Recent content by Marco Ballelli

In the video I use Sansone handmade stainless steel string..

This is a video... sorry I speak in italian here... and sorry but is my first time on a six strings bass!!

..at the end... I stay with Bartolini PU (nordstand have some issue with stainless strings, too magnetic field.. ) but I wire in parallel. Glockenklang pre is a dream. I reverse bridge and neck PU position cose ibanez sometimes put the neck pickup at bridge and bridge pickup at neck... it sound...

After some day I think the bass is perfect, neck is a dream but, for my taste, pickups are very muddy and I miss a passive tone. So I talk with a local handmade pickup producer for new pickup and preamp + passive tone. Probably an humbucker at bridge and an in line splitcoil (for hum cancelling)...

The 1006e is arrived... Good condition but very dirty bridge and tuners. Also keyboard looks very dirty. Neck and body need same beesvax after a good cleaning... ...I take apart all the bass to do a good job... Also pickup need new foam under the cavity. Some pics after cleaning..

Here the bass i'm going to buy saturday in Rome. Looks in good condition...

When Ibanez start to use asymmetrical neck shape?

Thank you.it make sense

The bass Is exactly like this..

Hi everybody. I'm going to buy an old japan btb 1006e Prestige in Rome next weekend. Usa Bartolini pickups and pre. But the serial number Is strange... F043007. I try to find It on some sites but the date of construction Is 1990... Impossible!! Some help please. And Sorry for my bad english...