Ibanez SR505EL Soundgear Brown Mahogany

General

Comfortable left-handed 5-string electric basses are hard to come by. Luckily, Ibanez offer an excellent option at an excellent price in the form of the Soundgear Series SR505EL. This manageable bass has a thinner body and a slim neck and, to fully accommodate your left hand, the 16.5mm string spacing can be shifted up to 1.5mm in either direction. Also, don't let its humble dimensions fool you, the SR505EL definitely keeps up with larger basses in terms of sound.

The SR505EL: Low, Full & Tight Tone Backed Up By Powerful EQ

The warm foundation sound of this Soundgear solid-body bass is first of all amplified via two BH2 Soapbar pickups made by renowned maker, Bartolini. These pickups retain maximum low-end, pack forceful mids and shape tight trebles, while the fitted EQ bypass switch lets you drop this lefty ST505E into either passive or active mode. Powered up, the sound can be bent to your will via the powerful 3-band EQ, or changed up completely via the 3-way pickup switch with mid-range frequency selector pot.