Ibanez SR655E 5-String Bass, Antique Brown Stained

Full Description

Bright Ash Body

The wonderfully crafted Ash body is the centerpiece to this incredible instrument. Ash is known for a crisp, bright sound. Perfect for Rock riffs and Jazz basslines alike. The ash wood body is great for sustaining your notes too and the smooth finish ensures that the grain is tough and ready for anything.

High End Electronics

The electronics feature a set of Nordstand CND Pickups. The Nordstrand CND P neck pickup provides a firmer low end to the play giving you a mellow warm sound and the Nordstrand CND J pickup gives your tone a little more grit which sounds great when playing Rock bass riffs and jazz runs. The pickups can be selected and precisely controlled using the interface on the front of the bass guitar, giving you a quick way to edit tone settings. Nordstand CND pickups have been used because they offer a perfect blend of strong dynamics and rich complex overtones, giving you a wide variety of tone options for your bass.

The Ibanez Custom Electronic Custom 3 Band EQ give you yet more control over your sound. Use the front plate knobs to attenuate low, mid and high frequencies to get the exact tone you want. You can get any standard bass tone you want with the Ibanez Premium, it makes sound craft as easy as possible.

Accurate Bridge Setup

The SR655E-ABS boasts an optimized bridge set up. The Accu-cast B505 provides your Ibanez bass with separately adjustable saddles for making adjustments to the space between the strings. Using independent locking, each part of the bridge is secured separately to the body. You can adjust the strings on the neck end to give you quick access to tweaking the string action and tightness to suit your playing needs.

Ibanez Bass Pedigree

The Ibanez story is an intriguing one. The first historical mentions of Ibanez guitars come from the 1930s, when the instrument sales division of a Japanese bookstore chain began manufacturing Spanish acoustic guitars. Their strange start to life was a sign of things to come: Ibanez regularly got into legal trouble in the mid-20th century for copying the designs of Western guitar manufacturers.

After a particularly costly lawsuit in the 1970s, Ibanez abandoned their strategy of using other established models as the basis for their own instruments. Instead, they began crafting their own, unique guitars in the hope of establishing themselves in the guitar-making world. This was a move that paid off massively - the individual style and sound of Ibanez's instruments set them apart from everything else available on the market, and the company quickly became a gigantic success story.

In the intervening years, a wide selection of some of the music industry's biggest and best artists have used Ibanez instruments in their music. Their bass guitars have gained particularly legendary status for their unique, wide-reaching sound. They've been used in the music of many well-known artists from a plethora of genres, ranging from U2 to Slipknot, Earth, Wind, & Fire to Carrie Underwood, and Al Green to Snoop Dogg. That's why you can be certain that the Ibanez are good enough for the very best.

Specifications

• Series: SR
• Model: SR655E-ABS

Body & Bridge

• Body: Ash body
• Bridge: Accu-cast B505 bridge (16.5mm string spacing)
• Construction: Bolt On
• Colour: Antique Brown Stained Semi Gloss

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: SR5 5pc Jatoba/Walnut neck
• Fingerboard:Jatoba fretboard
• Radius: 12”
• Frets: 24
• Inlays: Abalone Oval Inlay
• Nut Width: 45mm

Electronics & Hardware

• Pickup: Nordstrand CND pickups
• Controls:
  • Balancer
  • Volume
  • Bass Boost/Cut
  • Treble Boost/Cut
  • Mid Boost/Cut
  • 3-way mid freq. Selector
• Hardware: Black Matte