The Yamaha BB mega-thread

[briansbrew]

Has anyone played or used one of these 

 

[AndyTravis]

1 hour ago, briansbrew said:

Has anyone played or used one of these 

 

I had a blue one.

 

nice P bass type sound 

 

with acoustic elements obviously.

 

like a jack Casady, but probably more versatile 

[Maude]

1 hour ago, briansbrew said:

Has anyone played or used one of these 

 

 

Hold it, cherish it, love it and never let it go. 

 

Yeah, I quite like mine. 😁

 

[briansbrew]

14 minutes ago, Maude said:

 

Hold it, cherish it, love it and never let it go. 

 

Yeah, I quite like mine. 😁

 

Its up for sale in Belgium and fretless, guy is asking £380 plus shipping 

[briansbrew]

21 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

I had a blue one.

 

nice P bass type sound 

 

with acoustic elements obviously.

 

like a jack Casady, but probably more versatile 

was yours fretless Andy..

[Machines]

4 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:

Just realised that the vendor of that ad @Giazonne Reyes is the selfsame person on this video I enjoyed so much

 

 

Just watched this. Might message the seller on Facebook and gazump @AndyTravis

[Doctor J]

I sold my one last year for €350, I think it was. Lovely bass. The price being asked is a bit steep, I reckon.

[briansbrew]

5 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

I sold my one last year for €350, I think it was. Lovely bass. The price being asked is a bit steep, I reckon.

I think his price for a fretless is pretty optimistic given the cost to ship as well 

[AndyTravis]

14 minutes ago, briansbrew said:

was yours fretless Andy..

No, it’s was fretted - got n a train to stoke for it, I’d just failed my second driving test 😂

[AndyTravis]

Worth mentioning @briansbrewthey never did a factory fretless so it’s been messed with.

 

and @Machines it’s already bought and paid for sunshine.

 

You can have it when I inevitably sell it…

[Machines]

1 minute ago, AndyTravis said:

and @Machines it’s already bought and paid for sunshine.

 

You can have it when I inevitably sell it…

 

Cheers.

[briansbrew]

14 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Worth mentioning @briansbrewthey never did a factory fretless so it’s been messed with.

 

and @Machines it’s already bought and paid for sunshine.

 

You can have it when I inevitably sell it…

Thought as much with the fret lines, looks cool though 

[AndyTravis]

If it’s been done properly, would be a wonderful item.

 

 

[Misdee]

6 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:

 

This ad says 1 11/16" aka 43mm

 

Love the inlaid logo!

 

43,mm must be what it was then. 20 years ago is a long time! Whatever it was, it was noticeably wider at the nut than a traditional Jazz Bass (38mm) and that's what threw me a bit at the time.

[krispn]

Amos playing a custom shop Yamaha with Nordstrand humbuckers? Looks like the new BB headstock.

Edited February 16, 2022 by krispn

[CPCustomdubwise]

On 16/02/2022 at 03:41, krispn said:

Amos playing a custom shop Yamaha with Nordstrand humbuckers? Looks like the new BB headstock.

Bugger.....

 

There I was...perfectly happy.....no new basses this year.....blah blah blah

 

Hopefully it will be completely unavailable to the hoi polloi like me....

[krispn]

10 minutes ago, CPCustomdubwise said:

Bugger.....

 

There I was...perfectly happy.....no new basses this year.....blah blah blah

 

Hopefully it will be completely unavailable to the hoi polloi like me....

The wood finish looks great. 

[BassApprentice]

10 minutes ago, CPCustomdubwise said:

 

 

Hopefully it will be completely unavailable to the hoi polloi like me....

No need to worry, Yamaha like to create custom basses for artists to keep them on the roster and stop them going elsewhere, but will never make them avaiable as production models. 

[andy67]

38 minutes ago, BassApprentice said:

No need to worry, Yamaha like to create custom basses for artists to keep them on the roster and stop them going elsewhere, but will never make them avaiable as production models. 

Very true! I'd love J'lo's bass 🥰

 

 

Edited February 17, 2022 by andy67

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, andy67 said:

Very true! I'd love J'lo's bass 🥰

 

 

 

Neck modelled on a 60s J, Dimarzio pickups.... but still a BB, right?

[CPCustomdubwise]

2 hours ago, BassApprentice said:

No need to worry, Yamaha like to create custom basses for artists to keep them on the roster and stop them going elsewhere, but will never make them avaiable as production models. 

Yes.......

but no.......but yes, but no, but yes......

 

Understated walnut top.....unmarked fingerboard....Nordstrand BigBladeMan (or whatever it is.....)

They've been tapping into my most private dirty little bassdreams again.

And it doesn't matter that they won't make them available (although the PH bass....) because I am already casting threatening looks at my 434, and thinking about hot air guns and veneers and it's all a bit of a worry....

[krispn]

2 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:

 

Neck modelled on a 60s J, Dimarzio pickups.... but still a BB, right?

To be fair the BB can sound a bit bass heavy and for someone like JLo the Dimarzio’s probably offer a more fitting p bass tone for his needs. 
 

I was just commenting on the difference between my p bass and the BB. The BB is much more bassy - not better or worse just (noticeable) different. 

Edited February 17, 2022 by krispn

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, krispn said:

To be for the BB can sound a bit bass heavy and for someone like JLo the Dimarzio’s probably offer a more fitting p bass tone for his needs. 

 

 

ps I like how they disguised them in big BB shells!

 

Edited February 17, 2022 by Ricky Rioli

[krispn]

6 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said:

 

 

ps I like how they disguised them in big BB shells!

 

Or he’s just a massive BillyS fan

[Guest]

1 hour ago, krispn said:

Or he’s just a massive BillyS fan

 

He mentions him couple of times whilst taking a couple of minutes to talk through the bass they put together for him: (from 2'00")