pluckedout Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) Sadly one of these has to go - as soon as one sells the other is off the market! Am looking for sales only as I need both cash and space... Yamaha BB-NE Nathan East signature in Amber Burst with the most highly figured flame maple top I've ever seen. These are superb basses in every single way, made in Japan to a very high standard in fairly low numbers. Alder body, thick maple top with carving for cutaways and a special carving on the top to aid slapping/popping, 3 band NE signature parametric preamp (very flexible with bass, treble and mid cut/boost/flat control and trim pots in the control compartment at the back so you can change the parameters), very classy countersunk bridge, ebony fretboard, very comfortable string spacing and very cool jack socket cut out on the rear. In excellent condition, couple of minor marks on the back but very hard to notice. Will let this go for what I paid for it which is [s]£750[/s] [b]£699[/b] including hard case. They were £1600+ new. Yamaha BBN5A in Translucent blue (actually blue/green); not to be confused with the much cheaper BBN5 or BBG5A, the BBN5A was a limited run less fancy version of the Nathan East signature and was also made in Japan. The only differences are as follows: less fancy maple top (but still a figured maple cap, not a photogravure effect like the BBG5A), rosewood fretboard instead of ebony, no slap/pop carving on the front and slightly different block inlays. Everything else is as the Nathan East signature above, including the excellent preamp. These were £800 ish new. This is in slightly less good condition but nothing serious; there are wear marks on the back of the neck and some minor scrapes on the top side - please see photos for details. Am looking for [s]£375[/s] [b]£325[/b] for this, including hard case. Can ship using UPS (buyer obviously pays) or can meet anywhere along the M3 or A34, or anywhere within a reasonable distance of Salsibury - you are of course welcome to pick it up. I have high res pics which I can email on request. [attachment=101640:P1020991a.JPG][attachment=101641:P1020992a.JPG][attachment=101642:P1020993a.JPG][attachment=101643:P1020994a.JPG][attachment=101644:P1030004a.JPG][attachment=101645:P1020976a.JPG][attachment=101646:P1020978a.JPG][attachment=101647:P1020980a.JPG][attachment=101648:P1020982a.JPG] Edited April 30, 2012 by pluckedout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Horton Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Lots of tasty Yamaha bass guitars on the board right now. I really fancy trying the NE out but I am supposed to be selling not buying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Go on, give in to temptation; it really is lovely... [quote name='Chris Horton' timestamp='1330882987' post='1564315'] Lots of tasty Yamaha bass guitars on the board right now. I really fancy trying the NE out but I am supposed to be selling not buying [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 bump - also forgot to mention that these are strung E-C but could easily be put back to B-G, nuts haven't been changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 another bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 and again! one of these must go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 back to the top... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 bump for price reduction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 Weekend bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 Blue one sold subject to the usual... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 Blue one gone (or at least will be picked up tomorrow), amber one still potentially available if there's any interest - damn house move is expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Final price reduction on the BB Nathan East - [b]£675.[/b]If it doesn't go for this then I'm keeping it. OHSC as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluckedout Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 Amber one now withdrawn, blue one has been sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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