AndyTravis

I’d say light - looks fine down the side of the neck, Yamaha are one of the most consistent mass manufacturers going. The two bb 424’s I had were only a couple of grams apart and very close to my 414 weight wise. Ive had fenders at 7.5 and up to 11lbs and neck pockets from the 90’s which were gappy too. Not fender bashing at all - love a good fender.

Ive never seen a yamaha neck pocket with a big gap. I’d want my hands on that before buying

Noice. Not close enough…and possibly a bit more than I wanted to pay. Will think on that 👍🏼

Looks like it could be short though @Ricky Rioli

Don’t bank on that. S means all sorts in vintage yamaha land. There are medium and short scale bb’s. I cannot get my head around those earlier models and my brain hurts a lot.

Early 80’s. Probably about 83-85 then replaced by bb450. the Grover Titans on that bass have been made a pigs ear of and it’s a real shame. think the VI/IV etc were Japan only, so it’s rare to see over here. And the original machineheads are a bugger to get hold of

Yeah, old favourite of mine

I always have and always will love the Deftones. The wife and kids were out yesterday and I had their recent (ish) album “Gore” on at a hefty tilt… They came back in and Jen said “ooh trav, he sounds in pain - and it’s too loud”. But I like old heavy too - she’ll happily listen to Metallica and that kind of stuff, just think Chino’s screaming isn’t her cup of tea. Although I spotted The Disturbed on her Spotify playlist.

Out of interest - was I just really unlucky with mine, or have you had any niggles?

orange yamaha

I had an “ultimate” stand - it was wicked, loved it. it was expensive, about £50 Then after about 10 years - just standing, not gigged or packed down frequently or used other than as a stand…the locking mechanism just gave way and the bass took a tumble (don’t worry Basschat buyers it’s my fretless which I still own) - and I was gutted. I couldn’t fix it as the red locking part encapsulated the bolt and washer, so without destroying it - it was a lost cause. I need a double stand. I have a rack for 6, and I have 2 further instruments needing a house. Nope, need space for 9. FFS. Just remembered the bass I’m putting together and a guitar which miraculously appeared today.

Yours will have been a bbn4ii

Doing some “proper” recording with it today. Hopefully

I was in ‘nam, Man…you weren’t there…man vietnam? nah man…Chelten(h)am…

Nah. Like my BB’s with a big backside

Got all excited then. Collection only London… then I realised I have to get the purple paint for the 350, and I’ve just bought a £70 Gotoh bridge for the 424x and I need to grow up.

Spares are more fun…

Angle - regular thickness

Bbn4 (1) - that bridge is what I have on my bb414, they’re on these and the early attitudes. the 3+1 headstock caused EB to get hot under the collar and yamaha had to change it.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pDvG2qqj_KVjm1Ef8AcG2W7xmVj9ty4m/view?usp=drivesdk Right, so the main body of it is 100% on bridge vol/tone, 90% neck full tone. Humbucker mode. Theres a noodly bit which is just bridge humbucker. Think I added reverb. Slappy bit - single coils both on full vol/tone. sorry it’s scrappy - 3 year old playing up so - but yeah, It does a lot and it’s nice, looking forward to band context.