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I fell over this bass in ebay...but with taxes and customs... it will never be that price again if one would like to sell it again... But it looks soooooooooooo good !!!

I asked the owner where he got that bass from but he got it some years ago used "from an old Italian man who stopped playing".. I would love to know who was able to get a 1000ma like this from Yamaha !

Could you please give me a hint? I am looking for an orange 414 again for ages !!!🙂

There are some black ones for sale in Germany at the moment.

That's a good point. With a Wal you know you invest in something stable concerning it's "worth". (the the personel one)

That's way too much, even for the customshop. It's "just" a model out from a series, no one of a kind bass. But as long as they can find customers for it...why change?

Why you SHOULDN'T play a 5 string bass... 🙂

Concerning your last sentence I can asure you that this is not the case. Still more 4 than 5 strings are sold 🙂

By the way, the bes two 5 string basses I owned were a LeFay Pangton 5 and a Spector Rex5. The Spector I miss a lot !! This was just deeeeeeeep !!! This is a recording from '99 or 2000 with the Spector Rex5. Spector Rex 5

Al, you are right for a bass player that likes low b string tones. If only the bass goes low... I am your opinion. If guitars or keyboards paticipate down there... I will solve it with a powerchord that will be heared better 🙂 But there's nothing wrong with a cool 5 string!!!!

I went 5string and back. It makes sense when you REALLY need that extra string. 25 yeras back it was cool to have one. If you needed it or not 😛 But after returning to rock 'n roll... I don't miss a low B. Had bands for this (played a lot of Gothik rock!) but I always hated it because du to drop down guitar tunigs and even 7 string axes... I lost interesst in ultra low. When I play a 5 string - and I do have a fantastic LeFay Waran 5 , I want to feature the low B string.. this distracts me from playing "free" because I want that B string... 😛 Silly me! 😄

I choose white for my own bass creation but did find gold "too much" back then for it. It recieved black hardware. I love that thing live because it lights up even when you are not in the center of the stage.. That's why I got disenchanted with black basses. That's also the reason why I do a lot of stuff on top of my 1000's... black is not visible on most band live pics .. 😉

Wow...that white Yamaha...should be not a sandcorn less perfect than a Spector !!! 😍

That depends on the colour of the bass Al ! But what do you have? Edit: Played a Spector Euro 5 in the Musicstore Cologne last year and I can understand any enthusiasm for this basses. They sound like a dream. Typical American EMG noble bass sound!

The cool think is that it sound like a warm Alembic tone 😍

I think it's only fitted with alternative pus (humbuckers) looks like a typical BB shape for me. New pickusp and a Musicman electronics control plate . Better so be seen here.. Louis Johnson bass live

We don't have Photoshop at home and the result is not as good as Luke's visions but... This is more or less what my 1000 shall look like. Hardware will be gold then. Doing this in the pic absolutely exeeds my skills 😛

Will talk to a guy about refinishing one of my 1000ma's in candy apple red today.... I think I like that 😄

Just found something I did some 20 years ago when the BB1000MA was quiet new to me.. just a diy-production and a little bit floppy.. the pic shows the bass during the recording. Damn, I wonder what amp I did use back then...it must have been a Trace AH or maybe a Warwick ProTube or ProFet.. I remember the drummer used to amp up his drum kid in the rehearsal room that loud, that I sometimes was standing in front of my cab wondering if it went silent... 🙈 🤣 We gave up the project 'cause we could not find a singer that could cut through that sound... this was one of the smooth songs 😉 Song featuring Yamaha BB1000MA

It is not my bass,- I did not look for shipping details... sorry!

"New" for sale New BB424

If the switch is too weak for someone's standard, a replacement won't exceed anyone's budget... not worth mentioning 🙂

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Well, with a 5string bass I could imagine that the active circuit of the 735 is a good thing to have !

It is a bit unusual to compare a 4 and a 5 string plus from different periods. But nice to hear both basses though! It does confirm my feelings I have for the oder range. The 414 does "my tone" a little bit better in the video for me. And I have to say...I love the old, bigger shape way better but...I am bigger too... 😛