soulstar89

Depends what sound you want. I have a 78 pulser 400. I have dr strings, roto 66 and d’addario nickel. Wanted to go for a finger style 70-80’s funk sound. haven’t decided which string I like best yet🙈 lol

Wow beautiful. Vintage Yamahas are super rare to find in uk stores. what store did you pick it up from? I’ve a Yamaha pulser 400 from 78 they are great examples of craftsmanship.

LOOOOL whats interesting is he said the voodoo bass had la bellas. I thought he always used thomastik infeld flats! Either way his a legend. him talking about playing light made me pick up my bass. Turned up the amp a tad and I was surprised I’ve not noticed how sweet the tone is. I normally go funk finger style all the time.

Watched this earlier today. Pino and paul Jackson are my fav bass players. i enjoyed the convo. The soulquarian era (adding Roy Hargrove, Jill scott and pino) shaped my ear as a teen. They all worked on each others albums as they was in the same studios. It took me years later to realise all of them and how much J dilla was apart of the era.

Sorry prob didn’t word it right. The 400 and 600 are the same. I’ll reach out to Brian. Thought I Would ask if anyone here had one hanging around to spare me the hassle lol. Cheer for the heads up on Brian.

Hey guys. I’ve a question regarding my vintage Yamaha. Not a BB but I figured this is probably the best place to ask. I have a 78 Yamaha pulser 400. One of the pickup screws when I got it was stripped. The pickup height was fine but wanted to be able to adjust if needed. took bass to local luthier to upgrade the electrics to cts. I told him about the screw and ask if he could get it out. I didn’t realise that the screws used in original bass is near impossible to find. He put in a standard vintage screw but it’s to high. My question is, is there any pulser players who has any spares? I’ve also a pulser 600 on the way and need a pickguard for it also as pulsers are a slightly different shape to normal ones. cheers

Cream it is then.

He is Amazing. That is the sound in my head of how I play. In reality, is another thing looool

the Instagram video is very informative. I forgot how much i love the sound of these strings. I actually may pickup a set. They sound like a worn in pair of rounds but more thumpy.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CsEb9MttEEk/

I’ll post some demos of Mitch when I get on my laptop in a bit

lol when I came here and wanted to find info on Japanese basses I noticed you always chipped in. from a distance you have helped loads. Especially regarding changing the electronics.

I’ve not played them but like you the sound articulate and thumpy. Mitch Friedman who works for la Bella and also who these was made for gives AMAZING demos of them. on talk bass people really like them. They say they don’t seem extremely high tension.

This is really nice. My vibe as well

I couldn’t agree more. His a legend. He worked with herbie when the headhunters first started working with herbie. I’m sure his the drummer in the iconic live flood album recorded in Japan 1976.

No worries. Yes very much food for though. They are the price of a take away, given how prices of things have gone up lol.

I've not BUT i have read many reviews from people on here and also talkbass. They liken it to the fender custom shop 62 pickup in a good way. The fender has a slightly more open sound compared to the tonerider. Makes sense as the fender reads 10.5 and the tonerider 11.5(p bass) Many rate it very highly.

just found this. Paul Jackson and Mike Clark on drums

I like these conversations. I’ve not tried any of the listed English makers as yet. it would be great if people could add a sound example of the pickup so we could get a reference. I know about the American brands lollar, Lindy fralins and arcane. They are regarded the best in the field for hand built pickups. I would love to hear how uk based pickups sound from makers like creamery, bloodstone, catwhiskers, Gemini etc. The prices of the above listed are like half of what an imported arcane pickup including tax would cost.

Know worries bud. This site is here to help each other. 😁