New Bass!!

[west*coast*bass]

I just picked up this beauty...a very nice Yamaha BB NE2 custom. The bass was used by a Yamaha endorsee who used it as his backup bass. There is slight mojo but all in all this thing is gorgeous!

The artist ordered it with all black hardware which I think looks much better than the gold. The bass has alnico pickups and the Nathan East 3 band parametric eq with a mid cut control. The bass weighs about 9.25 lbs and the neck is very comfy!! I am diggin' this bass!

I have been playing 4 strings exclusively for a while so it's nice to own a solid playing 5.

Here are some pics!

 

[__HM__]

Gorgeous. diggin' the black on white, and the matching headstock really pulls it together.

 

[MarcusPocus]

Sweet. Love the black hardware. What is the different knob? I thought maybe a mid selector, but what is the toggle then? Piezo?

 

[bronzdragon]

"slight mojo"

That's funny.

~r~

 

[west*coast*bass]

Sweet. Love the black hardware. What is the different knob? I thought maybe a mid selector, but what is the toggle then? Piezo?

When the toggle is in the up position, the mid cut control is on and the knob near the bridge controls the mid frequency that can be boosted or cut.

 

[west*coast*bass]

"slight mojo"

That's funny.

~r~

LOL, yeah...that would be a good name for a band.

 

[seedokebass]

Awesome looking bass.... it looks great with black hardware!

 

[MrMe]

Oh my god!
I love that bass!

 

[LP75]

I love jet black ebony fretboards, and they are especially cool on a white bass with black hardware.

 

[west*coast*bass]

Oh my god!
I love that bass!

LOL, thanks!

 

[lindseyp]

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Looks just like Nathan East's old bass.

 

[darkstorm]

Nice, the black hardware diff is nicer then gold for that. Congrats on new bass.

 

[Dan B]

This bass deserves to be in the "most elegant bass" thread.

Seriously; this bass oozes class.

 

[west*coast*bass]

This bass deserves to be in the "most elegant bass" thread.

Seriously; this bass oozes class.

Thanks, I agree. And I will add "sexy" to the description.

 

[csala]

Nice bass! It's not often you see a fiver with block inlays.

Let me know when it's for sale.

 

[millsbass5]

whoah!!Really,really nice bass,man!!Question:Who's b/up bass was it??
Street-price,new??
One more thing.I truely think,IMHO, thIS body favors the Spector NS body,minus the ever-so-slightly smaller end of the upper-horn.Headstock??A cross between Lakland & Music Man (shall we say a "Lakman" headstock??)
WOW!!I just never paid these basses much mind.Shame on me!!
What's the deal on this bass??Cheap model,expensive model??

 

[jasper383]

The Nathan East preamp on his basses, and in the NE pedal, is maybe the most usable and all-around great sounding eqs I have ever heard. I had a BB614 bass (the very little brother to yours), and it was hard to get a bad sound from it.

 

[west*coast*bass]

Nice bass! It's not often you see a fiver with block inlays.

Let me know when it's for sale.

Hey buddy!! Thanks for checking in! I hope all is well with you!

 

[west*coast*bass]

whoah!!Really,really nice bass,man!!Question:Who's b/up bass was it??
Street-price,new??
One more thing.I truely think,IMHO, thIS body favors the Spector NS body,minus the ever-so-slightly smaller end of the upper-horn.Headstock??A cross between Lakland & Music Man (shall we say a "Lakman" headstock??)
WOW!!I just never paid these basses much mind.Shame on me!!
What's the deal on this bass??Cheap model,expensive model??

I think these hover in the $2300 range new and around $1600 used. Definitely not a cheap bass by any means!

The bass belonged to Lats Kearns from the band "Memento" (personally never heard of them...)

 

[bass_snake]

Looks great! I like that white body. So clean.

Fred