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08-08-2009, 08:35 AM
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Curiosity is absolutely killing me, and I totally understand if you can't answer. Now that I've seen a Bass Magazine interview with Michael Anthony where he talks about and appears to be holding the same prototype, is this one being released to the public?
Thanks in advance!
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08-08-2009, 01:08 PM
| | | Would love to read that article, so at least I know what I can comment on or not.  I'll send a note to Yamaha peeps to see what's the latest. As you might expect, I signed an NDA, so I'm bound to that.
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08-08-2009, 01:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upland, CA. | | | Totally understood, Sir! It appears to be the same bass, but his is metallic orange with the black pickguard and a matching headstock. He mentions that he and a few "other artists" provided input and feedback and it's supposed to be budget minded.
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08-08-2009, 06:56 PM
| | | | Hmm...I will say that the one I'm playing (of which I know have a "production" duplicate) is NOT budget minded. I'll tell you more when I can.
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08-08-2009, 08:23 PM
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08-08-2009, 08:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upland, CA. | | Whatever the cost if and when it happens, I'll be saving up. The tone I've heard in clips is KILLER!!
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08-09-2009, 06:06 AM
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08-11-2009, 02:53 PM
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08-12-2009, 03:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Guildford / Exeter | | | I can neither find this article anywhere nor the sound clips? Halp meh!
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08-12-2009, 07:03 AM
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08-12-2009, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by vegas532  | wow.. that tone is fantastic! 
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08-12-2009, 08:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Guildford / Exeter | | | Wow. I love it. The tone is amazing and the song is great too.
Thanks for the link.
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08-12-2009, 11:53 AM
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08-12-2009, 06:32 PM
| | | | OK, I received some post-able info from Michael Tempesta at Yamaha Guitar Development, which I have paraphrased and added to here:
These BB basses were supposed to be released at Winter NAMM 2010 but it looks like the official release will now be at Frankfurt MusikMesse in March 2010. They are the same bass that I am currently playing. The new basses will be made in Japan and they will not be cheap. They are a high-end bass, but there is no official pricing as yet. The body is made of alder, and the neck is a five-ply laminate like the old school BB's, with a really nice rosewood fingerboard. The bridge is unique to this bass, I think. It does have the option of either through-body or traditional stringing. The pickups are all-new, alnico bar, and quite a lot of time went in to getting them just right (which I was involved in, along with the other consulting artists). The model numbers will be BB2024 (no pickguard) & BB2024X (with pickguard) for the 4 string, and BB2025 & BB2025X for the five string.
Best,
JMJ
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08-12-2009, 11:01 PM
| | | | I am glad that companies are still using the feedback from the artists who play their instruments to make them better. It makes me feel a bit better about R&D with larger companies.
And, as the others above me have already posted, that tone was awesome.
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08-12-2009, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by jmjbassplayer OK, I received some post-able info from Michael Tempesta at Yamaha Guitar Development, which I have paraphrased and added to here:
These BB basses were supposed to be released at Winter NAMM 2010 but it looks like the official release will now be at Frankfurt MusikMesse in March 2010. They are the same bass that I am currently playing. The new basses will be made in Japan and they will not be cheap. They are a high-end bass, but there is no official pricing as yet. The body is made of alder, and the neck is a five-ply laminate like the old school BB's, with a really nice rosewood fingerboard. The bridge is unique to this bass, I think. It does have the option of either through-body or traditional stringing. The pickups are all-new, alnico bar, and quite a lot of time went in to getting them just right (which I was involved in, along with the other consulting artists). The model numbers will be BB2024 (no pickguard) & BB2024X (with pickguard) for the 4 string, and BB2025 & BB2025X for the five string.
Best,
JMJ | Budget, budget, budget!!! (Chanting)
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08-12-2009, 11:26 PM
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Duly noted and time to start pinchin' pennies. 
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08-13-2009, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by secombs wow.. that tone is fantastic! | Yes. It is indeed. Got that line pulsing through my head as i type. |
09-01-2009, 02:40 PM
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09-01-2009, 05:27 PM
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