Key Features
- Korn signature model bass guitar for powerful metal performance
- Wide frequency response with active IBZ ADX5N pickups
- Complete tonal sculpting from active 3-band EQ
- Comfortable & resonant contoured mahogany body
Ibanez K5 Fieldy 5 String Bass, Black Flat Overview
The Ibanez K5 Fieldy 5 string bass guitar is a lightweight instrument tailor made to Reggie 'Fieldy' Arvizu's specifications for his work in the metal band Korn. This is the fourth bass guitar in his collaborative signature series of guitars and continues to fulfil his need for an instrument capable of the lowest tunings, paired with massively powerful tones for the heavier styles of music. Featuring an active EQ with sweep-able mid-range control, this bass is yields an impressively versatile tonal palette which can be sculpted easily to help you find your sound.
The active IBZ ADX5N pickups ensure a glorious amount of low-end clarity, while the mahogany body with EB-7 bridge provides an excellent resonance and sustain. Comfortably contoured, this guitar also features a low-profile neck joint to ensure easy high-fret access, while the thin neck guarantees a fast and comfortable playing feel. The K5 Fieldy is a lightweight and comfortable instrument, designed for the most powerful tones created to access that signature Korn sound. This industry standard designed and built bass guitar is highly versatile, adaptive and capable of playing all styles of metal.
Product Ref: 105190
Full Description
View Full DescriptionIbanez and Reggie "Fieldy" Arvizu of Korn
Ibanez and the metal band Korn have been in collaboration for many years and produced a wide range of signature guitars and basses. This is the fourth Fieldy signature bass guitar and features specifications designed for an effortless playing experience and clarity of tone; even when playing the lowest of low-tuned riffs and the heaviest styles of music.
Active pickups and EQ
The K5 includes Ibanez's own IBZ ADX5N active pickups to create bright, high output tones for chunky basslines. The pickups are wired to a 3-band EQ with sweep-able mid-control, giving you the ability to fully sculpt your tonal output. The active circuit ensures a bright top-end with a full bass range, designed to reproduce the powerful string resonance that Korn's music requires. The sweep-able mid control ensures that you can have total mastery over your mid-range; whether that be adding extra punch or cutting the mid frequencies to achieve the scooped metal sound that Fieldy prefers.
Resonant tonewoods and comfortable playability
The Fieldy K5 is a lightweight, comfortable, gigging machine and it will allow you to put in an energetic performance without holding you back. The body is constructed from mahogany, giving a solid and resonant core tone. The maple and walnut neck assists with brightness sustain, while the 5-piece design creates the strength required to support heavier string gauges and lower tunings with great tuning stability. The K5's asymmetric double cutaway is heavily contoured and allows easy access to the high frets. The neck features a comfortable profile and a 305mm radius to ensure easy fretwork across all 5 strings.
About Ibanez
Over the past 30 years, Ibanez has been at the forefront of developing the right tools for players who push at the boundaries of music. For decades, Ibanez designers and luthiers have been the embodiment of this ideology, pushing their skills to the edge of imagination and consistently creating some of the most versatile and unique instruments. Ibanez bass guitars feature on some of modern rock's most poignant albums of recent years. They are the preferred instruments of many awe-inspiring bass players, including Fieldy from Korn, Paul Gray from Slipknot and Peter Iwers of In Flames. Ibanez Basses continue to be the first stop for learners and professionals alike, no matter what musical genre they perform in.
Specifications
Body & Bridge
- Series: Signature
- Body: Mahogany
- Bridge: EB-7 bridge (16.5mm string spacing)
Neck & Fingerboard
- Neck Type: 5pc K5 Maple/Walnut neck
- Fingerboard: Jatoba
- Inlays: K5 Special Inlay
- Fret: 24 Medium frets
- Scale: 864mm/34"
- Width at Nut: 45mm
- Thickness: 19 .5mm at 1st fret, 21.5mm at 12th fret
- Thickness at 12th: 21.5mm
- Radius: 305mmR
Hardware & Electronics
- Neck Pickup: IBZ ADX5N neck pickup (Active)
- Bridge Pickup: IBZ ADX5N bridge pickup (Active)
- Controls: Volume, balancer, dual concentric dial for boost/cut - treble and bass, dual concentric dial for mid-range - boost/cut and frequency
- Hardware Colour: Black
- Equaliser: Vari-Mid 3-band EQ
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