This is the second video I have seen of Pattitucci with this semi-hollow Yamaha six. I wonder if it will be available to the public.
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Will this Yamaha go into Production?
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This is the second video I have seen of Pattitucci with this semi-hollow Yamaha six. I wonder if it will be available to the public.
I very much doubt that it will. I suppose if you have the right contacts at Yamaha you may be able to get your own made up, but I don't think it will ever reach production. Just think what it costs to buy a solid body John Patitucci model. I would expect this to cost considerably more if it were offered to the public and the market for it would be vanishingly small.
As an aside, John has been using this bass for more traditional jazz use but I am not very keen at all on the sound of it. His TRB models sound considerably better. Here's hoping when he gets back to great fusion playing the solidbody basses will return.
As an aside, John has been using this bass for more traditional jazz use but I am not very keen at all on the sound of it. His TRB models sound considerably better. Here's hoping when he gets back to great fusion playing the solidbody basses will return.
One of the nicest basses I ever owned was a Nineties TRB6 with the skinny soap bars and 19mm spacing at the bridge. It would be wonderful if I could come across one when I have the cash to buy it.
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A hundred years ago, there was a concert on tv, back in the days of rabbit ears with tinfoil. Oh, and VCR's had only been around for a couple. Chic Corea, John Patitucci, Dave Weckl. JP absolutely killed on an upright and a Smith 6. Don't think I have the tape anymore (dreadfully horrid recording anyway), but would love to see and share that performance again!!!
garp - Oh My!!! Not the same performance I saw, but I certainly look forward to this - thank - you!!!
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Not a fan of the tone myself either. With a semi hollow you generally expect a rounder, warmer sound, but that bass (at least in this video and another one I’ve seen) has a pretty thin tone.
Yeah, I had a TRB-4P back in the 90's and have always been sorry that I sold it! It was an amazing instrument. Probably similar p'ups as in your bass but with a peizo in the bridge. Super high quality neck-thru construction and played like a dream.
Those old Yamahas were boutique quality. I guess Yamaha could not make a profit selling those at that level of fit and finish anymore.
It's a one-off from the Yamaha Custom Shop in SoCal:
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Go thru the slide show, and catch the pic of the Macassar pickup covers, and look at the little screw-in covers for the truss rod access holes. Primo . . . .
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Go thru the slide show, and catch the pic of the Macassar pickup covers, and look at the little screw-in covers for the truss rod access holes. Primo . . . .
Cool bass. I only watched the first minute of the video, but it sounds like one of those "shreds" videos that are popular on youtube...
If they do produce it,you'll need to hang it with chains from the rafters to play.
Thay bad boy weighs in at 14 lbs!!
Thay bad boy weighs in at 14 lbs!!
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