NBD! - Yamaha BBP34 vintage white

[Root 5]

From the ones I've had & seen, several had pickup routes that were "generous." They are screwed into the spot that they are & there is no moving them sided to side.

I wonder if the bodies are made/CNC at the same time as the neck in Indonesia, and the best of the lot picked, then shipped to Japan for final IRA, assembly, fretwork, and fine tuning. I had mentioned this on the BB club forum in an earlier post. Just a thought...

As far as the inlays, I've see at least one with them off center past the 12th fret.

The “IRA” Yamaha claim is breathtaking marketing BS. Complete nonsense to jack up the price.

 

[mixbus]

I just finished putting on some fresh slinky hybrids, conditioned the fretboard and set it up.
The neck is a beast. The truss rod is almost loose and it has the perfect curve. Swapping the stock strings with the heavier slinkies did nothing to it. Very stiff.
The dead spots are nothing much, with the new strings it's only noticeable in 2 frets and even that barely.
Damnit I will keep it, it's great!!!

So happy for you!

Glad you were able to work through it.

Enjoy!

 

[SunByrne]

I love my BB734 and occasionally consider “upgrading” to a BBP34 but I just can’t justify it since mine is so solid. Mine is 9lb 10oz so it’s even heavier than yours but honestly I’m pretty OK with anything under 10lbs, and like yours, mine balances perfectly.

I’m a little surprised that the inlays are off. That’s weird but 2mm is barely noticeable—I guess it’s entirely possible that mine are off by that much and I’ve never noticed it. I say if it feels great and sounds great it’s a keeper.

 

[Heiwa]

The instrument looks perfectly fine to me.

I can’t see those “bad” things he wrote either

 

[bigdaddybass12]

Nice fretwork!