The Yamaha BB mega-thread

[lee650]

4 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

The Manchester to Morecambe Yamaha BB delivery service resumed duties today…
 

@lee650 and I have promised to raise a glass to MB1😎 as it’s almost as shady as one of his car park deals…

 

A pub next to a railway.

 

 

Yeah my babies!! Very pleased with the BB350F. And the amazing Mr Travis is fitting an upgraded BB1025/P35 vintage plus bridge to the 425 😍

Edited August 25, 2021 by lee650

[AndyTravis]

12 minutes ago, lee650 said:

Yeah my babies!! Very pleased with the BB350F. And the amazing Mr Travis is fitting an upgraded BB1025/P35 vintage plus bridge to the 425 😍

Will return on Friday Captain 

[gobasserk]

Bought an orange met. BB414 last week. Sold it already again. Nice look, but I'll stick to my 1000MAs. 

[TheGreek]

I'm not sure the BB's are for everybody. I recently bought a BB615 - great tones, etc but I can't get on with the body shape. I much prefer my BBG5S. So much so that I bought a second - they sound amazing with tapewound strings.

[TheGreek]

18 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

The Manchester to Morecambe Yamaha BB delivery service resumed duties today…
 

@lee650 and I have promised to raise a glass to MB1😎 as it’s almost as shady as one of his car park deals…

 

A pub next to a railway.

 

 

 

I must say that fretless looks amazing..

[AndyTravis]

2 hours ago, TheGreek said:

 

I must say that fretless looks amazing..

Great basses.

[AndyTravis]

About 2 months ago - bbp35 bridge appeared on the marketplace.

 

@lee650 hated the stock 425 bridge with the mad little extension.

 

Between us, we sorted it being on his bass.

 

I did it yesterday and delivered today in a hail of IPA.

Edited August 27, 2021 by AndyTravis

[krispn]

Awww

[Maude]

Just making the new scratchplate for my BB. 

 

Working on a Saturday is terrible isn't it!

 

The workshop 😁. 

[TheGreek]

Sunshine??? Nothing but clouds here.

 

White scratchplate of course??

[Maude]

1 hour ago, TheGreek said:

Sunshine??? Nothing but clouds here.

 

White scratchplate of course??

Of course there's sunshine, 's Cornwall innit. 🤔😆

 

Black scratchplate I'm afraid, predictable but suits a white BB perfectly. I've gone for solid black rather than three ply black/white/black though, I like the retroness of a solid plate, plus the BB X's are busy enough without an extra white line. 

 

 

Here's the pickup surround flipped over, it hasn't got as nice a finish but it's perfectly acceptable. 

 

A quick mock up of the all new BB424XR, will rebuild tonight or tomorrow. 

[Guest]

You know somethings going well when it looks good even before the strings have been put on

[Maude]

This is the difference in pickup locations. 

The reverse P is on top of the old plate. 

 

The EA is only around half a pickups width back from the neck and DG is about one and a half a pickups width nearer the neck. 

 

Hopefully a good balance. 

[Guest]

49 minutes ago, Maude said:

This is the difference in pickup locations. 

The reverse P is on top of the old plate. 

 

The EA is only around half a pickups width back from the neck and DG is about one and a half a pickups width nearer the neck. 

 

Hopefully a good balance. 

 

If I've not got my brain in a twist, your spot is about halfway between where a standard swapped around P is, and where the reverse P on a Mark Hopper is

 

[Maude]

1 hour ago, Ricky Rioli said:

 

If I've not got my brain in a twist, your spot is about halfway between where a standard swapped around P is, and where the reverse P on a Mark Hopper is

 

 

Yes, probably. The BB P pickup is nearer the neck than a standard P bass, and I've reversed them and moved the whole unit towards the neck around a further 10mm. I did work with it out further back in this thread but I think the EA is still nearer the bridge than a standard P bass, I can't remember. 

There's been no big plan really, just that reversing the BB P made it too close to the scratchplate so I moved it forwards a bit. 

The Mark Hoppus looks to be a lot further forwards. 

[gobasserk]

Testing new live cab combinations. Neighbors are thrilled ! 😄 

[gobasserk]

While I like the sound of the ABM with the 4x10 cab a lot, my heart goes BOOOOM with the additional 2x10. Nothing beats a 6x10 or 8x10 bass rig with an old fashioned transformer head! 😍
2 kg amps suck tonewise and every skilled sound guy will tell you. But it is like with vinyl... young people that never heard a record on a good payer will believe, mp3 is the best possible audio format. 
But I just can't compromise, I know the tonal difference and can tell within seconds (in terms of listening to a bass rig) 

[TheGreek]

2 hours ago, gobasserk said:

Testing new live cab combinations. Neighbors are thrilled ! 😄 

 

Yep, I love it when they join in with percussion. I do sometimes have to play a bit louder so they get in time.

[gobasserk]

My neighbors are not good enough for the band 'though they try hard 😛 

[gobasserk]

So I finally sent back the Tech21 DP pedal because during testing some of my pedals I discovered that my old (and forgotten) Hartke VXL Attack does a better sound than the dp. At least for the things I want it for. 
Here now a recording of the Hartke vs. my YYZ . Even here I like the Hartke better. Strange and funny 😛  Recoded the way Andy likes it: Bass-pedal-littel 25 watts combo- smartphone. 😉 

 

BB1000ma_HartkeVXL_YYZ
 

[krispn]

Gigged a BB424X today. Tamed the low end via my Basswitch and subtle cuts on the provided Fender Rumble combo. It’s a nice alternative to my jazz and comfortable to play. Not as skinny a neck on my jazz and a wee bit thicker than my p bass but overall pleasing! The P bass has the “B” neck which is probably the neck profile which really is a best fit for me. 

I’ve been told if you search on Facebook for ‘ EH32 Live ‘ you’ll see a clip!

Edited August 29, 2021 by krispn

[AndyTravis]

https://fb.watch/7HyrlmBj-G/

[Maude]

All back together ready for restringing and a set up. 

Although in these pictures I noticed the fretboard wood could do with a tiny sand with some micro mesh and a buff up. I gave it a fret dress and although I didn't notice it in the flesh, the pictures show the wood is slightly dulled. 

It's got some lovely grain on the fretboard. 

 

 

 

I'm glad I opted for a single ply black, it's slightly different from the norm and I like it. 

[krispn]

24 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

https://fb.watch/7HyrlmBj-G/

Cheers. I’m guessing I could have cut and paste but fb isn’t really my thing. I was expecting a you tube type share button. 🤣 #GettingOld

[dannybuoy]

2 hours ago, gobasserk said:

So I finally sent back the Tech21 DP pedal because during testing some of my pedals I discovered that my old (and forgotten) Hartke VXL Attack does a better sound than the dp. At least for the things I want it for. 
Here now a recording of the Hartke vs. my YYZ . Even here I like the Hartke better. Strange and funny 😛  Recoded the way Andy likes it: Bass-pedal-littel 25 watts combo- smartphone. 😉 

 

BB1000ma_HartkeVXL_YYZ
 

 

Is the Hartke first in that clip? If so I might have to look out for one!