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Yamaha Basses?

#21
I love Yamaha. I own a lot of their gear. None of their basses or drums at the moment, but that could change pretty easily. I liked the Yamaha BB1025X video. I'd rather have a BB415, I think. More cost-effective.

KO

Added: Looked at the Yamaha site - more expensive but the 425 looks really nice, too. The 1025X is too much money for me at this point. Cool bass though.
 
#22
Quote from Bongolation: "pretty weak resale". "So if you want one, I'd advise buying used because you can get nice ones for nearly nothing"

I am not sure about what you wrote as you are implying that it will be cheaper?

There is a BB 3000 that I've located (and in my opinion there are not a lot of them), but they want 1700 euros for that Yamaha. That range must have been discontinued, unless there are still new ones for sale?

That is not "Nearly Nothing" !
 
#24
Bongolation said:
Yamaha's production basses are all made by the same various contract mills as everyone else's, so most of the "quality" reputation is somewhat misleading. I've seen about the same QC for other brands from the same contract producers. Yamaha moves production around a lot, though.
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They're like any other big volume guitar maker, nothing new about that. Their cheaper stuff is built to a price at wherever they can get it done economically, and the top of the line stuff like their BB2024 is made in Japan.
 
#26
I'm not sure that it's really true that Yamaha's stuff is 'just the same' as everyone else's with regard to build quality and quality control. I have yet to play a dud Yamaha, and I love my bottom-shelf RBX270J to bits. It has a fast neck and tone for miles. They must be doing something differently!
 
#29
I played a BB450 for many years - loved it. Everyone who tried it marveled (yes, "marveled", I say) at the action, and I even had studio engineers compliment the sound.

It has been retired with full honors, as I play Tobias and Dingwall now.

Attaching a pic - it got "Frakensteined" a bit over the years.
 

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#31
I love Yammmy's! I dare say they are the best bang for the buck in the low to mid end market. In the high end side there are a lot of options. My personal preference are the older MIJ models but the reissues and the newer models are pretty great.

I just got myself a nice aged and loved BB1000 so I am pretty stoked!
 
#33
I own a BB5GS and a BB300. I bought the BB300 as a back-up bass to a Ricky 4003 (20 yrs ago) but found I loved the playablility and tone of the BB300 so I would alternate based on which strings were newest. Both of these basses are middle-of-the-road workhorses and I love them both.
 
#35
I've had an RBX765A, RBX270J, and a BB405. All three are incredible instruments.

Unfortunately I sold the RBX765A, but a friend has it so it's still available. Was an awesome all-rounder and looked a million bucks in translucent green... Got me through my exams, and then into music at uni, and then through my degree.

The 270J is the best value bass I have EVER played. My fiance bought it for for a birthday and it got me back into playing music after a short hiatus. It has more useable tones than my Fender P (which works for acoustic pub rock and electric blues, but not much else for me it seems). Deep, tight bottom and lots of middy growl, plus piano-like tones in the higher register. Incredible. I want a 170EW for the mango top and matching headstock.

The BB is similar, but has the tightest B string I've played, and it's 34 inch! It's a J+J bass, but has more character than a Fender Jazz.

:hyper:
 
#36
Yamaha offers great value in their line from top to entry level, in my opinion. The sound is very open and piano like with great sustain. Listen to Nathan East playing with Fourplay and you will fall in love with the tone.

The older BB models have a big following, and the older TRB basses still go for high dollars.
 
#38
Yamaha offers awesome stuff. Some think they might just be generic looking, but I actually think they look great. Soundwise too, since Yamaha has a great R&D, they make some tone monsters.

I have an old one for sale right now - an early 5-string. See my sig.
 

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