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ESP E-II GB-5 Electric Bass Black Stealth Black Pickguard
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Contemporary vibe with high-performance electronics.
If you’re into high-performance bass styles, but still want an instrument with a cool contemporary vibe, the new GB Series basses are what you need. Available in the 4-string GB-4 and the 5-string GB-5, the E-II GB Series offer all the tones for all the music you ever want to play.
Outfitted with a set of Seymour Duncan SSB passive pickups and Seymour Duncan’s STC-3M3 3-Band EQ, you get a world of sonic control, along with the ability to adjust volume (with push-pull control for the “Slap Switch”), balance, and a separate tone control for midrange, along with a bass/treble stack control.
High-end component include a Schaller straplock, Gotoh tuners, a Hipshot A style bridge, and a bone nut. Includes ESP hardshell form-fitting case
Features
- Contemporary style ash body
- Bolt-on maple on maple neck with extra-jumbo frets
- Dual Seymour Duncan SSB pickups with 3-band EQ and 'Slap Switch'
- Hipshot A style bridge and Gotoh open-gear tuners
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E-II GB-5 Electric Bass Specifications:
Neck- Shape: Thin U
- Wood: Maple
- Neck joint: Bolt-on
- Scale length: 34 in.
- Truss rod: Standard
- Finish: Satin
- Active or passive pickups: Passive
- Pickup configuration: SS
- Neck: SSB-5n:
- Bridge: SSB-5b
- Brand: Seymour Duncan
- Series or parallel: Parallel
- Active preamp: Yes
- Special electronics: 3-band EQ
- Material: Maple
- Radius: 12 in.
- Fret size: Extra-jumbo
- Number of frets: 21
- Inlays: Block
- Nut material: Bone
- Nut width: 1.81" (46 mm)
- Cutaway: Double cutaway
- Construction: Solidbody
- Body wood: Ash
- Body finish: Gloss
- Orientation: Right handed
- Control layout: Vol(P/P)/Bal/Mid/Bass-Treble Stack, P/P 'Slap Switch' on Vol Control
- Bridge type: Fixed
- Bridge design: Hipshot A Style
- Tuning machines: Gotoh open-gear
- Color: Chrome
- Number of strings: 5
- Pickguard: Yes
- Special features: Pickups
- Case: Hardshell case
- Country of origin: Japan
- Free Standard Ground shipping (48 contiguous states, some overweight and Used/Vintage items excluded).
- Orders placed before 5 p.m. ET usually ship the same business day.
Every guitar or bass you purchase from Musician's Friend (electric or acoustic, New or Open Box) includes two years of protection from manufacturer defects.
Our Gear Advisers are available to guide you through your entire shopping experience. Call or Chat for expert advice and to hear the latest deals.


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