Ibanez Wiki
Ibanez Wiki
Advertisement
2014 SR1805 NTF 1P 01
SR1805 Natural Flat Red copyright sprite

The SR1805 is a five string Soundgear series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2014. It was made in Indonesia as part of the mid-tier Premium line. In the US market it was referred to as the SR1805E.

The SR1805 features a rosewood and flamed maple top and mahogany back on a double-cutaway walnut body bolted to a titanium reinforced wenge and bubinga Atlas neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with binding and abalone oval position markers. Components include a pair of Nordstrand Big Single passive pickups with an Ibanez custom preamp with a three-band EQ, individual Mono-rail IV bridges with 16.5mm string spacing, a GraphTech Black TUSQ nut and Gotoh tuning machines.

For 2016 the Mono-rail IV bridges were replaced with the Mono-rail V.

The SR1800 and SR1806E are similar four and six string models. The SR1905E is a similar model with rosewood top & back on an ash body.

The SR1805 was discontinued after 2017.

Specifications[]

Related content: Premium series | Soundgear series | Models-icon
Specifications for SR1805/ SR1805E
Model name: SR1805/ SR1805E
Year(s) offered: 2014–2017
Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan / USA
Made in: Indonesia
Price: SMAP: €1,399 (2017)
Finish(es): Natural Flat (NTF)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Walnut center w/ rosewood and flamed maple top & mahogany back
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
2014–2015: Mono-rail IV
2016–2017: Mono-rail V (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 wenge/ bubinga w/ KTS titanium rods
Scale length:
864mm / 34"
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood w/ binding
Fingerboard inlays:
Abalone ovals
Frets:
24 / medium (Premium edge treatment)
Nut:
GraphTech Black TUSQ XL (45mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh GB707
Electronics/ Strings
Bridge pickup:
Nordstrand Big Single 5 passive
Neck pickup:
Nordstrand Big Single 5 passive
Electronics:
EQB-IIISC 3-band EQ, with mid frequency switch and eq bypass switch
Controls:
Master volume / balancer / 3-way EQ on-bypass-off toggle / 3-way mid-frequency toggle / treble / mid / bass
Battery:
9V
Output jack:
¼" stereo barrel (angled face mount)
String gauge (factory):
.045/.065/.085/.105/.130
Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E,5B (E Standard)

Images[]

Additional finishes/ details
Controls-layout EQBIIISC
Controls layout
Controls SR-Prestige
Controls layout
Freq-response EQBIIISC
EQ frequency chart

Sources[]

Advertisement