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In excellent condition. It's taken me two years to take the plunge on this, as it's easily the better of the two fivers I own, and a perfect fit with my BB2024. The other fiver has needed some fettling so gathered more emotional investment, and to be honest I rarely need to use either of them.
As a consequence this has not got a single ding or dent. Of course there are some light surface marks that black guitars acquire if you just look at them in the wrong way.
Price includes a near-new condition Yamaha gig bag. If delivery is required I have a Yamaha hard shell case that came with my 2024 that I could be persuaded to part with.
I'm travelling north next week, maybe as far as Dundee, and could bring it with me.
Any questions? Just ask.
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Some years ago I was in two bands: I was the weakest in the jazz band, and the strongest in the blues band.
Both were fun to be fair, but the jazz band involved much less hard work!
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The ‘drummers from hell’ stories remind me of one guy we tried many years ago. He stared fixedly at my right arm (I was on rhythm guitard), and hit something only when I did.
He didn’t do count-ins of course.
btw OP I too have the same metronome, but unless tilted, it seems to swing slightly.
it could be me?
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There’s plenty to like about Rick Beato’s videos.
No ‘fun’ graphics or visual puns, no pretence of cool.
Just dense information and loads of enthusiasm.
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Now which Yamaha is this?
Maybe my old Motion B, or a modern RBX?
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No-one has fessed up to this bad judgment yet, but as a teenager in the early 70s I hated Motown.
At the time I believe I thought Deep Purple were at the embodiment of good taste.
Wrong on both counts.
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I'd say try a short scale, yet I think not having to stretch the fingers so much across the frets is not so important as keeping the fretting hand closer to the body.
But I'd choose with care. There's a lot of other factors that can cause pain. My favourite wrist-friendly neck is on a 34" Chris Larkin bass. It's P-bass width, 45mm at the nut, and of baseball bat dimensions. The fattest neck I play, but it's asymmetric and fits my quite small hands so that the wrist is straight in most positions.
The Squier Jag SS neck feels like a pencil by comparison, and although it's 'easier' to play in some ways, it will never feel as comfortable.
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About strings, Rick Beato has published a few YouTube videos saying why he thinks the lightest produce the best overdriven tone. He prefers 8s over 9s. More mids, I think.
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I dislike playing with a pick. And I don't like flats either. But together they seem to make sense.
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It was also only 50p!
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5 hours ago, stewblack said:
I too have seen HBs advertised for more than the Thomann price.
I'm actually tempted by this. I have never played a 6er but having the 4 string version of this I know just how good they are.
Which side of Bristol are you? (pm'd you)
As you're a convert, I dare say I was flipping amazed by how decent the output is.
It tends to 'pop' when switched between active and passive, but I never played it live.
I'm central Bristol. PM replied to.
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A great sound for the price, and it's an impressively even output across the range. I haven't discovered any problems with the construction and it's been easy to set up with a low action. The neck is a bit too chunky for my medium hands and small fingers, and I have an Ibanez sixer which suits me better.
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This Variax is in very good condition and hasn't received a great deal of use. Everything is in working order and the mains power unit and a stereo lead are included. I've had it a couple of years and it's fun to play around with, and the variety of sounds can be inspirational for working out new ideas.
When it comes to live performance, I've always picked a bass with simpler electronics, so it's time for someone else to own it. Every bass player should be able to play with a Variax for a while, and their secondhand price seems to be holding up.
Please ask for more pictures. There are a couple of dents in the finish which I can photograph in close-up.
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Yeah probably! But I had noticed this listing with three days to go and it was already at £295 with at least five bidders over £200
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So my silver one will struggle to make £100?
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I thought this didn’t quite qualify for eBay weird & wonderful, but I did find it weird. Why did this ordinary Jaguar get bid up to £395? (I might have one for sale!)
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The bass is on eBay at £795 Buy it now price.
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2 hours ago, BreadBin said:
Isn't it 5 extra notes? 😉
I was taught never to play an open string (but not much maths, clearly!)
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A fiver usually means extra weight, uncomfortably wide fingerboard, uncomfortably narrow string spacing, even extra expense, and all for the sake of four extra notes!
A poor trade off, many would say.
But you can play R - 3 - 5 - 7 - 11 - 13 in one position. And if you want to do that, you NEED one.
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I think it's partly because of the investment in time or even elbow grease that's often needed (instead of money!). By the time the bass is functioning properly, it's personal. I've sold perfectly good higher end guitars (Sandberg, US Fender) ahead of some old bangers which owe me too much effort.
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Jermaine Jackson?
Many people must think he recorded some famous Motown bass lines.
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One example where sustain is very useful is when playing a line originally written for a bowed double bass. An orchestra I play with has plenty of such numbers when fast decaying notes just doesn't work.
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Curtly Ambrose, former West Indies and Northants fast bowler. I've seen a picture of him playing a Steinberger Spirit headless - the extremities of scale!
Yamaha BB1025 - Sold
in Basses For Sale
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We've got some friends in Dundee who are due a visit. We could possibly be there around August 4th-6th.
btw the weight is about 4.4kg, as a few have already asked.