D-5

BLACK NATURAL BURST SATIN

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Basses, LTD Basses, D Series Basses, New For 2020
    D-5
    $899.00
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    LTD’s D Series basses have been long favorites of serious players who know that they don’t have to break the bank to get a high-quality neck-thru-body bass instrument. Completely updated for 2020, the new D Series basses — the 4-string D-4, 5-string D-5, and 6-string D-6 — offer a 7-piece maple/jatoba neck on a mahogany body with a sumptuous burled poplar top in Black Natural Burst Satin finish. The D Series basses come with great-sounding ESP Designed SB-4, SB-4, or SB-6 passive pickups with ABQ-3 3-band active EQ for tone sculpting. They also include Grover tuners and high-quality LTD bridges.

    Construction Neck-Thru
    Scale 34"
    Body Mahogany
    Top Burled Poplar
    Neck 7pc Maple/Jatoba
    Fingerboard Roasted Jatoba
    Fingerboard Radius 400mm
    Finish Black Natural Burst Satin
    Nut Width 45mm
    Nut Type Molded
    Neck Contour Thin U
    Frets/Type 24 XJ
    Hardware Color Black
    Strap Button Standard
    Tuners Grover
    Bridge LTD BB-605 w/ String Thru
    Neck PU ESP Designed SB-5N
    Bridge PU ESP Designed SB-5B
    Electronics Active
    Electronics Layout Volume/Balance/ABQ-3 3-Band EQ
    Strings D'Addario XL (.045/.065/.085/.105/.125)
    Case
    Case Included N
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    Kevin S.
    Kevin S. wrote

    Greetings All,

    Just an update on my LTD D5 I bought 3 years ago. Still in love with the bass!! I purchased a pre-amp from East U.K.; the Uni-Pre 5. I left the standard PUPs in. Love the new tones. I know there's a lot of talk about the bartolini setup out there to get better tone.

    The East pre-amp has all the tone correction as the bartolini set up PLUS a passive tone circuit that affect the active circuit. I am able to carve out all sorts of awesome new sound and feels from the bass. Definitely a boutique bass now for sure!!

    I know it's a country tune but check out the tone from our latest recording. The set up is GHS ground wounds, Tech21 NYC Sansamp, Pigtronix Philosopher bass compressor (1st gen); directly into the board. Dig the tone!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FisXj_GPPa4

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      Matthew W
      Matthew W wrote

      I just got mine today and I love it. The action is perfect l. I’m able to do taps, slaps, triplets and everything in between.  I play in a death core band and the punch is fantastic.  I have been playing LTD for a long time and I’m never let down with their products!!

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        Kevin Retana
        Kevin Retana wrote

        Hi!

        It says L available. I assume that's Left-handed. Since I cannot find the left handed version on this site, do I simply look at a local third party store that sells LTD's?

        Thanks!

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          Carl N.
          Carl N. wrote

          if you have any questions you may reach out to our customer service team at customerservice@espguitars.com or https://www.espguitars.com/pages/support 

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            George R.
            George R. wrote

            Just got mine today.... I can’t believe the quality for the price! I got a factory second on clearance. I can’t see why this one is a second as I see no flaws.....

            beyond happy again with ESP. I now own 4 ESP’s and plan on adding more...

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              Carl N.
              Carl N. wrote

              glad you enjoy it!

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                Kevin S.
                Kevin S. wrote

                1st bass I've bought new! Love the feel and the range of tones I can get from it. I play blues and jam band mainly. Using DR Legends on her and it's like no other... My main bass before was a '83 G&L L2000-E... get to retire her for this one. The feel, design and range of available tones of the D5 is has been a lot of fun to work with! Bright without being brassy, fat without being muddy and mixing the PUPs is woody to crunchy. Lots of controllable sustain and quick action. The burled top gets lots of comments and has an interesting effect with stage lights.

                Thank you!

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                  Carl N.
                  Carl N. wrote

                  thanks for sharing this with us!

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