DISC Ibanez BTB1905 Premium 5 String Bass, Brown Topaz Burst

Full Description

New Model for 2018

Unlike other BTB models, this 2018 addition Ibanez BTB1825 Premium 5 String Bass features a sleek body shape with smooth contours and a curved bevel, creating an elegant feel and a unique appearance. This visually stunning Premium 5 String Bass is constructed from mahogany, delivering a rich, warm, resonant tone that is fat, full, and accommodates numerous playing styles and genres with ease. For added comfort, the BTB1905 Premium Bass features a double cutaway, promoting the access to upper fingerboard shredding whilst offering flexibility across the whole fingerboard.

Aguilar DCB Pickups

The BTB1905 Premium comes equipped with a pair of Aguilar DCB pickups, located in the neck and bridge position. Aguilar DCB pickups are manufactured with dual ceramic bar magnets that deliver a dynamic and responsive attack, perfectly-suited to most playing styles. These high-quality pickups ensure no sonic-characteristics are lost as each string vibrates, producing an accurate sound whilst capturing every nuance of a player's individual style with exceptional detail. Furthermore, achieving the perfect tone is easy with the BTB1905's 3-band EQ, 3-way frequency switch and bypass switch.

9-Piece Neck with Neck-Through Construction

The Ibanez BTB1905 Premium features a 9-piece panga panga, purpleheart, and maple neck-through design, delivering enhanced sustain and stability. With a mixture of panga panga, purpleheart and maple, the neck adds a bright attack with a subtle mellow warmth and resonance to the mahogany body's fat warmth. In addition, the neck is also constructed and equipped with graphite reinforcement rods which adds a more defined tonality to the guitar's overall sound. Furthermore, with graphite reinforcement rods, the player is certain to benefit from the durability and stability on offer. A neck reinforced with graphite rods is less likely to twist and warp as the bass ages, providing an instrument with a long life-span as well as no movement within the neck overtime. The BTB1905 also features a 35-inch scale neck for more expressive styles of play. Its extra-long neck provides a tight yet even string tension for a strong low-end and added singing-sustain to the higher strings, as well as providing superior articulation.

Bound Panga Panga Fingerboard & Zero Fret

The Ibanez BTB1905 Premium features a bound panga panga fingerboard that has medium stainless steel frets with premium fret edge treatment as well as a zero fret construction. Panga panga is a more sustainable tonewood than rosewood, and is similar in tone and looks to that of rosewood. This sonically pleasing substitute tonewood adds warmth and resonance to the overall tone whilst providing a smooth platform for the left hand. Additionally, its bound fingerboard and premium fret edge treatment allows the player to perform liquid smooth runs, perfect for fast playing styles, providing enhanced and easier playability. Furthermore, this premium Ibanez bass guitar also has stainless steel frets, renowned for their superbly bright tone and long durability, as well as offering a smooth platform for performing string bends. A zero fret is also included and provides accurate intonation. For added aesthetic appeal, the fingerboard is decorated with off-set abalone dot inlays that complement the guitar's overall style and design beautifully.

About Ibanez

Over the past 30 years, Ibanez have always been at the forefront of developing the right tools for Electric Guitar and Bass 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. Although Ibanez guitars and basses have been made since 1908, it wasn't until the late 1980’s that they began to form an identity for themselves when artists such as Steve Vai and Frank Zappa began using their instruments. Now with a huge artist clientele across the globe Ibanez are a leading manufacturer of electric guitars and basses and a first choice for many dedicated musicians.

Features

• New model for 2018
• Equipped with two Aguilar DCB pickups that produce well-developed overtones and long-lasting sustain
• Ibanez custom electronics 3-band EQ and 3-way mid frequency switch offer precise tone control
• Mahogany wing body delivers fat warmth and rich resonance
• Neck-through construction enhances sustain and stability
• 24 stainless steel frets deliver bright tone and high durability
• Zero fret provides accurate intonation and minimal string height
• Elegant contours and double cutaway body offer comfort and flexibility
• 5th string offers more tonal variety and flexibility
• Secure high-tech Neutrik locking output jack provides stable and secure connection, preventing accidental disconnection or vibration
• MR5 bridge offers excellent vibration transfer
• Gotoh machineheads provide superior tuning stability
• Visually striking brown topaz burst finish, gold hardware and abalone inlays for premium appearance
• Mixture of panga panga, purpleheart and maple also offers eye-catching look to the neck for added aesthetic appeal

Specifications

Body

• Series: BTB Premium
• Model: BTB1905-BTL-2018
• Body Material: Mahogany
• Body Type: Wing
• Cutaway: Deep Double Cutaway
• Finish: Brown Topaz Burst

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck Material: 9-Piece Panga Panga/Purpleheart/Maple
• Construction: Neck-Through
• Reinforcement: Graphite Reinforcement Rods
• Fingerboard Material: Bound Panga Panga
• Fingerboard Inlay: Abalone Side Dot
• Number of Frets: 24 Medium Stainless Steel w/ Premium Fret Edge Treatment
• Fret: Zero Fret

Hardware & Electronics

• Hardware Colour: Gold
• Tuning Machines: Gotoh
• Bridge: MR5 w/ 19 mm String Spacing
• Bridge Pickup: Aguilar DCB (Passive)
• Neck Pickup: Aguilar DCB (Passive)
• Controls: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-Band EQ
• Pickup Switching: 3-Way Mid Frequency Switch