Fabulously Playable 5-string Bass If you’re serious about your tone, Sweetwater Sales Engineers recommend the Ibanez Premium SR5FMDX. This 5-string solidbody bass offers impeccable playability, huge tones, and major flexibility that all bass players will appreciate. First up comes a mahogany body with an eye-grabbing flamed maple/ash top that serves up warm, rich tone with plenty of bright clarity. The body is bolted to an ultra-playable 5-piece panga panga/purpleheart neck with a flamed maple fingerboard. Next comes a pair of Nordstrand Big Single pickups with an active 3-band EQ for flexible, aggressive tone. The Premium SR5FMDX has other superb features that include Ibanez’s Premium fret edge treatment, a TUSQ nut, and a MR5S bridge. The Ibanez Premium SR5FMDX is a bass that’s ready for action onstage, in the studio, and anywhere else you want to play.Nordstrand Big Single pickups deliver the goods With a “super-packed” coil, the Big Single is