The Yamaha BB mega-thread

[BassApprentice]

If they dont officially, earlpilanz on eBay is your guy.

[Chadu25]

On 05/01/2026 at 20:55, BassApprentice said:

If they dont officially, earlpilanz on eBay is your guy.

+1 to this! I had my clear and mint pickguard made by him.

[Chadu25]

Anyone with a BB434M who wants to swap their maple neck to a rosewood one? I'm SW19 (London) based but can travel a bit and meet halfway.

Looking to do this to my project bass. The modding continues. Will then change to lollipop tuners for aesthetics and add a clear ramp. Highly inspired by Vincen Garcia's custom. So I'm going the route where this Yammy is what I'll call mine. Love the Sonic blue and similar finishes so much as it's my fave colour.

Current one

 

My plan(quick mockup using chatgpt)

Edited Thursday at 22:23 by Chadu25

[IanA]

Have any of you ever come across a BBP35 that weighs 4kg? I would absolutely love one but they all seem to be around 4.5kg as far as I can tell

[BassApprentice]

Maybe not overly helpful,  but would switching out the tuners for ultralights on one not get you close to saving that 0.5kg? 

[IanA]

14 minutes ago, BassApprentice said:

Maybe not overly helpful,  but would switching out the tuners for ultralights on one not get you close to saving that 0.5kg? 

Not sure, they are described as being lightweight so I could possibly save a bit not drivable not 0.5kg. I think Gotoh resolites would look nice if they fitted

[Chadu25]

1 hour ago, IanA said:

Have any of you ever come across a BBP35 that weighs 4kg? I would absolutely love one but they all seem to be around 4.5kg as far as I can tell

I auditioned one in the Gallery. They play, feel and sound amazing but they are quite hefty even when siting down.