Designed for serious musicians who need an affordable solution in a great-looking, high-performance bass, the F-5E is a 5-string bass that offers the great aggressive styling of the F Series in a neck-thru-body design with a mahogany body. Combined with the killer look and great feel of its extra thin U-shaped 5-piece maple/mahogany neck, and its 35” scale to allow for great string tension even at lower tunings, the F-5E is a bass to be respected for every style and genre of music. Includes black nickel hardware, and ESP Designed SB-5 pickups with an active 3-band ABQ-3 EQ.