Ibanez sr305 with options on pickups/price £325 Rochester Kent

[BaggyMan]

I bought this bass a good while back with a dead pre amp and a little unloved.  I have gone over it with a  fine tooth comb, fitted a generic pre amp which is very good and has a better all round definition than the Ibanez stock one.  It works well with either the original (ibanez) Bart Mk1 or as seen here some bloomin' expensive Aguilars (I paid £280 for them as a pair)

 

Its in played but nice condition finished in a metallic Dark grey/black.  No huge dints or scratches.

Hardware is the smoke chrome type, but the bridge is polished up a bit brighter than that.

 

Great action Loads of fret life left, nicely set up with 1 month old strings. 

 

So TWO prices

(ibanez copy of..) Bart Mk1's refitted:  £200

With Aguilars £ 325  which is still cheaper than a new one and has a big upgrade pickups wise..

 

I can ship at buyers expense or meet up within reach of the M25 for the price of a coffee. 

 

Edited August 3 by BaggyMan

[PaulThePlug]

If the Mk1 Barts are the same as in the 4's they are a Reverse P in a soapbar

I've passivated a few SR's.

£200 for the Bart 5? Nice.

[Davy]

Are the MK1 Bart's the same as the ones that are in the SR500 series?

 

Also, what is the generic preamp, i.e. 2 band or 3 band?

 

And finally, do you have any sound samples with the Barts in?

 

Lots of questions! 🤣

[BaggyMan]

The original pickups are Bart Mk1's that come on most if not all SR's.  I'll need to refit them to get some sound samples.

 

Its a three band like the ibanez original but way less peaky and its not prone to signal distortion.  I have had a number of Ibanez over the years (sR505, BTB's, EDA905 and the premium series) and the pre amp is always a bit of an achilless heal imho and even if they work i tend to swap them out except for the premium but thats was a £1200 bass so ...

 

 

 

[horrorshowbass]

Always thought the original Sr300 series pickups were the CAPS?

I had a SR600 with Bart mk 1s. 

Either way this is a great deal

 

[horrorshowbass]

Looks to be the iron Pewter version of this.

https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/SR305_(2008–2015)

[Silhouette2341]

Sick deal, is the bass still for sale?

[BaggyMan]

On 07/08/2025 at 01:27, Silhouette2341 said:

Sick deal, is the bass still for sale?

@Silhouette2341Yes it is

Edited yesterday at 10:00 by BaggyMan

[Silhouette2341]

On 07/08/2025 at 13:17, BaggyMan said:

@Silhouette2341Yes it is

Are you available anytime next week? I am very interested in the option with Aguilars and I'm willing to travel&collect at Rochester

[BaggyMan]

1 hour ago, Silhouette2341 said:

Are you available anytime next week? I am very interested in the option with Aguilars and I'm willing to travel&collect at Rochester

Yep around during the days and most evenings