cgordonfreeman Posted May 17, 2010 Posted May 17, 2010 (edited) Hello all, Up for sale is my Ibanez BTB PQM 2 custom shop bass. One of two made, the other one made for Santanas bass player. The specs are: Mahogany body, 5 piece maple/bubinga neck, Pao Ferro fretboard, Quilted maple top w/accent, Matching headstock, Bartolini pickups, Piezo pickups in bridge, Custom Fishman preamp, Individual trimpots for piezos, Black Chrome hardware. It comes with a gig bag, not hardcase as pictured but it will be well packed. Price: €800 Any questions? Just ask. Cheers, John Edited July 6, 2010 by cgordonfreeman
cgordonfreeman Posted May 18, 2010 Author Posted May 18, 2010 Just to clarify, Ibanez don't sell custom shop instruments directly to the public, you have to be an endorsing artist to get your hands on one and as such their custom shop basses are very rare. Google Ibanez custom shop bass and you'll see what I mean. The quality of materials used is top notch. For example, the mahogany is just as nice as is used on my Chris Larkin custom and the quilt top is pretty '3D' looking. A few details that I forgot to put in my first post: 19mm String spacing, 35inch scale, Dual truss rods. I'll also include shipping anywhere in Europe. Ideally i'd prefer Bank Transfer for payment as I don't have a credit card so can't fully activate my Paypal account but if you wanted to use Paypal and were happy to send payment to a friend of mine, that could be arranged too. Cheers, John
flychris Posted May 20, 2010 Posted May 20, 2010 (edited) Ho, I can add that this bass was mine some times ago, and this one was made on my specifications. Cause I had the chance to work in japan for some months and was working with the friend of a luthier working in the Custom dept of Ibanez. (reason for this creation) I required the same as Benny Rietvield (Santana bass player with some modifications : quilted maple / benny's one is flammed maple and would like to add piezzo for more tonal acoustic character) Very good bass IMO. I know someone looking to a custom Ibanez, I will contact him and let you know John. Edited May 20, 2010 by flychris
cgordonfreeman Posted May 20, 2010 Author Posted May 20, 2010 [quote name='flychris' post='843479' date='May 20 2010, 06:58 PM']Ho, I can add that this bass was mine some times ago, and this one was made on my specifications. Cause I had the chance to work in japan for some months and was working with the friend of a luthier working in the Custom dept of Ibanez. (reason for this creation) I required the same as Benny Rietvield (Santana bass player with some modifications : quilted maple / benny's one is flammed maple and would like to add piezzo for more tonal acoustic character) Very good bass IMO. I know someone looking to a custom Ibanez, I will contact him and let you know John.[/quote] Thanks Chris! It's in great condition. I've never gigged it as I've never had the opportunity to since I got it but noodling at home you can get a variety of nice tones.
cgordonfreeman Posted May 29, 2010 Author Posted May 29, 2010 Price drop: €900 Possibly interested in trades too. Maybe recording stuff or a guitar.
michael-faces Posted May 30, 2010 Posted May 30, 2010 Bump for an awesome bass. Maple and mahogany together sounds and looks amazing
cgordonfreeman Posted June 6, 2010 Author Posted June 6, 2010 [quote name='cgordonfreeman' post='857361' date='Jun 4 2010, 02:22 PM']Bump[/quote]
cgordonfreeman Posted June 12, 2010 Author Posted June 12, 2010 (edited) Bump. Edited June 18, 2010 by cgordonfreeman
cgordonfreeman Posted June 18, 2010 Author Posted June 18, 2010 [quote name='cgordonfreeman' post='869330' date='Jun 16 2010, 06:07 PM']Bump[/quote]
cgordonfreeman Posted July 3, 2010 Author Posted July 3, 2010 Bump. Someone make an offer so I can buy a surround sound system:)
Morgoth Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 Beautiful bass. I remember drooling over the pictures of this bass when Buddha was selling it, long time ago indeed. How does it sound? I really like the sound of high-end Ibanez like the SR-Prestige (well, the older ones, when they had Ibanez-made pickups and not Barts'). I might be interested who knows. I'll see. ^^ Thanks.
cgordonfreeman Posted July 8, 2010 Author Posted July 8, 2010 [quote name='Morgoth' post='889028' date='Jul 7 2010, 09:11 PM']Beautiful bass. I remember drooling over the pictures of this bass when Buddha was selling it, long time ago indeed. How does it sound? I really like the sound of high-end Ibanez like the SR-Prestige (well, the older ones, when they had Ibanez-made pickups and not Barts'). I might be interested who knows. I'll see. ^^ Thanks.[/quote] Hi, This'll sound very cliched for someone trying to sell a bass but it sounds very versatile, ranging from zingy hi-fi to a very old school P-bass type of thing. The combo of the magnetic and piezo makes it very versatile. To be honest, i've no experience gigging or recording with it so maybe the best thing to do would be PM flychris (the original owner) and ask his experience with it? Cheers, John
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