AndyTravis

Needs to be sub £700 to be “worth it” I’d say even less to be fair?

Looks like the one in the original post has lost its single coil at the neck and gained a guitar (?) humbucker at the bridge. I’d certainly hope the price isn’t as eye watering as the Reverb ones. for a similar vibe, SBV500 from the 2000’s would do?

60’s that. lovely thing.

Looks nice that

I got some Gotoh ones which are a nice fit - I was lucky and found a used set, but they’re not cheap new. Wilkinson’s are too big for the headstock dimensions

Been through loads of 5’s, the mine has passed 😉

5 strings - I’m safe

this is an unbelievable price for a great yamaha bb. if you were thinking about a 734a, look at this - it does all the same stuff and is “vintage” bb. PLEASE, someone save me from myself.

Ah plastic saddles - later, 66? god knows - don’t know gibbo bass half as well as fender.

Aye - nice vocals too. Like that eb3 - looks like a 62/63?

Sorry, replied while at a dinner party In a gazebo while the Manchester “summer” was in full swing. I didn’t think it was smartarsey mate at all. Apologies if my reply seemed terse - was trying to remain interested in the 100th time I’ve heard an anecdote about a 12 hour flight delay to a funeral in Ireland and the hilarious scramble to get there in time to find it was the next day…🙄 My wife tells it well, but even this time she looked pained as Mother in law pushed her to tell it again…

One of them is mine… *COUGH* 😩

Hmm, .5lb variance in 2 bits of alder…🤷🏻‍♂️, both a little heavier than stock due to bridge upgrade…

Greedy that 😉

I’ll play, been a while… Bb424x white 10lbs Bb424x red 9.5lbs bb414 orange 10lbs bb350f white 9.5lbs tune tjx4 - 7.3lbs. and the rest are out of reach so 🤷🏻‍♂️😉

See what I mean about the blue? both are googled images btw, my brother doesn’t take pictures of his gear hahah.

“I’m buying an AES500 in white like my brothers” has arrived here 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

Actually stock on the aes500

Which @Maudemeans I’m now thinking of that for mine 😂

I’m going tort…but my brother has a collection of yamaha AES 500 guitars which used Black Pearloid (always looks a bit grey/blue to me). His White one (same as Bb424x white) looks awesome.