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SR5CMDX BIL (2022)
SR5CMDX Black Ice Low Gloss (more images) Red copyright sprite

The SR5CMDX is a five-string Soundgear series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2022. It is made in Indonesia as part of the mid-tier Premium line.

The SR5CMDX features a curly maple, purpleheart and walnut top and back on a double-cutaway ash body bolted to a titanium reinforced panga panga and purpleheart Atlas neck with a 24-fret panga panga fingerboard with abalone oval position markers. Components include a pair of Nordstrand Big Single passive pickups with an Ibanez custom preamp with a three-band EQ, individually mounted Mono-rail VS bridges with adjustable 19mm string spacing, a GraphTech Black TUSQ nut, and Gotoh tuning machines.

The SR5FMDX is a related model with a flamed maple and bubinga top and back.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for SR5CMDX
Model name: SR5CMDX
Year(s) offered: 2022–2024
Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2022 / Asia & Africa 2022 / Europe 2022 / Japan / USA 2022
Made in: Indonesia
Price: MSRP: JP¥ 240,000 (2022[1]–2024[2])
Finish(es): Black Ice Low Gloss (BIL)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Ash body w/ curly maple, purpleheart and walnut top & back
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
MR-5S fixed (16.5mm string spacing)
Knob style:
B20 (volume & balancer) & B15 (3-way EQ) plastic knobs
Hardware color:
Gold
Neck
Neck type:
Atlas-5
Neck material:
5-piece panga panga/ purpleheart w/ KTS titanium rods
Scale length:
864mm / 34"
Fingerboard material:
Panga panga w/ binding
Fingerboard inlays:
Abalone ovals
Frets:
24 / medium nickel silver (Premium edge treatment)
Nut:
GraphTech Black TUSQ XL (38mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh
Electronics/ Strings
Bridge pickup:
Nordstrand Big Single bridge "wood covered" (S) passive
Neck pickup:
Nordstrand Big Single neck "wood covered" (S) passive
Electronics:
Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/EQ bypass switch
Controls:
Master volume / pickup balancer / 3-band EQ (bass/mid/treble) / 3-way mid-frequency toggle / 2-way EQ toggle
Battery:
9V
Output jack:
¼" stereo barrel (angled face mount)
String gauge (factory):
.045/.065/.085/.105/.130 (D'Addario EXL165 + .130)
Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E,5B (E Standard)

Images[]

SR5CMDX BIL rear
2022 Ibanez SR5CMDX ( Rear: Ash body bolted to a 5-piece panga panga/ purpleheart Atlas-5 neck and Gotoh machine heads ) Red copyright sprite
Additional details
Controls SR-Prestige
Controls layout
SR-Prestige frequency response charts
EQ frequency response

Sources[]

  1. SR5CMDX product page, Ibanez Japan, archived June 2022
  2. SR5CMDX product page, Ibanez Japan, archived March 2024
  • SR5CMDX product page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived June 2022
  • SR5CMDX product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2023
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