So...
This was all a bit of a saga, I arranged a trade with our very own Hellzero (top egg by the way!), the trade saw him sending me a very unique Aries Bajadera 6 string bass, so unique in fact there is no other like it!
During its travels to me from Belgium it was unfortunately chucked about and subsequently two of the wood laminates had split, there were multiple chips and the pre-amp died. All this despite the heroic packaging of Hellzero...
After many (many...) weeks of battling