Ibanez SR1705B Premium 5-String Bass, Natural

Full Description

An Eye-Catching Design

The SR1705B features a poplar burl/walnut top with a mahogany body to give it its unique look. This stunning poplar burl/walnut top provides a clear attack as well as stunning looks, while the mahogany body delivers a warm, fat low-end. As well as visual aesthetics, the SR1705B offers comfortable contours and a cutaway design, allowing full access to the whole fingerboard.

Atlas 5-Piece Panga Panga/Purpleheart Neck

As well as a comfortable body shape, the SR1705B Premium Bass Guitar features an atlas 5-piece panga panga and purpleheart neck, offering superb tonal clarity and superior note attack. This stunning model features a panga panga fingerboard that provides a great tone and smooth feel. This fingerboard is also decorated with abalone oval inlays for added elegance. Each fret also features premium fret edge treatment for a smooth and comfortable play.

Nordstrand Big Single Pickups

A set of single-coil Big Single pickups deliver a full-bodied, powerfully aggressive tone, whilst retaining clarity for the ultimate single-coil tone. In order to produce incredibly huge, loud sounds, the Big Single pickups are designed with the biggest coils they could fit within the soapbar cover, resulting in the perfect jazz bass-on-steroids tone.

3-Band EQ With EQ Bypass Switch

One of the most unique features of this 5-string bass guitar is the 3-band EQ, featuring an EQ bypass switch to shape and craft the tone of your guitar with maximum control. With controls over treble, mid, and bass, the 3-band EQ lets you to mould every nuance of your sound to find the perfect tone for your playing. The bypass switch flicks between the original and affected tone, letting you experiment and create a range of tonal possibilities.

Mid-Frequency Select Switch

In addition to 3-band EQ, the SR also features a mid-frequency select switch, letting you instantly switch between 250Hz, 450Hz, and 700Hz, the heart of the mid zone, to create a more dynamic and ideal tone when needed.

Mono-Rail V Bridge

The Premium Bass features a stylish mono-rail V bridge, adding to the beautiful aesthetic of the bass while improving string stability and sustain. This innovative design offers a wide intonation adjustment range, and each independent saddle provides a maximum string vibration transfer without any interference.

Graph Tech Black Tusq Nut

Unlike other basses from Ibanez, the SR1400 Bass features a black Tusq nut from Graph Tech. Tusq is impregnated with PTFE, a slippery substance that reduces the binding grip the nut has on the strings, transferring the strings vibrations efficiently to the guitar. Players can achieve a balanced tone with increased harmonics, along with clear highs and open lows.

About Ibanez Basses

Over the past 30 years, Ibanez have always been at the forefront of developing the right tools for players pushing the boundaries of music. For decades, Ibanez designers and luthiers have been the embodiment of this ideology, pushing their skills to the edge of imagination, consistently creating some of the most versatile and unique instruments ever. Ibanez basses have been used on some of modern rock's most poignant albums of recent years. The preferred instruments of many awe inspiring bass players, amongst them Fieldy from Korn, Paul Gray from Slipknot and Peter Iwers of In Flames, Ibanez Basses continue to be the first stop for learners and professionals alike, no matter what musical genre they exist in.

Features

• Premium fret edge treatment for smooth play and comfortable grip
• Nordstrand Big Single pickups produce full-bodied, powerful, aggressive tone
• Ibanez 3-band EQ with EQ bypass switch and mid frequency switch
• Mono-rail V bridge offers incredible bass string isolation
• Graph Tech BLACK TUSQ XL nut gives clearer sound and sustain
• Gotoh machine heads offer superior tuning stability

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Series: SR Premium
• Model Number: SR1705B
• Body Top: Poplar burl/walnut
• Body Back: Mahogany
• Bridge: MR5 (16.5mm string spacing)
• Construction: Bolt-on
• Finish: Natural

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: Atlas-5 5pc panga panga/purpleheart neck with KTS TITANIUM rods
• Scale Length: 34''
• Fingerboard: Panga panga
• Frets: 24 medium with premium fret edge treatment
• Radius: 305mmR
• Inlays: Abalone oval inlay
• Nut: Graph Tech BLACK TUSQ XL
• Nut Width: 45mm

Electronics & Hardware

• Bridge Pickup: Nordstrand Big Single bridge pickup (Passive)
• Neck Pickup: Nordstrand Big Single neck pickup (Passive)
• Controls: Balancer, volume, 3-band EQ, EQ bypass switch, 3-way mid frequency switch
• Hardware Colour: Black matte
• Case Included: No