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10 minutes ago, mikeycrikey said:

I just bought my white Yamaha BB414  back after selling. 

Only sold it as I needed the space in the house. Now bought it back and am delighted go have it home. Still have my BB734a which is an awesome bass with considerable upgrades on the BB414, but I just constantly fiddle with the active electronics between every song.

The BB 414 I just plug it in and play

And the 414/424/2024 is just 'sexier' looking

3 hours ago, dirgefornovember said:

I can now join this thread as I'm the proud owner of a BB414.

 

First time Yamaha owner, I was originally after a low-to-mid range Squire/Fender P to mess around on but after spotting this for ~£150 delivered, I pulled the trigger.

 

Couldn't be happier, neck is nice and slim and it feels great to play. Needs a setup and a clean so will be doing that before properly putting it through its paces. Has some cracks in the lacquer by the pickups but I'm not fussed about that all - in fact I'm dead impressed overall for the notes spent on it.

What a bargain!

I know people say this a lot but....

This won't be around for long. 

Lovely. 

11 hours ago, hookys6stringbass said:

Not me.... really great basses.... I asked Hooky if there would be anymore.... he said yes and the he was working on it with Yamaha  ... unfortunately it won't be this year sadly....

£1400 is ridiculous unless the person doesn't want to actual play the thing and keep it in a vault like a vintage wine or something. 

14 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

Saw the Stereophonics live from Cardiff stadium on BBC2 last Saturday, and saw their bass player Richard Jones rocking a lovely black BBP34 the whole time. Looked awesome! 

I think they look really tasty but this has got me thinking... are there any well known players that regularly use the P34/35?

That is a banger of a bass.

GLWTS.

Loved reading that post.

This bass is class, love the history too. 

I love what you've done with this, very tasteful 

We must be due a new or refreshed BB range sometime soon?

The current range was released in 2017, apart from the Hooky nothing new since. 

Anyone heard anything?

Love this

Just heard this on Steve Wright in the afternoon, great to hear such a monster bit of bass work on radio 2...

It's by Oliver Heldens (no me neither 🙂).

Any tech bods know if it's real though, or is it programmed?

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDle12GkvLn_w9vWKYUr3t1DhQ8CCLCy4&feature=share

What a delicious bass tone they've got going on here....

Love this!

3 hours ago, Grahambythesea said:

Some of these sound over complicated. I use a Blackstar headphone amp. Just plug and go. It does have a rhythm machine built in so you can practice playing in time.

This is what I use. So simple but does the job perfectly with the built in drum machine and aux line in to play your tunes through. 

The only thing that is annoying is the cables. 

I would like to have a look at the wazz air unit but it's bloody steep...

This topic really resonates with my experience!

I have worked shifts all my working life in the transport industry. After a long hiatus from playing during my 20's I decided to get back into playing and try to join a band but the rotating shifts and rest days meant I just could not commit to a band which rehearsed etc. 

I decided to change jobs and did office work for 6 years which I absolutely loathed but stuck it out as the hours allowed me to literally say YES to every opportunity that looked worth doing. 

Now I'm returning to my old job back on shifts but in the last 6 years I've built up a reputation with the local musician community, got regular gigs booked and am in 3 bands who are thankfully understanding of the realities of my situation.

The main problem as far as gigging is concerned is having a Mrs and 3 kids who I miss seeing when I'm out on a Friday or Saturday night in some dump of a venue while they're snuggled up at home on the sofa watching a film and eating popcorn 😔

Lovely bass GLWTS.

I think it probably weighs around 4.1kg.

Use a set of luggage scales brother!

Some gigs over the last few years that I've attended:

Scritti Politti at Birmingham Town Hall- no bass player

Tower of power- same venue, no bass player (due to late notice illness)

Yungblud- O2 Academy, Brum- no bass player except for 2 songs at end of set, huge bass drum and nausea-inducing throbbing bass, total mush sound mix

There are unfortunately some on this very forum who do not recognise any problem at all in the fact that an increasing number of acts are choosing to ditch the bass guitarist 😪

4 hours ago, Mickeyboro said:

Glad the Precision is still doing it for you, mate! Long may it do so.

Is a great bass Mick 👍

Played a rather rough pub in a northern suburb of Brum last night. It was packed and they loved us (we always deliver a big crowd) but too many idiots and pi55heads for my liking.

Plus the landlord didn't offer us a drink before or after the gig and has the bloody cheek to switch to online payment and forcing me to wait for my money.

On the plus side the stage sound was excellent and I dropped barely a bum note all night. 

The Squier Cv P once again delivered the goods with ease and comfort. It really is a terrific instrument and I can't understand why the GAS for another P bass just won't subside 🤷‍♂️

Love this

Mmmmmm....😍

Oh wow 😍

On 24/03/2022 at 20:32, AndyTravis said:

Some guy who to be fair had decent beats and feel - but sang out of tune with a chipmunk type effect on. It was painful 

Dan Deacon, he was supporting last night as well. 

Was a decent show at the Ally Pally.

I'm not a proper fan but my wife bought tickets for me as a surprise after I showed her the clip of them playing on Letterman which was nice of her. 

Agree that the band are tight.

Sam Herring is an incredible frontman. He gave it 200% all night, the nuclear dad dancing was something else. 

The sound was poor though (not their fault). FOH was was too bass heavy, so much so that everything in the middle was squashed. 

Bass player played a tasty natural P bass for most of the set, picked up the Jazz for one song. 

One again i suppose he will be Marmite but Sam Herring is something else. 

Mmmm 🤤

Off to see them tomorrow, really looking forward to it.