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Bass Channel has a review up

NBD I had not been able to see one in person prior to ordering. This V7 looks and plays fantastic. You guys have been right about the Sire basses. Seems unbeatable for the price.

What Marcus describes in that video does not sound like a Plek machine. The Plek does a lot of sophisticated scanning, and then the tech massages the software to set the fret heights. And then the Plek precisely cuts each fret one by one. It doesn't go back and forth across parts of the...

Thanks for the advice, everyone, on the specs discrepancy at CME for the Vintage V7. Decided to go with the regular V7 Ash white blonde from Pitbull Audio instead. :)

Looking into getting a V7 Vintage 2nd gen. And I'm seeing some discrepancies with the online specifications. I've seen a few listed Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" Frets: 20 Small But then CME (and a couple of other places) has them on pre-order described as Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ Frets: 2.4...

Nope. It was an ad without a picture. I won't have any trouble telling the difference in person. The bridge is completely different between the BB434 and P34. And the model number itself should be printed on the back of the headstock.

The local GC is only 15 minutes from my house. So I had it shipped to store. Just in case it's not the BBP34, makes it easier if I open it there. :)

Great. That is very helpful. I'll go for the Gator case once the guitar gets here.

Thanks guys. I'm just afraid this will be a too good to be true deal. That GC made a mistake and listed a BB434 as a BBP34. lol

Looking to join the Yamaha BB club. Saw that Guitar Center had newly listed a used BBP34 for $799 in great condition. They had just recently up the ad and didn't even have a picture for it yet. So I called the store. Sales guy said it looks fantastic, and it's tobacco sunburst (what I wanted!)...