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For example...if you watch the YYZ vids on youtube of this YYNOT band guy, he gets exactly the Rush sound with his Jazz Bass but I would not get there with a PJ bass. Then I have a very different attack playing fingerstyle etc. But I am not trying to replicate a sound but want to shape my own.

So here is a track only with the small combo and the sdrum for the beat. And the pic of the YYZ of the recording before. BB1000ma_without_pedal

Well, with the YYZ you have several way to maintain the low end. I did not buy the pedal to get Geddy Lee's sound. I dont like too much distortion, I just like the possibility to keep it low AND have a bit of valve sound. I used both pu's - and I can do the same lick without the YYZ . And I use all my gear to shape my sound, so I am not that much interessted in a pure bass sound without everything on recordings. In my opinion this is eqal to the pure sound of a Gibson Les Paul - it sounds best with an distorted amp and a 412 cab 🙂 But I can of course record a lick without the YYZ 🙂

Mh....please try again! In the org. post .

Thanks a lot Al but the bass was never for sale.. I just got it yesterday.

I recorded a quick bass lick with my cell phone in front of my little HD25. YYZ pedal for some smooth distortion. BB1000ma

So the misty green BB1000ma arrived. I think the one with the new finish will be ready next weak. I will post a new group hug of the basses when they gather!

Answered!

I put some stuff in and on to make it more a bass 😎

Well guess what my next 1000ma project will be ? 😄

As the lacquer guy writes...red is always difficult to picture on a picture..😂 Important info...the work is not done completely on this pic.

I still have a BB body that could be a 350's.... anybody interested?

The Lave Red is indeed one of the coolest but hottest colours ever !

Got first pics of the new cad finish .... can't wait. The last gloss ist missing yet... It will even get the original Yamaha logo again.

Shortscale...not for me...!! 192m high and ..well not the most skinny guy on bass... short scale will look like a violin 😂

5 string Waran 5: When the going gets rough..

The Euro 5s are really cool basses ! I was thinking about buying one but I don't use 5 strings and if..I still have a quiet cool LeFay Waran 5

The green is a rare colour on 1000ma's most of them were made in black. A 3000ma in green ( it is a different green on the 3000ma) ...would be on my wall forever! Black BB1000ma's are on the market over here from time to time!

A Spector is indeed a totally different kind of beast ! That's another sound universe.... Yamaha BB...passive, oldschool...Spector...90s high end / hifi sound. I love the Specor 5 string basses. Owned a few back then but I try to avoid 5 string basses whenever I can 🙂 There was a Rex 5 that I will never stop missing. That bass had the best B string I ever heard.

I think it depends on the location... I noticed different values of this rather unknown model of the BB range in the UK and Europe.Japan even more. In Europe (esp Germany for what I can speak in this issue) a very good price would be 300-350 Euros. 400,- -450 Euros would be the usual price without case. Im not interested in cases ('cause over the years...) but very often sellers sell with a case to rise the price a few bucks. Espacially this models are usually not owned by pros or real band players as the instruments often come in a mint condition. I wonder why ... I am playing the 1000ma since it came out and it stood the test of time. It overlived even two 3000ma's because in the end the bolt on neck sounds better to my ears. I highly recommend this model. On the other hand...now that I found a good lacquer guy....don't buy them! I'll take them all! 🙂 (sorry for my English if it sounds weird, I am not a native speaker) Edit: Concerning the pickups... for me it was perfect from the start and now I can't switch back to normal! I had beautiful other BB's but the normal pickup configuration did not sound right for me every time I played them... I just love the neck pickup not to be as boomy as the regular ones. In my eyes (or ears) this is kind of an advantage in the studio or live even more. And concerning studio work... I truely can tell that no other bass has ever gotten the job when the BB1000ma was in the collection of possible basses to record with. Something to rely on ! Maybe it is not a real alrounder. Of course you can play anything you want on it but I think, it's a perfect rock bass. I guess it was planed as a rocker for a bass player of a band like Van Halen 🙂 All the follow up's of Michael Anthony are "the same bass" from a different brand.

Due to Brexit second hand deals with the UK became..... 💥

I will get my candy apple red BB1000ma in two weeks. Meanwhile I just pulled the trigger on another BB1000ma in misty green. My plan is also a new green metallic finish on my other black 1000ma.... the red dots make a good contrast... (picture of seller, did not revieve the bass yet)

So cool....I'm just back from the lacquer guy.... took a look at some examples of his work... I like his work. Price is very fair.... 2 hours driving was worth it. Now the wait begins... 🙂

I finally found a guy that does great lacquer jobs for a reasonable price and I will bring him a first bass, a 1000MA for a new finish tomorrow. If I like the result, I may buy quiet a number of other Yamaha's to get them turned in my own signature basses.

My aging back ist exactly what brought GR to my attention. But I might go for cabs of more traditional construction - I was thinking on a 410 but it is way to expensive to crack at a gig in the van.