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1999 BTB700-OL
BTB700 Oil (more images) Red copyright sprite

The BTB700 is a BTB series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez in mid-1999. It was produced in Japan by FujiGen as part of the Standard line.

The BTB700 features an ovangkol top on an ash body bolted to a maple neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot position markers and white side dots. The body has a double cutaway design with very distinctive, narrow, curving horns. Components include a pair of Ibanez DFR-4 passive pickups feeding a Vari-Mid 3-band EQ Hi-Fi preamp, individually mounted Mono-rail II bridges with 19mm string spacing, a Neutrik stereo output jack, a plastic nut, and Gotoh tuning machines.

For 2000 the neck was changed to a five piece maple and bubinga construction and the hardware was changed to cosmo white.

The BTB705 is a five string version.

The BTB700 was discontinued after 2000.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for BTB700
Model name: BTB700
Year(s) offered: 1999–2000
Sold in: Europe / Japan
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: ¥ 120,000 (1999[1]–2000[2])
Finish(es): Oil (OL)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Ash w/ Ovankol top
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
Mono-rail II (19mm string spacing)
Knob style:
Gotoh VK1-19 knurled metal dome (volume & balance) / Gotoh VK1-15 small knurled flat top (bass & treble) / Gotoh VK1-15 stacked on Gotoh VK1-18 (mid EQ & mid-freq control)
Hardware color:
1999: Silver nickel
"2000": Cosmo white
Neck
Neck type:
BTB4
Neck material:
1999: 3-piece maple
2000: 5-piece maple/ bubinga
Scale length:
889mm / 35"
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood
Fingerboard inlays:
Pearl dot
white side dots
Frets:
24 / medium nickel silver
Nut:
Plastic (41mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh GB707
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
Ibanez DFR-B4 passive
Neck pickup:
Ibanez DFR-N4 passive
Electronics:
Vari-mid 3-band EQ Hi-Fi
Controls:
Master volume / pickup balancer / 3-band EQ (bass/mid/treble) / mid-frequency control
Battery:
Two 9V (18V)
Output jack:
¼" Neutrik stereo locking jack (side mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.045/.065/.085/.105 Elixir
Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E (E standard)

Images[]

BTB700-OL rear
1999 Ibanez BTB700 ( Rear: Ash body bolted to a 3-piece maple BTB4 neck and Gotoh machine heads ) Red copyright sprite
Additional details
Controls-layout Vari-Mid 3-B 1999
Controls layout
Controls-layout Vari-Mid 3-B 2000
Controls layout

Sources[]

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