| Country of Manufacture | Korea |
| Introduced... | 2005 |
| Discontinued... | 2005 |
| Scale | 35 ins |
| No. of Frets | 24 |
| Body | Alder with quilted Maple top |
| Neck | Rosewood-capped Hardrock Maple |
| Headstock | Flat "3 & 2", with "VS5" on the truss-rod cover and "Burns USA" decal |
| Colours/Finish | Translucent Blue, Translucent Red, Sunburst + |
| Scratchplate | 2-piece; White Pearloid |
| Pickups | 2 x Burns soapbar pickups (passive) with two-band active EQ |
| Controls | 1 x Volume, 2 x EQ rotary pots |
| Hardware | Chrome |
| Note:
The Vista Sonic 5-String Bass has the feel of a "prototype that got away". Nevertheless, it did make it into production, albeit with a very small run of just 16 instruments. Many thanks to Jonathan Coates (former Product Manager at Burns USA) for this info |
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