originalfunkbrother Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Hey I have a question which has been nagging me over the last days. I watched Babyface 'Unplugged' '97 and Nathan East was on acoustic bass I am sure the bass was a Yamaha model and the sound was juss phenomenal to say the least, I attempted to Google Yamaha Acoustic Basses but wasnt successful. Does anybody know whether they do make acoustic basses or could suggest good sounding acoustic basses. I have heard about Micheal Kelly Acoustic Basses but would really love a second opinion. Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxcat Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I dont know about the Yamaha range, but I have a Michael Kelly Dragonfly 5 Fretless that has a beautiful sound both acoustically and amped although acoustically it wont fully keep up with a six string volume wise. The most playable acoustic Ive played was the Fender Victor Bailey signature. Exceptionally fast with a very sweet full sound. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 [quote name='funkygreega' post='329892' date='Nov 15 2008, 09:41 PM']Does anybody know whether they do make acoustic basses ...[/quote] Acoustic, as opposed to hollowbody. They did. In very small quantities. The basses are fantastic. But they don't make any these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 [quote name='funkygreega' post='329892' date='Nov 15 2008, 09:41 PM']Nathan East was on acoustic bass[/quote] I may be wrong, as he is a Yamaha endorsee of course, but I think NE used a Guild B30 ABG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 (edited) I remember Yamaha acoustic basses being rather expensive, ie. £600-plus. strange really, since they do lots of cheap acoustic guitars. Duran's John Taylor used them too. I think he's playing one in this clip, closeup at 2.05- [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_o8VvsDZyA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_o8VvsDZyA[/url] and a fretless one here- you can just catch the Yamaha logo at 2.28- [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN3ifXNrpwA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN3ifXNrpwA[/url] Edited November 16, 2008 by SJA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalfunkbrother Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 Did he use a Guild on that set with Babyface? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalfunkbrother Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 Thanks I will look into the Micheal Kelly series I would love the Victor Bailey acoustic but it would cost me more than I can afford now... Thanks though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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