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Ibanez MDB5 Mike D'Antonio Signature Oxblood Weathered Black Electric Bass Guitar with Soft Case

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Ibanez MDB5 Mike D'Antonio Signature Oxblood Weathered Black Electric Bass Guitar with Soft Case
Product no: 9000-0087-0044 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

For Mike D'Antonio, a song is nothing without a fat bottom-end and, to lay it down, the Killswitch Engage bassist depends on his Ibanez MDB5 Oxblood Weathered Black signature. Just like his old MDB4 bass, this upgraded model has a metal-ready Destroyer-style body, which comes coated in semi-gloss lacquer for that trusty feel. So you can take this hot-blooded workhorse to gigs and rehearsals without poking somebody's eye out, Ibanez even include a matching soft case.

The MDB5: Hate By Design

Mike D'Antonio and Ibanez have picked a mahogany body and a bolt-on 3-piece maple neck to guarantee a stable, fully fleshed-out foundation sound. Plugged in, the two passive Seymour Duncan pickups take over. The SPB-1 split-coil at the neck serves up a range of classic P-style sounds, while the SJB-2 single-coil in the bridge position harbours a tasty selection of J-style sounds, any of which are easily tweaked to taste using the fitted volume and balancer pots. Lastly, it's worth mentioning that this MDB5 model comes in a Drop C tuning as standard, so feel free to start off nailing timeless tunes like 'My Curse' and 'Holy Diver'.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	22
Number of strings	4
Active tone control	yes
Pickup configuration	SS
Pickup type	single-coil (passive), split single-coil (passive)
Neck connection	bolt on
Fretboard wood	rosewood
Includes cover	no
Includes case	yes
Sound (amplified)	modern and tight
Colour	wood/natural, black
Country of origin	Indonesia
Left-handed	no
Body material	okoumé
Model	Heavy bass guitar
Bass guitar scale length	long scale (34 inches)
String-thru-body	no
Body type	solid

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	6,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	133,0 x 48,0 x 10,0 cm

Product specifications

Ibanez Mike D'Antonio signature electric bass guitar
- model: MDB5
- series: MDB
- colour: Oxblood Weathered Black
body
- material: okoume
- finish: semi-gloss
- shape: MDB
neck
- joint: bolt-on
- material: 3-piece maple
- finish: semi-gloss
- profile: MDB
- scale length: 34" (864mm)
- fretboard: rosewood
- fretboard radius: 12" (305mm)
- number of frets: 22
- fret type: medium
- nut width: 42mm (1.65")
- position markers: MDB special inlay
- truss rod: yes
hardware
- bridge: Accu-cast B200 bridge
- string spacing: 19mm
- hardware finish: Cosmo Black
- machine heads: sealed, self-lubricating
- strings: .055 - .120, (D'Addario EXL)
- factory tuning: CGCF
electronics
- bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan SJB-2 passive bridge pickup
- neck pickup: Seymour Duncan SPB-1 passive neck pickup
- controls: 1x volume, 1x balancer
included: soft case

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