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For other models with the same or similar names, see SR5000 (disambiguation).
2019 SR5000 OL 00 04
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The SR5000 is a Soundgear series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2015. It is made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the upscale Prestige line. It replaced the similar SR5000E.

The SR5000 features a wenge top and back on a double-cutaway mahogany body bolted to a titanium reinforced wenge and bubinga Atlas neck with a 24-fret wenge fingerboard with mother of pearl and abalone oval position markers. Components include a pair of custom Bartolini passive pickups with an Ibanez custom preamp with a three-band EQ, individually mounted Mono-rail V bridges with 19mm string spacing, a teflon-impregnated Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL nut and Gotoh tuning machines.

For 2018 the body species was clarified as African mahogany. For 2019 the wenge and bubinga neck was replaced with wenge and walnut and the bridges were replaced with the new Mono-rail 5S which offers side-to-side adjustment of the saddle.

The SR5005 and SR5006 are similar five and six string models. The SR30HM4 is a similar model with a figured heartwood maple top and back.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for SR5000
Model name: SR5000
Year(s) offered: 2015–2024
Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan / USA
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: US$2,933.32 (2015)[1] / JP¥ 300,000 (2018)[2] / US$3,066.65 (2021)[3] / US$3,199.99 (2022)[4] / JP¥ 360,000 (2022[5]–2023[6]) / JP¥ 400,000 (2024)[7] • SMAP: US$2,199.99 (2015[1]–2018[8]) / US$2,299.99 (2021)[3] / US$2,399.99 (2022[4]–2024[9])
Finish(es): Oil (OL)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
2015–2017: Mahogany w/ wenge top & back
2018–2024: African mahogany w/ wenge top & back
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
2015–2018: Mono-rail V
2019–2024: Mono-rail Vs (19mm string spacing)
Knob style:
B20 (volume & balancer) & B15 (3-way EQ) plastic knobs
Hardware color:
Gold
Neck
Neck type:
Atlas-4 HP
Neck material:
2015–2018: 5-piece wenge/ bubinga w/ KTS titanium rods
2019–2024: 5-piece wenge/ walnut w/ KTS titanium rods
Scale length:
864mm / 34"
Fingerboard material:
Wenge
Fingerboard inlays:
Mother of pearl and abalone ovals
Frets:
24 / medium nickel silver (Prestige edge treatment)
Nut:
Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL (38mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh GB707
Electronics/ Strings
Bridge pickup:
Bartolini Custom neck passive
Neck pickup:
Bartolini Custom bridge passive
Electronics:
Ibanez Custom Electronics BEQ3 w/ 3-band EQ
Controls:
Master volume / pickup balancer / 3-band EQ (bass/mid/treble) / 3-way mid-frequency toggle / EQ bypass toggle
Battery:
9V
Output jack:
¼" stereo barrel (angled face mount)
String gauge (factory):
.045/.065/.085/.105 (Elixir Nanoweb)
Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E (E standard)

Images[]

Additional details
2021 SR5000 OL 00 04 front
Front of body
2021 SR5000 OL 00 04 back
Rear of body
Mono-rail-V gold SR5000
Mono-rail V bridges 2015–2018
2021 MR5S
Mono-rail Vs bridges from 2019
Controls SR-Prestige
Controls layout
SR-Prestige frequency response charts
EQ frequency response

Video[]

2018 Ibanez SR5000 ( Up Close Video Review by "Essex Recording Studios" )


Sources[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 SR5000 product listing, Guitar Center (US retailer), archived August 2015
  2. 2018 Japan catalog (p. 42)
  3. 3.0 3.1 SR5000 product listing, Guitar Center (US retailer), archived April 2021
  4. 4.0 4.1 SR5000 product listing, Sweetwater (US retailer), archived March 2022
  5. SR5000 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2023
  6. SR5000 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2023
  7. SR5000 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived March 2024
  8. SR5000 product listing, Guitar Center (US retailer), archived April 2018
  9. SR5000 product listing, Sweetwater (US retailer), archived March 2024
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