Yamaha BB735A
Update 19th Oct: now sold
£560
For sale only - no trades.
This is a really great and versatile bass, and honestly didn't think I'd ever be selling it - but something unexpected came up, so here it is.
It's a 5-string PJ bass with switchable active and passive modes. In active mode you have three-band EQ; in passive mode, the treble knob becomes a traditional passive tone control. The other two knobs are volume and pickup blend.
The finish is called "Dark Coffee Sunburst".
Weight: my older digital kitchen scales said 4.4kg, and the newer ones said 4.6kg.
No knocks or dings. One of the tuners became slightly loose and caused a mechanical rattle - this is the only (minor) common complaint I've read about the current Yamaha series. It was the same on my Yamaha 434. I applied a dab of thin superglue between the ear and the shaft, which fixed this issue. I also preemptively dabbed the other four tuners; there haven't been any issues since. If you look extremely closely you can see some parts of the tuner ear are very slightly less shiny - you really have to look closely for this. I couldn't pick this up in a photo.
It's been gigged, but looked after well - if you inspect it closely, there is some faint pickguard swirling, and the knobs are not showroom shiny.
Recently strung with new roundwounds.
Comes with the official Yamaha padded gig bag, which is of good quality.
Yamaha's website: https://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/guitars_basses/el_basses/bb_2017/700_series.html
And their demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDslUlL_j7Y
Full set of my photos here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=124DCD3ZLkugWfE0EbNGGHSCeGt68LRgj
Anything which might appear to be a scratch is a reflection. I'm happy to clarify anything you see or take more photos if there's anything particular you want more detail on.
I'm in north London but can travel a bit to meet, or can post it. Happy to answer any questions on this thread or by PM.