BassApprentice

Been wondering about this bass recently so dropped GuitarGuitar an email. They are on order and should be in stock in August - looking forward to seeing if its worth the money.

79 pieces in stock....More than probably every shop stocks.....

Nicely done! Get yourself over to the BB thread. Too many pages of BB Geekery

Well kind of, yes. Like all ranges, it's all down to features. Cheap ones have basic stuff, expensive ones have all the features and processes Yamaha have. But we all agree here that they are worth every penny at their given price range.

Probably not an accident....

Sometimes social media throws up some cool things. Found this luthier NS Guitars and this cool wee travel guitar. He also does basses. Here's the kicker - that only costs $400. Tempted to enquire and see if he could do a short scale bass version. Also thought it might be cool to have a thread for random Luthiers you find on Instagram/elsewhere which might give them business or inspire others for builds.

That looks great! I'm in Guitar Guitar fairly regularly and am always drawn to the Sandbergs. The P/MM combo is fantastic and if I can ever persuade them to do a custom one in Shell Pink they'll have a sure fire order.

Ah thanks so much for that Al! With the limited length of these strings I'll try through the bridge and see if it feels any different.

Can't deny the quality of Yamaha products! A question - I have acquired a set of Copper White Nylon Tapewounds and they are just a smidgeon shorter than I would like when stringing throughbody on my BB425 - Do people find a massive difference in tone/volume/feel for throughbody compared with through the bridge? Thanks!

I've got a set of Copper White Nylons on my Yamaha BB right now and I'm liking the smooth feel and the tone. Such an expensive experiment are bass strings.

Ach that's a shame mate! If you're looking for lightweight, check it the Sandberg Super light https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/330412-sandberg-sl-superlight-now-available-for-order-66lb

Believe it's a Spector Coda, so yes it's probably very nice too! Considering they didn't have a large number, it was a good variety of basses rather than all Fender/Ibanez stuff.

Also, Kennys also have a Mexican Stu Hamm sig for £349 if that is of any interest to anyone.

Sunny day so took a wander round Glasgow and dipped into Kennys Music and they had this, which I instantly thought was a Warwick but is actually an SX. Very similar to my Tanglewood Bassmaster Funk in ripping off designs 😉 https://www.sx-guitar.com/index.php/Products/lists/pid/25/cid/34 Had to have a shot and was really impressed! Really flat neck which suits me and the variety of tones I got through the Ampeg combo I was using suited me down to the ground. Well worth the £300 IMO. My Yamaha BB425 might be in danger....

Seems to be they have a bunch of stuff that is slightly reduced that sits on the page for a while then they update daily with the massively reduced stuff. Strange as the have B stock in with the normal stock so not sure what the difference between them is.

Fancy opening the raffle to Non-Attendees 😁 Very generous and hope you all have a great day!

What a stunner! You've done well there! Regarding 4 to 5 transition it can come very quickly - try and get in the habit of playing around the 5th fret rather than using open strings. Bet you won't be able to put it down!

Great, now all I want is another G&L - The Irish Red Ale Kilotons look very nice.....

Another entry for the £500ish short scale, from Eastwood this time. https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2019/04/14/eastwood-guitars-now-shipping-newport-bass/

Talking of Custom Shops - if you could go to Yamaha and get them to make you a BB, what specs would it have?