BB2000

[quote name='martfitz' post='1205856' date='Apr 20 2011, 02:13 PM']plus I've just put some TI Flats on the 1500A for the first time, so I am now truly a happy man with my sound [/quote] Good choice...

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1204753' date='Apr 19 2011, 01:38 PM']Boo! Ah well there are plenty of other pickups on the market.[/quote] Sorry - yes you can change the covers. They are "potted" into the plastic cover with wax (or something similar) so are easily removed.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1203717' date='Apr 18 2011, 03:45 PM']I like the idea of these noiseless jazz pickups but hate pickups with little logos on them. Are these pickups potted? I would want to swap the covers for something plain, can I do that?[/quote] Yes

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1200439' date='Apr 15 2011, 11:09 AM']Let's face it. Anyone who buys a signature model of any description is seriously missing the point anyway and asking to be exploited [/quote] True. Although I still might buy the Babbitt signature when it finally appears.

[quote name='chris_b' post='1200455' date='Apr 15 2011, 11:17 AM']All (both ?) JJ's Precision basses were stolen.[/quote] JJ junior has his Dad's upright bass.

[quote name='Clarky' post='1184404' date='Apr 1 2011, 11:01 AM']The fretless I bought yesterday has La Bella Deep Talkin flats on it. They are heavier gauge than I am used to but I found I really enjoyed being able to dig in a little harder than I would with, say, TI Flats. Does anyone know which gauge the black silk-ended ones are, Standard (45-105) or Medium (49-109)? They are not as heavy as the Jamersons and I know the light gauge ones have red silks.[/quote] That'll be the FS which are 45-105.

[post="1151467"]This is what it would have looked like.[/post]

[quote name='pete.young' post='1160501' date='Mar 13 2011, 02:36 PM']My BB800 has a reversed pickup and it does a very authentic P sound. You'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between it and a fender in a blind test.[/quote] Seemed to work for Phil Lynott.

[quote name='bobpalt' post='1158960' date='Mar 12 2011, 08:27 AM']I gig with a 2024X, and apart from one minor problem with the selector switch which keeps cutting out (its a cheap[/quote] If it's the same switch that's used on the BB3000 it's prone to "stuff" entering the switch from the front. It doesn't help that some of Yamaha's high end cases shed fibres from their lining like a molting cat.

[quote name='noelk27' post='1159091' date='Mar 12 2011, 11:08 AM']My only wish is that Yamaha would return to neck-thru construction. For me, the BB2000 and BB5000 have never been bettered.[/quote] I think they made a mistake in not using a reversed pickup in the bridge position on the BB2024. It makes a huge difference for players that slap.

I've played one. It has a warmoth neck, I don't know about the body. I preferred the BB1500A I used to have to this model. It is a good bass, but I wouldn't have paid the retail price for one (I think they were/are about £1000?).

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1122489' date='Feb 10 2011, 12:13 PM']Uh.. OK.[/quote] Indeed.

I ran this particular head with a couple of 4 ohm EA cabs without any problems. Having said that I never had the opportunity to try it at `full throttle'.