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Yamaha Attitude LTD II, should I send it back?
- Thread starter jasonmatthews
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They should probably stop trying to take pictures next to the pool, that one looks like it's taken a dip or two.
Looks like it's back up for sale?
Yamaha Billy Sheehan ATT-LTD II Seafoam Green with Original Hard Case - ATT LTDII
Yamaha Billy Sheehan ATT-LTD II Seafoam Green with Original Hard Case - ATT LTDII | The Guitar Dude | Reverb
Yamaha Billy Sheehan ATT-LTD II Seafoam Green with Original Hard Case - ATT LTDII
Yamaha Billy Sheehan ATT-LTD II Seafoam Green with Original Hard Case - ATT LTDII | The Guitar Dude | Reverb
Yup. His response was "Btw the bass is perfectly fine. It needed the saddles raised one turn each. (To get rid of the buzzing) The neck is straight the frets don't look bad at all. I see those micro rust spots but even those are hard to find. The frets don't need to be leveled and there is no buzzing."
My response was "There are a few problems with that though... you can always raise action to get rid of fret buzz, sure, but those basses are designed for super duper low action. In fact, Sheehan recesses the bridges on his own basses to get the action even lower. Obviously it's player preference, but that instrument *should* be able to be setup with mega low action. Just raising the saddles reduces the buzz, but doesn't solve the problem. On your bass there are high frets (the ones I mentioned), you can check with a fret rocker; you don't have to level the entire fingerboard, but at least those frets need attention. The neck is straight when it's under tension, but remove the tension and it's in permanent backbow.
The fret crowns are great; I really do think whoever had it never really played it, if at all. Best guess from the people I showed is that possibly frets 15/16 were replaced at some point, and the heat scorched the maple. But maybe not; maybe it's just always been like that."
