Yamaha Acoustic Basses

[originalfunkbrother]

Hey I have a question which has been nagging me over the last days.
I watched Babyface 'Unplugged' '97 and Nathan East was on acoustic bass
I am sure the bass was a Yamaha model and the sound was juss phenomenal
to say the least, I attempted to Google Yamaha Acoustic Basses but wasnt successful.
Does anybody know whether they do make acoustic basses or could suggest good sounding
acoustic basses. I have heard about Micheal Kelly Acoustic Basses but would really love a second opinion.

Thank You

[Maxcat]

I dont know about the Yamaha range, but I have a Michael Kelly Dragonfly 5 Fretless that has a beautiful sound both acoustically and amped although acoustically it wont fully keep up with a six string volume wise. The most playable acoustic Ive played was the Fender Victor Bailey signature. Exceptionally fast with a very sweet full sound. Hope that helps.

[noelk27]

[quote name='funkygreega' post='329892' date='Nov 15 2008, 09:41 PM']Does anybody know whether they do make acoustic basses ...[/quote]

Acoustic, as opposed to hollowbody. They did. In very small quantities. The basses are fantastic. But they don't make any these days.

[franzbassist]

[quote name='funkygreega' post='329892' date='Nov 15 2008, 09:41 PM']Nathan East was on acoustic bass[/quote]

I may be wrong, as he is a Yamaha endorsee of course, but I think NE used a Guild B30 ABG?

[SJA]

I remember Yamaha acoustic basses being rather expensive, ie. £600-plus.

strange really, since they do lots of cheap acoustic guitars.

Duran's John Taylor used them too.

I think he's playing one in this clip, closeup at 2.05-
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_o8VvsDZyA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_o8VvsDZyA[/url]

and a fretless one here- you can just catch the Yamaha logo at 2.28-
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN3ifXNrpwA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN3ifXNrpwA[/url]

Edited November 16, 2008 by SJA

[originalfunkbrother]

Did he use a Guild on that set with Babyface?

[originalfunkbrother]

Thanks I will look into the Micheal Kelly series I would love the Victor Bailey acoustic but it would cost me more than I can afford now...

Thanks though...