Five-string electric bass with PowerSpan pickups and active electronics
The Ibanez SR305EB 5-String Electric Bass Guitar Weathered Black featuring a 5-piece Maple/Rosewood neck loaded with a Rosewood fretboard and flanked by 24 medium sized frets, as well as a solid mahogany body with two Powerspan Dual Coil Pickups. Manufactured from Mahogany, the body is strong and sturdy yet still offers a solid resonance that is further complimented and translated by Powerspan Dual pickups that deliver plenty of punch and bottom end when amplified.
The SR305EB comes with an Accu-Cast B120 Bridge that gives the strings a comfortable action and accurate intonation. The B120's extra-wide string slots can accommodate even the heaviest of gauges. This instrument offers an ideal middle ground between playability, tone and aesthetics, and is ideal for those looking for a quality bass without breaking the bank.
The main features of the Ibanez SR305EB 5-String Electric Bass Guitar Weathered Black include:
Neck: SR4 Maple/Rosewood
Body: Mahogany
Fretboard: Rosewood
Inlays: White Dot
Frets: 24x Medium
Bridge: Accu-Cast B120 (19mm String Spacing)
Neck Pickup: PowerSpan Dual Coil (Passive)
Bridge Pickup: PowerSpan Dual Coil (Passive)
Equaliser: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-Band EQ with 3-Way Power Tap |Switch
I had this bass, sold it but I am think of buying it again. Very well made and very good sound. Rarely goes out of tune. Nice, funky, rounded sound for wide range of genres.
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(This review is from the same product in color Weathered Black)
I've never played bass before, but I play guitar. Play a bass was my dream. And my colleagues gifted me a certificate to buy a bass guitar. After research, I chose this one. It was a great combination of price, quality, and amount of strings. It came to me in a couple of days and when I tried it I've gone to nirvana b/c of sound. I'm not a specialist but I do recommend this bass.
An amazing instrument for the money. Low weight, excellent tones, smoothest and least sticky neck I've used on any guitar/bass in this price range. Had it for about 3 weeks now, can't find a fault on it. Sure, it doesn't sound quite like a bass 10 times the price, but I would gig with this any day.
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