BTB605MLM

BTB605MLM Pearl White Matte (more images)

The BTB605MLM is a five string BTB series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2024. It is produced in Indonesia as part of the Ibanez Bass Workshop line.

The BTB605MLM features neck through body construction with okume wings attached to a maple and walnut neck with graphite reinforcement rods and a 24-fret flamed maple fingerboard with abalone dot position markers. The body has a double cutaway design with very distinctive, narrow, curving horns. Components include a pair of T1 passive humbucking pickups channeled through an Ibanez custom preamp with a three-band EQ, stainless steel frets including a zero fret, 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 BTB705LM is a related model with a similar light multi-scale neck, but with a flamed maple top and rosewood fretboard. The BTB605MS is a related model with a panga panga fretboard, the same electronics, and a two inch difference in scale length between the treble and bass sides.

Specifications

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Specifications for BTB605MLM

Model name: BTB605MLM Year(s) offered: 2024–2025 Sold in: USA Made in: Indonesia Price: MSRP: US$1,584.43 (2024–2025) • SMAP: US$1,149.99 (2024–2025) Finish(es): Pearl White Matte (PWM)
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: Gold	Neck Neck type: BTB5 for Multi Scale Neck material: 5-piece maple/ walnut w/ graphite reinforcement rods Scale length: 889mm / 35" – 864mm / 34" Fingerboard material: Flamed maple Fingerboard inlays: Abalone dots side dots Frets: 24 (+ zero fret) / medium stainless steel Nut: plastic (47mm) Machine heads: Ibanez die-cast String gauge (factory): .045/.065/.80/.100/.130 (D'Addario NYXL45130SL) Factory tuning: 1G,2D,3A,4E,5B (E Standard)	Electronics Pickup configuration: HH Bridge pickup: Ibanez T1 bridge (H) passive Neck pickup: Ibanez T1 neck (H) passive Electronics: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/ adjustable mid freq. and bypass Controls: Master volume / pickup balancer / 3-band EQ (bass/mid/treble) / EQ bypass toggle / 3-way mid-frequency toggle Battery: 9V Output jack: ¼" Neutrik stereo locking jack (side mounted)

About this table

Images

Ibanez BTB605MLM ( Rear: Neck through body construction on okume wings attached to a 5-piece maple/ walnut BTB5 neck with graphite reinforcement rods and Gold machine heads )

Additional details

Body front

Body rear

Flamed maple fretboard

Controls layout

EQ frequency response

Sources

• BTB605MLM product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2024
• BTB605MLM product page, Ibanez USA, archived February 2025