Made in Japan in 2010 as part of the Ibanez Prestige range of SDGR basses, the SR5000E was a high end offering factory loaded with Bartolini pickups. Very good condition as pictured with light wear from general use, the neck is straight and the truss adjusts freely, weighs 4.6kg's.
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The SR5000E features a swoopy, double-cutaway Soundgear body with a wenge top and back on a mahogany body bolted to a wenge and bubinga SR4 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 19mm string spacing, a Graph Tech Black TUSQ 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.
