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2000 BTB705-OL
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The BTB705 is a five string BTB series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 1999. It was produced in Japan by FujiGen as part of the Standard line.

The BTB705 features an ovankol 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 DFR-5 passive pickups feeding a Vari-mid 3-band HiFi preamp, medium frets, individually mounted Mono-rail II bridges with 19mm string spacing, a locking 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 BTB700 is a four string version.

The BTB705 was discontinued after 2000.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for BTB705
Model name: BTB705
Year(s) offered: 1999–2000
Sold in: Europe / Japan
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: ¥ 135,000 (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)
Strap buttons:
Standard
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 (black knobs)
2000: Cosmo white (black knobs)
Neck
Neck type:
BTB5
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:
Black plastic (54mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh GB707
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
Ibanez DFR-B5 passive
Neck pickup:
Ibanez DFR-N5 passive
Electronics:
Vari-mid 3-band HiFi
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/.130 Elixir
Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E,5B (E Standard)

Images[]

Additional details
Controls-layout Vari-Mid 3-B 1999
Controls layout
Controls-layout Vari-Mid 3-B 2000
Controls layout

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