allighatt0r Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 I've recently got myself a passive Thunderbird, and realised the joys of passive bass! Subsequently, my active BB614 is getting used alot less. So this is a bit of a feeler. Would anyone care to trade their BB414 for my BB614? It's just less than a year old, and is finished in old violin sunburst, and has got some buckle rash. I can take some pictures if anyone is interested.
Bigwan Posted June 12, 2009 Posted June 12, 2009 Why not just convert it to passive? The pickups are the same. Should be a simple job for anyone who knows how to wield a soldering iron.
allighatt0r Posted June 12, 2009 Author Posted June 12, 2009 True, I had had a couple of thoughts about doing that, I have a bit of experience with a soldering iron. But I was slightly put off by the knob arrangement!
Guest MoJo Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 (edited) Are you sure the 614 is an upgrade to the 414? As you have discovered, the simplicity of a passive bass can be superior in some ways to it's active counterpart - plug and play. I wouldn't say the 614 was an upgrade of the 414, more an option. Congratulations on coming to your senses and welcome to the Passive Yamaha BB appreciation society I think the best option, if the pickups are indeed the same in both basses is a bypass so that the bass can be used in passive or active mode. If it were black, I'd snap your hand off and do the mod myself. I'm not keen on the violin sunburst however. Good luck with the trade. Have a bump on me Mark Edited June 18, 2009 by bassman2790
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