Kev

Unfortunately I don't really have anything worth sharing no! In hindsight I regret not doing a before and after comparison as it really is night and day. Not to say that the original electronics were that bad and I'm sure some do like them as its a popular bass, its just coming from Dingwall I found it very woolly with little top end without cranking the preamp. To give an example, I ran the treble pretty much maxed out all the time and cut bass a little to get the bite I wanted, and passive mode was borderline unusable for me; I now run the Bart preamp flat for a great modern bass sound and use the passive mode frequently with my function band. I've used this to play anything from original progressive metal to Motown and its flexible enough to cope without whatever I throw at it

Up for sale I have a special bass, an Ibanez SRMS805 multiscale 5 string bass. This one has the Twilight finish with some lovely grain poplar burl. I bought this new last year and stripped out its Ibanez preamp and its seriously average chinese licensed Bartolini BH2 pickups out and installed US Classic Bass Soapbars and a 3 band Bartolini HR-5.2AP/918 preamp. Configuration has changed from stock to make this the ultimate tone machine and works as follows:- Volume - Push Pull Active/Passive Blend Treble Mids - Push Pull Frequency Selector Bass Toggle Switch 1 - Series/Coil Tap/Parallel Bridge Pickup Toggle Switch 2 - Series/Coil Tap/Parallel Neck Pickup If you've played a stock SRMS805 before, this one will play the same but tonally it really is an entirely different animal. Its fantastic and the array of different tones you can get from all the different coil arrangements is wonderful. Reason for sale? I'm just more comfortable on 4 strings, and I will be replacing this with a BEAD tuned 4. Few pictures (apologies for artyness, just ripped from Instagram feed) :- Bass typically retails around the £899 mark, pickups cost £220 and the preamp £145, with £50 for my tech to wire in the toggle switching etc, so all in you're looking at just short of £1,300 worth of kit, I'm looking for £750 firm. Bass is in great condition, ding at the top of the headstock but otherwise beautiful. The Old preamp was scrapped but I do still have the BH2 pickups somewhere if of interest. Trades? I do have a bass in mind that I’m after, but I am open to offers for 4 strings that would particularly suit B standard. Given Covid-19 situation, collection or meetup is obviously against the law so that won't be an option, so it's courier only until restrictions lifted. Thanks!

Oo, nearly grabbed one of these when they were on sale, they seem like the perfect cross between a Warwick Thumb and an Ibanez SR. Low output surprises me a little though? How low?

This bass really is extraordinary, any sound samples of it?

If this falls through, ill add my name to the list of people that would snap it up...

So much want for this instrument...

I know you have said you have struggled, but this is underpriced by at least £1k. Possibly more as that is basing it on righty models, there aren't many lefties about! Great deal for someone!!!