body is a 3-way mid frequency switch. When the switch is in neck position, mid boost peak is at 250Hz. When the switch is in center position, mid boost peak is at 450Hz. When the switch is in bridge position, mid boost peak is at 700Hz. The other switch closer to the middle of the bass is the EQ bypass switch. When the switch is in neck position, the EQ is off. When the switch is in bridge position, EQ is on. When EQ is off, the treble knob works as a passive tone control knob.