Al Krow

Anyone using "locking" 1/4" jacks on their cables, if so what do you recommend? Or are folk generally just looping their lead around their straps to stop them yanking out mid set?

I found my 1025 and 735A to be very close indeed tonally in passive mode. The PUP blender is a nice touch, but actually if you need to kick in the solo J pup mid song, the selector switch is hard to beat! Obvs the 734/5 has the active mode mode in addition and I guess normally you would set and forget the blender at e.g. 75% P and 25% J, which is not something you can do on the 1024/5s. I ended up sticking with my 1025, partly 'cos it was a shade lighter in weight, and on a "shallow" level I do prefer vintage white to the grim reaper matt black finish on my former 735A! The 425 is one of the ballsiest passive basses on the market. Full stop!

Good man. I see that the change in pricing / distribution policy is already having an impact. Look forward to your review!

So where we are up to (posted on the OP) is: 9. CPCustomdubwise - BB434M, B415WR modded (lightweight hardware and John East giblets) (prev: BB350F, BB5Gs, BBN5) 10. TRBboy - BBN5 modded (prev: BB414, BB614FL, BB605, BB435) 11. Mojo - BB425, BB414 12...please keep your Yammy herd details incoming! What's kinda interesting, just based on the responses so far, is that we mostly have the older Yammy basses, not so many of the of 2017+ Series 3 around.

Get thee gone to the Sandberg Appreciation Society (club) 😄 😄

V. interested in what you thought of your TRB 5P, before I embark on a futile 5P quest!

Oooh that's worth knowing about Kenny's being an excess stock outlet!

My take on HPF is that it serves two main purposes: 1) get rid of low end subsonic crud, which you can't hear but takes up a lot of energy and leaves less headroom for the audible frequencies. This is classic sub 30Hz Thumpinator cut territory, with a preference from the manufacturer to use it at the start of your pedal board signal chain, rather than at the end (but it will serve a purpose all along the watchtower). Which makes good sense - as it means that the rest of your pedals are not needing to waste effort on low end frequencies that are going to be cut anyway. This application, for me, is a general one and would be relevant to clean bass/compressed/driven/distorted/synthy (but probably not for sub-synth / dub-bass set ups!) 2) for more general tone shaping and tightening - here a variable HPF is often used. If you have -12dB / octave cut and set at 80Hz then you there will be little impact at 80Hz but by the time you reach 40Hz you will be cutting by 12dB. A shelf EQ, on the other hand, has a steep cut for everything below the shelf frequency. I personally wouldn't use (2) with drive pedals as a lot of drive pedals have significant compression and in the case of ProCo RAT noticeable low end loss, so if anything I would want to be boosting lows and / or blending with clean to preserve low end. YMMV etc!

@CPCustomdubwise ah another elusive current BB434 owner, albeit with a maple fretboard! This list-thingy has already proved its value as you'll be able to answer @EJWW's question from the previous page: "I'd like to know whether the volume pots affect the output throughout the whole turn as opposed to the last bit of the turn like on some basses, and also what is the weight like? I know two models are never identical but I really can't take much over 4kg."

But if you limit it to the number of usable sounds, it's doable in one standard Earth month my sources tell me.

Thanks - details added to the OP on page 1 of the thread. I see you're ending up at pretty much the same place and having had the same journey as me! I'm still loving my 1025!

Oooh - another lush bass in the form of a BB5000A! Am I right in thinking that has a 2 band rather than 3 band EQ? If so, will you be sticking an OBP3 on that too?

Correction put through Mr Crikey. I should've spotted your typo given that the the BB200 was the original lowest numbered model I believe. Mr d_b5 - methinks we should probably limit it to BBs to reflect the essence of the thread?But perhaps with the exception of the TRB P series, as they were also PJs and the fact that I've always fancied one - even more so since @TRBboy posted this link a few days' back: PJ, neck through, 24 frets, 3 band EQ but just a 2 band EQ. Actually very close my ideal bass right there, just need to drop in a 3 band EQ!

I think that's up to date so far!

Cheers Andy - you formerly had pretty much all of them, right?! 😁

BC Yammy BB ownership list A couple of the recent queries, including the above, has made me realise that it would be good to know who currently has what Yammy BB bass(es) in their herd, so we can call on their expertise when required! For ease of reference, I can pin the list, when we've progressed it a bit, to the OP. I'm happy to kick this off: 1. Al Krow - BB1025 and BBNE2 (Previously: BB425, 735A and P35) 2. Andy Travis - BB 414 modded 3. dave_bass5 - BB 425 (Previously: P34 and the BB 435) 4. mikeycrikey - BB414, BB424x, BB1024X, BB734A (Previously: B100s and BB604) 5. pete.young - BB800 and BBNE2 (Previously: TRB 5P Mk1) 6. MDWagstaff - BB615 (modded with an aguilar obp3) and BB5000A incoming (Previously: BB605) 7. ...

Out of interest I'm guessing you're a 4 string player? Low B fundamental at 31Hz would be lost if you're a 5 player and why the Thumpinator kicks in at around 28Hz to deliver its steep cut. Having said that the low E is at 40Hz and many folk do like to start cutting at 80Hz i.e. at the first fundamental of the low E. Must admit I always found a steep cut below 50Hz seems to leave my tone a little "bereft" of that low end. But your set up and what you hearing are the true guide so if that's working for you with smaller speakers (are you using a PJB?), then that has to be the "right" answer for you!

It's kinda interesting that the 434s don't seem to come up in discussion or in the FS as often as some of the older models e.g. the 414 or 424. Maybe because the older ones continue to be highly regarded and are that much cheaper? Other than John, who has already replied, the only folk I know who have or had BB 434s are @Tubster and formerly @doc40hz and @jezzaboy. Hopefully one of them will be along shortly to address your queries. The other option would be to give the Yammy store in central London a call - they're pretty helpful in my experience.

And if that tickles you, it's nothing compared to the evidence of my going do-lally that this thread has shown me! That rather handy Mosky dual switch, Woody recommended ...well shortly after it turned up from Amazon, turns out I already had one sitting patiently on my on-the-pedal-shelf! I used to do that with CDs, duplicate pedals takes it to whole new level!

My thoughts exactly! I'm now desperately resisting the temptation to get things loaded up on a larger board, to make space for the tap tempo and Woody's new gizmo 😁

Not having been taught anything I take it that you are now immensely creative? 😁

I saw this recently and thought, bloody hell, Jon has pretty much nailed my dream bass with this! How might I tweak? Perhaps a set neck rather than bolt on, possibly reverse P and a different wood finish (and I'd also check that he's using light-weight tuners - as there's a possibility of saving nearly 1lb in weight there and getting less neck dive). But in terms of key features: PJ, 24 frets, 3 band John East EQ, meaty pups and great looking bass - just wow!

Excellent. I think the Lekato really does punch well above its weight as a looper. It has the functionality of pedals costing several times more and then goes one further by putting it all in such a tiny package! But it's relatively unknown still. The only slightly fiddly thing I'm finding is the quick double press to switch it into standby - where a second stomp button might have been easier. But that would likely have needed a bigger box and, besides, I suspect that is the same issue with most single stomp loopers. So what is the £23 blue tooth page turner?

You guys seem to do quite a few Central London gigs - next time you're playing, please let us know, I'm sure a few of us would love to get along!

Nah, not at all. It boils down to what audiences are expecting. If you're doing a Beethoven Violin Concerto - your audiences are expecting the original, they really don't want your twiddly bits chucked in! And there are plenty of concert standard classically trained brass musicians who can turn their hand to a bit of jazz improv. It's not either / or.