BTB25th5

BTB25th5 Silver Blizzard Matte (more images)

The BTB25th5 is a five string BTB series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2024. It is made in Indonesia as part of the Standard line and was released as a limited model to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the BTB series.

The BTB25th5 features neck through body construction with okume wings attached to a maple and walnut neck with graphite reinforcement rods with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with acrylic block position markers. The body has a double cutaway design with very distinctive, narrow, curving horns. Components include a pair of Nordstrand Big Single passive pickups channeled through a Vari-mid III 3-band EQ preamp with EQ bypass switch, individually mounted Mono-rail Vs bridges with adjustable 19mm string spacing, a locking Neutrik stereo output jack, a plastic nut, and Ibanez die-cast tuning machines.

The BTB25th6 is a six string version.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for BTB25th5

Model name: BTB25th5

Year(s) offered: 2024

Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / USA

Made in: Indonesia

Price: MSRP: US$1,515.54 (2024)^[1] • SMAP: US$1,099.99 (2024)^[1]

Finish(es): Silver Blizzard Matte (SLM)

Body

Body type:
Solid body

Body material:
Okume wing

Neck joint:
Neck-thru

Bridge:
Mono-rail Vs (19mm string spacing)

Knob style:
Knurled metal dome

Hardware color:
Black

Neck

Neck type:
BTB5

Neck material:
5-piece maple/ walnut w/ Graphite reinforcement rods

Scale length:
889mm / 35"

Fingerboard material:
Rosewood

Fingerboard inlays:
Acrylic blocks

Frets:
24 (+ zero fret) / medium stainless steel

Nut:
plastic (47mm)

Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast

Electronics/ Strings

Pickup configuration:
SS

Bridge pickup:
Nordstrand Big Single bridge passive

Neck pickup:
Nordstrand Big Single neck passive

Electronics:
Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/ adjustable mid freq. crossover

Controls:
Master volume / pickup balancer / 3-band EQ (bass/mid/treble) / 3-way mid-frequency toggle

Battery:
9V

Output jack:
¼" Neutrik stereo locking jack (side mounted)

String gauge (factory):
.045/.065/.80/.100/.130 (D'Addario NYXL45130SL)

Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E,5B (E Standard)

About this table

Images[]

Ibanez BTB25th5-SLM ( Rear: Neck through body construction on okume wings attached to a 5-piece maple/ walnut BTB5 neck with graphite reinforcement rods and die-cast machine heads )

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