gobasserk

Man what can I say.... it looks absolutely stunning for me. The best finish of the BB series. What I did not expect is the difference in sound... it is so different to the 1000ma..! I don't know if it is only the pu position but it has so much more low end. But the biggest thing ist that is has way more output. I had to build totally new sounds on my effect pedal because all sounds that I am using with the 1000ma are now distorted... had to build new sounds on a very low basic sound to get a decent undistorted sound.

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And one more Yamaha BB pic of that area....

This is from the live set of the gothband. I played some festivals plus a 2 weeks tour for them.

This is from 2017 I think... did a record for a gothrock band. I remember bringing several basses to the session but the BB won Godex / BB1000ma

So it is not a typical BB sound you'll hear. But the 1000ma does all tunings well.

So this is no recent stuff at all but I remember tuning the BB1000ma down to record this album for a German mediaval rock/punk band that lost their bass player due to bad behavior (by them) back in 2009 🙂 🙂 Schelmish : Mosaik 2009

You are right! 😛

With all the years gone by....working the day after a new bass still sucks !! 😛

The opposite...I am thinking on building an armada of "cheapo" BBs instead of buying one expensive one 😜

Guys, I realy recommend the 414 over the 424 and the new 234/434!

Now clean

Man.... I will call it...butterfly from caterpillar .... I bought the bass ...old strings, dusty... smoker flat, dogs.... but even with the old (!) Warwick red label strings it was a promissing sound... Came home and spend some long time cleaning bass and fretboard, oiling etc...it turned out to be a very beautiful bass! With new d'addario steels it sounds superb!!! I am realy happy. Had a BB424 last year (white) that did not sound like this one. Bought and sold a BB1024 last year..it had a baseball racket neck and was far to heavey. This one plays and sounds great, will try to do some recordings tomorrow. 1 pic: from the advert 2 pic: the dirt of the fretboard..... 3 pic: start of cleaning / oiling 5 pic: Shiny beautiful new bass

I tend to buy it anyway if it is in a good condition. If I won't play it myself I will be pleased to give it to a BB fan! 😉

For a quiet recent project to display I am working on getting the org. stuff on youtube. Tonight I will be able to test (and buy) a good looking BB414 in red burst(?) - don't know the name of the finish. I still can give it away for the same price if it does not fit me.

Yes...if I could have some of the basses back that I sold ...or did not buy.... I would be the luckiest guy in the world! 🙂 I do both...sessions from time to time and mainly own band stuff. Mostly rock music.

It was a pro, not a contra statement! Built like a tank, solid, felt "expensive" . I would buy and play it live, in the studio I would still go for the bolt on basses. When I was thinking about buying it, it was a bass that was "arround" on the market. Today it is very rare and I would buy it ! 🙂

And when they do they are really expensive! I remember seeing the ads for the new BB Michael Anthony when it came out back then and reading the price...... crazy

I would be interessted in that 3000MA too if it was in reach. Unfortunately I have no idea where it went to 😞

But it was a notable difference in quality. The 3000ma just feels like a tank! Somehow you know while playing that this is a different class of bass. The normal 3000 is of the same quality. I had one of the last 40 ever built BB3000 and fitted a Glockenklang active pre amp in. Somehow the org. set up did not have enough low end for my ears. But this hybrid was not the real deal for me, again I missed the punch of the bolt on neck. Sold it.

At first the shape. The 3000ma is a (when you are used to "classic" BBs) notable different body shape. Then the materials. The 3000ma has a mahogany body. Then the reversed P-pickup. Then the sound - due to the body materials. The MA sounds "darker", more growling in my ears. I was about to buy the 3000ma but I just won't get happy with neck trough basses. I play with my fingers and a quiet hard attack and only the bolt ons give me the punch that I need. Handling wise the BB3000ma was the best Yamaha that I played. Soundwise my two 1000ma's fit me so well that when I had the 3000ma for testing a few weeks it could not outplay (out-sound..) the bolt on versions!

From left to right: 5000, 714bs, 1000ma, 3000ma, 2000, 3000, 1000ma 🙂

That pic is some years old... happy days..

I did not even go to have a personal look at it. While posting the pics, the one of the bridge turned me off so much that I called it off. I like a proper pimpin' on a bass but this was to much for me. Was offered a Taiwanese BB300 in a stunning condition for 280 Euros yesterday... thinking.. 🙂