The SR5005MPW is a limited edition five string Soundgear series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 1997. It was produced in Japan by FujiGen as part of the upscale Prestige line. It was also referred to as simply the SR5005 or as the SR5005-MPW.
The SR5000MPW has a special arched, double-cutaway seven-piece body constructed of two outer maple pieces separated from a walnut center block by thin walnut and basswood strips which is bolted to a bubinga and wenge SR5 neck with a 24-fret wenge fingerboard with abalone oval position markers and a "Custom Made" inlay at the 24th fret. The headstock features a striped ebony veneer and a valoot. Components include individually mounted Mono-rail fixed bridges, a pair of Ibanez ADX5 Active Dynamix active soapbar humbucking pickups channeled through a Vari-Mid preamp with a 3-band EQ and sweepable mid-frequency crossover control, a graphite nut, pearl gold hardware, and deluxe Gotoh tuning machines.
The SR5000MPW is a four string version. The SR5005MW is a similar model with a mahogany in place of maple in the body construction. The SR5000MM is a similar model with a nine-piece mahogany, walnut and basswood body construction. The SR5000SM is a similar model with a nine-piece saman, walnut and basswood body construction.
