pilotbicycles Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) For Sale is a Yamaha BB734a Bass fitted with Delano pickups - the JMVC & PMVC FE/M2 pickup set I had this bass put together for a tour playing with a Disco / Electro-Pop artist, and had it tuned CGCF. The pickup change is a real upgrade form the original YGD pickups IMHO - offering a much fatter, tighter/focused, and articulate tone, which pair really well with the onboard active electronics, as well as sounding fantastic on their own. One of the best Bridge J style pickup sounds out there - with all the burp-y sand growl-y mids whilst stay fat and full. The P can grind with the best of them or deliver lovely pillow-y lows. The pickups are very responsive and present different playing styles and techniques beautifully. They are particularly good at projecting the dropped tuning, though equally sounding fantastic in standard tuning too. There is a bit of general wear, with a few dings int he finish of the headstock the most noticeable. These are wonderfully made basses from Yamaha, with a lovely smooth finish on the neck lending to an easy play. The electronics are great, and as someone is generally a passive-only player, I actually found the preamp circuit useful and pleasing to use. I sadly don't have the original pickups for this bass (though I really feel the Delano pickups offer a considerable upgrade here), but do have the original gig bag which will be included in the sale. Happy to arrange pick up/delivery in Belfast or wider NI - and will likely be in London sometime late September so can also arrange something then if preferable. Otherwise insured delivery is an additional £30. I am open to trades/part-exchange with this bass - in particular I would consider: Sire 5 Strings or Sterling by Music Man basses (4 or 5 string variants). Edited November 13, 2020 by pilotbicycles No longer for sale. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilotbicycles Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 I should add that I also have two sets of Dunlop heavy Core strings - 115/95/75/55 gauges, which is currently setup up with. I'll throw these in with the bass for whoever buys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jassbass Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancowell25 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Great bass at a great price - I can only imagine the Delano’s will super charge It Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilotbicycles Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 Decided to hang on to this one for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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