yamaha bbn4 III.

[bailstric]

how come no ever talks about a yamaha bass ive got a bbn4 III. are they that crappy. my teahcer is an extreamly talented musician and he said the bass i got is great. but then agian im only a begginer.....

[Oysterman]

We do talk about Yamaha. See the "search" button up there? Write Yamaha in the box and click. You'll encounter a lot of threads there with the word "Yamaha" in it.

I think that most of us here at TB agree that Yamaha make very solidly built products. If you like them or just think they're so-so, well, it's personal.

but then agian im only a begginer

I do hope, no, I can clearly see that you're a beginner when it comes to spelling as well.

BTW, the bass in my avatar is a TRB-5.

[godsmack]

I got a yamaha, and i like it, it's one with a short body, i like it.

[Pacman]

I've got a TRB6P. I used to go on and on about it, incessantly

[embellisher]

This is getting dangerously close to being moved to Basses.

bailstric, welcome to Talkbass.

If you will do a search on Yamaha, you will find many good things said about their basses, ranging from the least expensive to the most expensive.

[Bass Guitar]

Nothing wrong with Yamahas at all. The TRB and RBX series are very nice basses for the money. A lot of pros use Yamahas including John Pattitucci, Gary Sheehan, John Myung, Nathan East...

[Rockin John]

Hi Bailstric and welcome to Talk Bass.

I very nearly got the BB4NIII. I still wish I'd given it more time when @ the store. There's a solid-colour red one out now and it looks great.

Generally I think Yamahas are good value for money.

Yeh. Should have bought one.....

John

[bailstric]

cool Rockin Jon i got a natural one i didnt see ne red ones. oh and oysterman i no i suck at spelling u dont need to point that out

[VoodooChile]

i've tried the yamaha john patitucci syg and thought that it was an awesome bass but i didn't think that it was worth the 2,000 plus dollars that they were asking for.

[Blackbird]

Originally posted by embellisher
This is getting dangerously close to being moved to Basses.

Prophetic words indeed.

Done.

[CJY]

Hi,
I own a bbn4 III fretless.It is a light bass,which I like.What I dislike about it is that ,like other Yamaha bolt ons,you do not have full access to all 24 frets.My hands are small and that makes the problem worse.And only recently I found out that the spacing at tha bridge is 20 mm compared to the standard 19 mm!No wonder the strings seemed further apart!The web site doesn't mention this,which I thought it should.Sounds OK,though.

[bailstric]

yeah i totally agree CJK I have alot of trouble trying to reach the higher frets

[CJY]

Can we write a petition to these bass companies?There are more than a few bolt ons out there which don't have good access to the highest frets.I know you can use your right hand fingers to tap high up,but I think that still defeats the purpose of having more frets.If they give you a 24 fret neck,make sure that your fingers can reach all of them!Otherwise make them neck throughs!Or sell them to people who don't play beyond the 12th fret!

[Marty Forrer]

I have gotten rid of my G&L2500, and replaced it with a BBN5II, and I love it. I have replaced the passive electronics with a Seymour Duncan preamp, and it rocks. My band-mates tell me it's the best sounding bass I've had, and I've had a few. It's light, has the wide string spacing (which is hard to find on a 5), and is very well built. The neck to body joint is tight as, the tuners are upper model Gotohs, not cheap ones, the finish is perfect, as is the fret-work. Apart from the L2500, I've had a Stingray 5, a Fender Jazz Am. std 5, a Soundgear 5, and my Tobias 6, and I can say the BBN5 is my pick of all of them.

[Sir Psycho]

I got my Bbn4fIII yesterday and I think it´s superb for the price I payed for it ($249)... I haven´t got anything to complain about it...

[amebassplaya]

I play a Yamaha TRB5II. I smile everytime I play.

No need to look at another.

Welcome to TalkBass.

Later.

[embellisher]

Originally posted by CJY
Can we write a petition to these bass companies?There are more than a few bolt ons out there which don't have good access to the highest frets.I know you can use your right hand fingers to tap high up,but I think that still defeats the purpose of having more frets.If they give you a 24 fret neck,make sure that your fingers can reach all of them!Otherwise make them neck throughs!Or sell them to people who don't play beyond the 12th fret!

It would cost a lot more to have a better cutaway and smoother heel, and would cost even more to make the bass a neck through.

You can't get these types of things on a good sounding bass in this price range.

You can get a decently constructed neck through for a little more, but the electronics will immediately need to be replaced, so you wind up spending twice as much for a bass that sounds as good as the Yamaha does stock.

To get all of those features in one bass, you have to pay over $1000.

[borisentwistle]

i own many basses and two of them are yamaha's.yamaha rbx270 from 2002 i cant even describe how good it sounds it's rated 4.1 from 5,whit pj pickups configuration and the other is yamaha bb3000 fretless from 1979.let me tell ya those two basses i would never sold them even do i bought rbx for 450 euros(then they where more expensive becouse mine is built in japan and now are made in china)and the bb3000 was a gift from a ex girlfriend.so yamaha makes top class basses believe me yours it's not crapy bass

[Thombas]

...he might have changed basses once or twice since he posted 12 years ago...