"Designed to Inspire", all Ibanez Premium series are manufactured with select tone woods, high-profile electronics, hardware and dedicated skills of craftsmanship and care in details for your musical journey. The richness of sound, stunning appearance and unrivalled playability of the Ibanez Premium series will open the gate of your reservoir of inspiration.

Flamed Maple fretboard

The beautiful Flamed Maple fretboard imbues this model with an exotic appearance.

Nordstrand™ Big Break pickups

Nordstrand™ "Big Break" pickups cram a meaty split coil into a soapbar-style pickup, producing a full-bodied, powerful, aggressive tonal texture, while still retaining the clarity that's characteristic of single coil tone with noiseless performance.

Atlas 5pc Panga Panga/Purpleheart neck with KTS™ TITANIUM rods

The Atlas 5pc Panga Panga/Purpleheart neck provides a well-balanced note attack and tone with rich sustain.The neck is constructed with KTS™ TITANIUM reinforcement rods, increasing its stability and adding sustain.

Medium frets with Premium fret edge treatment

Medium sized frets enhances the accuracy to your notes.

The Premium Fret Edge Treatment offers a super smooth, comfortable performance.

Flamed Maple top / African Mahogany body

The Flamed Maple top offers a beautiful wood grain. The African Mahogany body delivers a rich mid-low end.

MR5S bridge

The MR5S bridge has adjustable saddles for variable string spacing by +/- 1.5mm, answering every bassist’s specific string spacing needs.

Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/EQ bypass switch & Mid frequency switch

Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ is our latest refinement on the concept of simple, straightforward, no-nonsense EQ control. The Boost and Cut for the Mid Control are each centered on slightly different frequencies, an innovation that delivers a preset range of the most favorable bass tones.

Precision tonal control, including a switch to choose passive-only operation. When the EQ bypass is activated, the treble tone control knob becomes the global tone control for the passive circuit.

Specifications:

• neck type: Atlas-4/ 5pc Panga Panga/Purpleheart neck w/KTS™ TITANIUM rods
• top/back/body: Flamed Maple top/ African Mahogany body
• fretboard: Flamed Maple fretboard/ Blue oval inlay
• fret: Medium frets/ Premium fret edge treatment
• number of frets: 24
• bridge: MR5S bridge
• string space: 19mm
• neck pickup: Nordstrand™ Big Break neck pickup Passive
• bridge pickup: Nordstrand™ Big Break bridge pickup Passive
• equalizer: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/EQ bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot), 3-way Mid frequency switch
• factory tuning: 1G,2D,3A,4E
• strings: D'Addario® EXL165
• string gauge: .045/.065/.085/.105
• nut: Graph Tech® BLACK TUSQ XL® nut
• hardware color: Black