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New Yamaha Basses - BB series

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I've ordered the BB434 and will get it in a couple of days if the info I received is correct. Looking forward to trying it in a real live situation. I used to play the old early 80's BroadBass 2000 and 3000 and they were great instruments. I've never tried a Yamaha that was bad. Even though I preferred Fender through the years I've always felt that the Yamaha quality has been high even on the low priced modells and the new BBs seems to be a good combination of the Yamaha and the more traditional Fender styled instruments. Hopefully it will suit me fine.
 
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basmicke said:
I've ordered the BB434 and will get it in a couple of days if the info I received is correct. Looking forward to trying it in a real live situation. I used to play the old early 80's BroadBass 2000 and 3000 and they were great instruments. I've never tried a Yamaha that was bad. Even though I preferred Fender through the years I've always felt that the Yamaha quality has been high even on the low priced modells and the new BBs seems to be a good combination of the Yamaha and the more traditional Fender styled instruments. Hopefully it will suit me fine.
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I got the chance to play a BB434 in black today, I liked it quite a bit, the neck was comfortable, great tone, though in the end I still want to demo the BB734 before I make any decision on buying one. I have a fantastic passive Fender PJ bass already, so I would want to see if the addition of the preamp will give it a different overall character. It was a little heavier than the American Pro Jazz I demoed, but not to the point of being uncomfortable.
 
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I got my BB 434. Started off by changing strings to more heavy flats (50-105) and to me it became a totally different bass by doing that. I personally don't get why bass-manufacturers nowadays always put these soft nickelstrings, (D'Addario 45-100 nickels) on every bass when shipped. I guess it's an economical reason becuase you'll end up with a bass with no lowend, whimpsy buzzing action and an overall toyish impression. Anyway, after stringchange, action- pickup height- and truss adjustment I took it to its first livegig, with my trusted Fender as a backup plan. I ended up playing the Yamaha the entire show. That's a promising start :)
The bass feels solid and delivers a good driving P-bass sound with the oportunity to add more hi-mid growl by using the J-style bridge pu'p. Though it in no way challenges my old jazz bass in the 'Jaco'esce' departement it gives me a more full sound than just using the P- pu'p.
Mine is on the lighter side and by no means heavy. 3,7 kg (8.15lb).
What impresses me most is the bottom from the bass physically and the even response across the fingerboard. Makes it really easy to play.
A good workhorse and all round bass that, even though I owned and liked a lot of Yamahas through the years, surprised me in delivering such a great sound and feel at the pricepoint it's at.
Good job, Yamaha !!
 
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Does anyone know what the string spacing at the bridge is on the 5 string ? That's one spec that most companies overlook to put on their spec section. It is a very legit spec and it is the most important one to me even over weight.... I'm not sure why they leave it out. Very frustrating!!
 
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