SR5005E

For other models with similar names, see SR5005 (disambiguation).

SR5005E Oil (more images)

The SR5005E is a five string Soundgear series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2009. It was made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the upscale Prestige line.

The SR5005E features a swoopy, double-cutaway Soundgear body with a wenge top and back on a mahogany body bolted to a wenge and bubinga SR5 neck with a 24-fret wenge fingerboard with mother of pearl and abalone oval position markers. Components include individually mounted Mono-rail IV bridges with 16.5mm string spacing, a Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut, and Gotoh tuning machines. Electronics consist of a pair of custom Bartolini passive soapbar humbucking pickups feeding an Ibanez Power Curve III preamp with a three-band EQ allowing ±12dB adjustment of bass, mid or treble, along with a "Mid Q" control to adjust the position of the mid-frequency crossovers, powered by a 9 volt battery and feeding a ¼" stereo output. The volume and balance controls employ beehive-style knobs with rubber grip, the truss rod cover has an embossed gold "Prestige" logo and a hard shell case is included.

For 2010 it got the new Atlas-5 HP neck with KTS titanium reinforcing rods. The knobs were changed in mid-2013.

The SR5000E and SR5006E are four string and six string versions, respectively. The SR4005E is a similar model with a solid mahogany body. The SR4505E is a related model with a light ash body and a maple and bubinga neck with a maple fretboard.

The SR5005E was discontinued after 2014 and replaced by the similar SR5005.

Specifications

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Specifications for SR5005E

Model name: SR5005E Year(s) offered: 2009–2014 Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan / USA Made in: Japan Price: MSRP: US$2,666.65 (2009–2010) / US$2,933.32 (2011) / US$3,066.65 (2012–2013)    /    ¥280,000 (2010 / US$2,933.32 (2012–2013) / ¥290,000 (2014)          • SMAP: US$1,999.99 (2009) / US$2,299.99 (2013)    /    €1,729.00 (2010 - Italy) / €1,969.00 (2011 - France) Finish(es): Oil (OL)
Body Body type: Solid body Body material: Mahogany w/ wenge top & back Neck joint: AANJ Bridge: Mono-rail IV fixed (16.5mm string spacing) Knob style: 2009–2013: Beehive-style rubber tek grip (volume & balancer) & B15 plastic (EQ) 2013–2014: B20 plastic (volume & balancer) & B15 plastic (EQ) Hardware color: Gold	Neck Neck type: 2009: SR5 Prestige 2010–2014: Atlas-5 HP Neck material: 2009: 5-piece wenge/ bubinga 2010–2014: 5-piece wenge/ bubinga w/ KTS titanium reinforcement 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 (45mm) Machine heads: Gotoh GB707	Electronics/ Strings Bridge pickup: Bartolini Custom 5 neck soapbar (H) passive Neck pickup: Bartolini Custom 5 bridge soapbar (H) passive Electronics: Ibanez Power Curve III 3-band Controls: Master volume / balancer / 3-band EQ (treble / mid / bass) / "Mid Q" control / EQ bypass toggle Battery: 9V Output jack: ¼" stereo barrel (angled face mount) String gauge (factory): .045/.065/.085/.105/.130 Elixir Factory tuning: 1G,2D,3A,4E,5B (E Standard)

About this table

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Additional details

Wenge and mahogany sandwich body construction

Wenge and bubinga five-piece neck and All-access joint

Mono-rail IV bridges

Headstock

Controls layout

Controls layout diagram

Frequency response (expanded)

Frequency response (simplified)

Sources

• 2009 Europe catalog (pp. 54–55)
• SR5005E product page, Ibanez USA, archived March 2009
• 2010 Prestige brochure (pp. 18–19)
• SR5005E product page, Ibanez Europe, archived July 2010
• SR5005E product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2011
• SR5005E product page, Ibanez USA, archived April 2012
• SR5005E product page, Ibanez USA, archived February 2013
• 2014 USA catalog (p. 55)