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Lovely 70's early Yamaha BB1000...


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Lovely, and pretty rare. I'm seriously tempted. Free shipping from Japan, but then I remember to add about 23% to the price for VAT and Import Duty...

If I'm not mistaken, Phil Lynott used one of these for a while.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-BB-1000-Electric-Bass-Free-Shipping-Vintage-1978-/222173771269"]http://www.ebay.co.u...8-/222173771269[/url]

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[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1468362638' post='3090503']
Phil Lynott played an Ibanez Blazer for a while. I didn't know he played a Yamaha.

Paul McCartney played a Yamaha live for a while.
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I remember in the dim distant past seeing him in a couple of photos with a Yamaha, sporting the 'Broad Bass' logo, and here's the cover of Yellow Pearl with one...

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/549298485776493755/

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[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1468361062' post='3090489']
The second one is bb2000 which is very different. Be interested to see what they go for, i have a bb800 from the same sort of time. Good spotting skills!
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You're quite right, not the same model. Still purdy though... :-)

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[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1468362638' post='3090503']
Phil Lynott played an Ibanez Blazer for a while. I didn't know he played a Yamaha.

Paul McCartney played a Yamaha live for a while.
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He did play an Ibanez too, but it was a Roadstar, I had one myself in the early 80's...

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/show-us-your-roadstar-basses.1149080/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1979-Phil-Lynott-Ibanez-RS-900-Bass-Guitar-Thin-Lizzy-/261875439983?nma=true&si=JdX398jT%252B0J2Hda20Mdtlpd2E%252Bw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

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[quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1468393986' post='3090574']
He did play an Ibanez too, but it was a Roadstar, I had one myself in the early 80's...

[url="https://www.talkbass.com/threads/show-us-your-roadstar-basses.1149080/"]https://www.talkbass...basses.1149080/[/url]

[url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1979-Phil-Lynott-Ibanez-RS-900-Bass-Guitar-Thin-Lizzy-/261875439983?nma=true&si=JdX398jT%252B0J2Hda20Mdtlpd2E%252Bw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557"]http://www.ebay.com/...=p2047675.l2557[/url]
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Looks like an RS800 Roadster with a mirror plate stuck on it. There's one (a bit modded, mind) on BC for £150:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/288038-fs-ibanez-roadster-1979-vintage/"]http://basschat.co.u...r-1979-vintage/[/url]

Anecdotally "Roadstar II" was originally a misprint.

Jon.

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