Bassman400 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I recently purchased a Yamaha 4 string from e bay. The guy who was selling had no idea which model/number it was. It sounds superb and for the money I paid it is the best value bass I own. I would like to identify it though and have scoured the internet to no avail. I know it was made in Taiwan and has a serial number NJ13140, which the Yamaha site tells me dates it from either 1987, 1997, or 2007. I'm guessing it's the middle one. The headstock is like no other 4 string Yamaha I can find. It has 3 pegs on top and one bottom. Have hopefully attached some photos and hope someone out there can satisfy this bass anorak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgiver69 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 That is an old Yamaha BB those are really great basses, I always wanted one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee4 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 I had one of those in natural finish. I think its a BBN414. Try putting really heavy strings on it,brings out the beast in the bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybassplayer Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 I have one that looks to be it's 5 string brother with the sticker on the headstock saying BBN5 Serial number MH29326 Are they worth decent money ?? Had it for years and not really got in to 5 string playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I'm sceptical it's standard/original. Apart from the head it's a BBN4 (or something close). Could even be a prototype I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-77 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 well i found theses 2 that were 5 converted to 4 [url="http://www.marcblum.de/instrumente/bb5000/bb5000.html"]http://www.marcblum.de/instrumente/bb5000/bb5000.html[/url] [url="http://blog.bassfire.de/?s=flatwounds"]http://blog.bassfire.de/?s=flatwounds[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy67 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 its a bb serien link: [url="http://pictures.yamaha-europe.com/picture_archiv/products/10_Musical_instruments/guitars_basses_amps/bass_guitars/"]http://pictures.yamaha-europe.com/picture_...s/bass_guitars/[/url] someone has changed the vol/tone controls.. andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 BBN4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nudge Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I have a BBN4 Bass with a 3-1 headstock built late 80's its the Music Man layout that got dropped by Yamaha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 On 09/02/2020 at 17:44, Nudge said: I have a BBN4 Bass with a 3-1 headstock built late 80's its the Music Man layout that got dropped by Yamaha Only 11 and a half years late...😜😜 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 19 hours ago, TheGreek said: Only 11 and a half years late...😜😜 Shows how rare they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I should’ve bought the one I got offered for £60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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