MattiZ

I think so. Might be a good idea to ask Ernie Ball, to be certain.

If you’re coming from roundwounds, you might like EB Cobalt Flats. Quite flexible and bright-sounding, I’ve had a set on a BB735A for two years and counting. Note: clean them properly with a string cleaner solution or isopropyl alcohol before installation, as they may have a sticky residue left from the manufacturing process.

The BB1000 / BB800 pickguard is beautiful. If somebody made them, tailored to fit the latest series BB’s, I would buy two right away.

Thanks! Local sale, actually a 4-hour roundtrip. Seller was a very nice gentleman, ex-pro musician who had bought it off the original owner in 1982, played it professionally for 10+ years and apparently forgotten about owning it for the next 30 years. 😆 Original case, original truss rod wrench. A set of well-played flatwounds on - possibly more than 30 years old, still holding their tuning and intonation and sounding perfectly fine, so they went back on after proper cleaning. Sadly, the funky little tuner adjusting tool is missing. But, the seller threw in a perfectly functioning MIJ Boss OC-2 instead!

This Is what I brought home yesterday. Spent several hours cleaning it up, almost ready now. May I present my 1981 factory fretless Yamaha BB2000.

Deep Green! Deep Green!

NBD! BB450! Last friday, in fact. Took me a couple days to get it to a playable state. Unresponsive truss rod (fixed, I hope, will see in a couple days), at least one broken tuner, badly worn and cracked P pickup cover. Great neck, sounds very good. A nice addition to my BB collection (if the truss rod holds).

Very nice, with old style fretboard inlays! Wish they were made with reverse P option…

My two compact boards. The bigger (Metro 20) is tuned for doom/sludge/stoner: 5 strings, big lows, lots of dirt, lots of volume. Small one (Metro 16) I’m using to play post-punk/goth/hardcore: 4 strings, somewhat cleaner, more cutting tones, played higher up the fretboard. Many similarities between the boards. Different goals though, so much that it really is much easier to have two different sets of pedals.

Just noticed firmware 2.0 is available, with lots of bass-specific effects added. Anybody still have the G11? I already got rid of mine last summer, after realising I liked the B3n more.

A few months later, after trying a couple of flangers (BF-2, HF-2), some choruses (Bass Clone, Ibanez Mini Chorus, Walrus Julia) and an Ibanez 850 Mini Fuzz. Also, another HPF and of course, the Metro 20. The cabling still needs some attention. Next, I need a bigger power supply.

I’d say it is factory setup. Both my BB235 and 735A have bevelled fb edges, both were bought new.

Quite happy with my Metro 16 at the moment. But I need a flanger and a chorus, and one more fuzz (maybe two more). And a Metro 20.

Pm’d!