New Yamaha Nathan East signature

[AndyTravis]

Just now, totorbass said:

It is very bathroomish.

Angry bog brush

[Daz39]

“Crikey, that Bongo is ugly!”

”Hold my beer,”

[songofthewind]

I like it. Perhaps because he grooves like a mutha on it.

[2elliot]

31 minutes ago, totorbass said:

It is very bathroomish.

It's cupboardie at best... 

[fleabag]

Too many Knobs.

[chris_b]

Not for me.

[bigsmokebass]

It is growing on me the more I see it but something about a headless, 6 string bass that doesn't seem very 'Yamaha' or 'Nathan East' to me 😅

Downfall for me, would be the price tag. His BB is already £3k+... So unless is going to be a ridiculously cheap Japanese bass or something, it's probably something that's a one off. 

 

Hell of a good video though 😉👌🏻 what a guy.

[Lfalex v1.1]

10 hours ago, totorbass said:

It is very bathroomish.

Could have been worse. Could have had gold taps hardware.. 

[M@23]

He's already got The Sexiest Bass Ever™️ in the BBNE2. It's cool to see something different. 

[mattbass6]

So fugly. Great player though, obviously. The design and weight don't seem to make much sense to me but hey, I don't have to play it. Guesses on price? £4k I reckon.......

[mangotango]

3 hours ago, mattbass6 said:

........ but hey, I don't have to play it. Guesses on price? £4k I reckon.......

£4k? Which means that most of us don't have to play it either.

Edited February 12, 2019 by mangotango
making more sense.

[Lfalex v1.1]

5 hours ago, mattbass6 said:

So fugly. Great player though, obviously. The design and weight don't seem to make much sense to me but hey, I don't have to play it. Guesses on price? £4k I reckon.......

The design and weight make some sense.. my experiences with headless basses (Status Streamline and Hohner B2A) suggest that some mass is desirable in terms of tone (they were obviously too light) 

The original Steinbergers were much heavier and sound better to my ears.

None of the ultra minimalist designs are as good when seated as a regular bass.

[AndyTravis]

comes in “vintage” too

🤮

[spectoremg]

It isn't a cutaway,  it's a black hole, hence the weight. 

[Dood]

It's beautiful.

Oh and it's a six string headless.. which is, of course right up my street!

[acidbass]

Horrid

[therealting]

17 hours ago, Dood said:

It's beautiful.

Oh and it's a six string headless.. which is, of course right up my street!

Yours gets me every time. That in 32” scale and 16mm spacing would rock!

[Dood]

9 minutes ago, therealting said:

Yours gets me every time. That in 32” scale and 16mm spacing would rock!

Awwww that'd be pretty nice! This one is 16.5mm spacing and we were careful not to get that ‘thing’ with some headless basses where the end of the neck is a little further away than a standard ‘headed’ bass. So I think you’ll probably find the 34” scale here pretty spot on.

[40hz]

That might actually be worse looking than a Bongo. 

[EBS_freak]

I love it! And top end Yamahas are brilliantly made. I'm actually looking forward to seeing one in the flesh. Could be on my next bass list.

[bubinga5]

On 11/02/2019 at 18:47, AndyTravis said:

That top cutout...”where’s me washboard? Eh?”

He could play a wash board and it would still sound good. 

[hypercarrots]

On 11/02/2019 at 11:03, therealting said:

Have to wonder what it’s made of!

Edited February 15, 2019 by hypercarrots

[anzoid]

1 hour ago, hypercarrots said:

According to that second picture they put Nathan East in a 20 ton press 😮 Bet that made a mess... interesting bass though.

[Lfalex v1.1]

No need for extra "compression", then...

[ped]

I think it's pretty cool, personally - also don't think 10lbs (4.5kg) is THAT bad, for a six string. It probably 'wears' really well (for Nathan, at least). Good for him for getting something a bit out of the ordinary. FWIW I think headless basses look much better with a futuristic body style like this.