ESP LTD AP-5 Electric Bass, 5-String

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Outfitted with a Babicz Full Contact bridge and active EMG P5 and LJ5 pickups, the LTD AP-5 bass has versatile tone and sustain for days.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Alder body Light weight with a wide tonal range
Babicz Full Contact bridge Delivers increased sustain and resonance
Ebony fretboard Dark color, tight grain; premium fretboard wood
Maple neck Bright tone, full sustain and strength

With the LTD AP-5, ESP started with a traditionally-styled body, but then took things in a new, high-performance direction that only ESP can offer. Designed to be a 5-string bass that blows away the expectations of players of any musical style, from metal to punk, reggae to funk, the AP-5 has the great playing feel and the professional components that make it a winner by any definition. It begins with a classic bolt-on design, with an alder body and smooth, thin U-shaped maple neck at 34" scale. For an excellent variety of tone, the AP-5 offers a set of active EMG P5 and LJ5 pickups, with a volume, balance, and tone control to dial in your sound quickly. It offers an ebony fingerboard with 21 extra-jumbo frets, reliable Grover tuners, and a Babicz FCH-5 bridge for terrific tone and sustain power.

- Construction: Bolt-On
- Scale: 34"
- Body: Alder
- Neck: Maple
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 400MM
- Finish: Black
- Nut Width: 45MM
- Nut Type: Molded
- Neck Contour: Thin U
- Frets/Type: 21 XJ
- Hardware Color: Black
- Strap Button: Standard
- Tuners: Grover
- Bridge: Babicz FCH-5
- Neck Pickup: EMG P5
- Bridge Pickup: EMG LJ5
- Electronics: Active
- Electronics Layout: Vol/Bal/Tone
- Case: CAPBASSFF
- Case Included: No
Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
Candy Apple Red Satin
Shipping Weight: 12 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 51 x 18 x 4 in
Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): LAP5CARS

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-423-8388

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (2 ratings)
Submitted July 6, 2021 by WILL SMITH in Greenville, OH

"Amazing bass"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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This bass is worth every penny it looks great and plays even better I couldn’t have asked for a more well rounded bass it can give you the warm round sound for any funk or jazz you wanna play and that translates amazing for when you want to get into metal genres at almost $900 I wouldn’t recommend someone unsure of if they are going to be playing bass or not picking it up but if your already experienced and just looking for another tool to help create your sound this bass is just that it’s helped me find my sound out of all my basses this and my epi vintage pro are my 2 favorite and I’m leaning more to this baby it just has an amazing feel and you feel like you flow down the neck I hope this helps anyone sitting on fence about if they want one or not (the answer should be yes)

Musical Background:

Been plying on and off the last 10 years use playing to help relax

Musical Style:

Funk, Jazz, Metal (from classic to thrash to speed to nu), Grunge
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