Yamaha or Fender…

[AndyTravis]

So, I’m about to receive a bass I’ve been chasing for a while (Musicman Sabre Classic) 

 

And I have an abundance of posh P/J’s. And realistically, won’t see as much action as the other - I’m not skint, but not wealthy enough to have several £1000 basses hanging around unused “just in case”.

 

Yamaha 1986/Japan - warmth (acoustically) and that old resonance only 30 years or so can bring…

 

Fender 2014/Japan - snaps acoustically, slimmer neck…sounds phenomenal plugged in, silent.

 

Yamaha has 60 cycle hum on solo…but loves a bit of drive…

 

Both Japanese, both “rare”

 

BB1600 is worth more…

Edited December 21, 2021 by AndyTravis

[ezbass]

You’re a Yammy man, that’s the one for you to keep. 

[PatrickJ]

As you know I'd keep the Fender, but I like MIJ Fenders and I've never warmed to the Yamaha BB shape aesthetically. 

You've done a nice couple of mods to Aerodyne and it looks killer, amazing colour!

 

Perhaps a side by side recording would help ?   How they play and how they sound should be the deciding factor I guess.

[AndyTravis]

2 minutes ago, PatrickJ said:

As you know I'd keep the Fender, but I like MIJ Fenders and I've never warmed to the Yamaha BB shape aesthetically. 

You've done a nice couple of mods to Aerodyne and it looks killer, amazing colour!

 

Perhaps a side by side recording would help ?   How they play and how they sound should be the deciding factor I guess.

Yeah. Need exact same brand and age strings on them…

[PatrickJ]

3 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Yeah. Need exact same brand and age strings on them…

 

Got a new set sitting around?  String one up, record, move the strings to the other and repeat.   Needs to be a blind test though, so recordings labelled guitar 1 and guitar 2 so no visual bias influences votes.

[AndyTravis]

8 minutes ago, PatrickJ said:

 

Got a new set sitting around?  String one up, record, move the strings to the other and repeat.   Needs to be a blind test though, so recordings labelled guitar 1 and guitar 2 so no visual bias influences votes.

Can do that. Will sort.

 

Mrs T is out tomorrow getting her first (and hopefully only) tattoo which means I’ve got loads of time.

[AndyTravis]

32 minutes ago, ezbass said:

You’re a Yammy man, that’s the one for you to keep. 

Got the 414 which is remarkably close to the 1600, sonically…just doesn’t feel in the same league…

[TheGreek]

I'm on the fence...

 

As a rule I'm not really a Fender fan but have heard good things about the Aerodyne, and I do like a PJ. Even though I own a BB615 I'm not really a big fan of the BB shape and will probably move it on at some point. 

 

If I was in your position and had to keep one/ sell the other.....I'd probably start a poll and ask everybody else....

 

 

 

Oh yeah...you did.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

I voted Yamaha, mainly because the Fender's got boring knobs 😉

[CPCustomdubwise]

The Fender is blue....

The Yamaha isn't....

Now, if it were orange, then....

[PaulThePlug]

Pick to KEEP or Pick to SELL?

 

Keep the Aero...

Edited December 20, 2021 by PaulThePlug

[AndyTravis]

4 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Pick to KEEP or Pick to SELL?

Hmm.

 

well…

 

Another option is to list both and keep whatever doesn’t sell 😂

[bassfan]

I’d keep the aerodyne. It’s blue and a pj what’s not to like! 😃😂

[AndyTravis]

1 minute ago, bassfan said:

I’d keep the aerodyne. It’s blue and a pj what’s not to like! 😃😂

Yeah. Blue. Definitely blue.

[skidder652003]

i've made it neck and neck just to really confuse the issue...

[Machines]

I'm hugely biased to Yamaha. Not much else to add as without trying them side by side I can't comment with authority.

 

However you can easily replace an Aerodyne.

[AndyTravis]

20 minutes ago, Machines said:

I'm hugely biased to Yamaha. Not much else to add as without trying them side by side I can't comment with authority.

 

However you can easily replace an Aerodyne.

In blue? Can I?

[AndyTravis]

1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I voted Yamaha, mainly because the Fender's got boring knobs 😉

I still have the originals 😉

[Jonesy]

Keep the Fender. That's mostly based on the fact my brain can't deal with a company that makes musical instruments, motor bikes, calculators, skis and computer chips. They can't be good at all of them. Surely.

 

My brain knows in reality they're good at making all of the above............but there's still something that doesn't sit right with me 😂

[Dazed]

1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

Hmm.

 

well…

 

Another option is to list both and keep whatever doesn’t sell 😂

This. 

[Guest]

6 hours ago, ezbass said:

You’re a Yammy man, that’s the one for you to keep. 

 

He's such a Yammy man that another 1600 will be coming along in  his life sooner or later, whether he intends it or not.

 

Keep the Fender!

[Doctor J]

Sell both. If you really wanted either you wouldn't be asking the question. 

[AndyTravis]

15 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Sell both. If you really wanted either you wouldn't be asking the question. 

Interesting 

[Lozz196]

10 hours ago, ezbass said:

You’re a Yammy man, that’s the one for you to keep. 

Just what I was going to put

[MikanHannille]

Normally I'd say keep the BB but Fender Japan is something else. So........