9 SR885 5-string bass, manuf 2000. Gloss black body and neck, black hardware.
String tuning pegs are in a straight line with the nut grooves.
A cinch to tune and stay put. The ErgoDyne was very responsive, but not as woody sounding. I need narrow string spacing and a live fretboard without a lot of string buzz to wrestle with. The SR885 stood out on these points in its price category, and stood even with the basses more than 2X it's cost. It took me over 2 months of sampling basses all over town to find this out before I bought, and I have found those assessments to have held true since.