tomthebass Posted January 1, 2022 Posted January 1, 2022 Happy New Year Bassfolks! Up for sale a pristine passive Yamaha 24 fret stealth beauty. Time to offload one of my lockdown projects with the following mods: Removed the matching headstock colour and revarnished/tinted, applied a new Yamaha decal and a couple of additional coats of satin varnish. Don't ask me why, I just have a thing against matching headstocks 🤷♂️ Routed to enlarge the rear control cavity (now sporting a new cover) to allow 5 control knobs with a preamped treble-mid-bass-blend-volume setup. I've since removed the preamp for another project and returned this to passive volume/tone pair for each pickup and so one knob is currently unused. During the drilling process I clumsily damaged the lacquer around one of the pots, see pictures. Thankfully it's barely noticeable with the knobs fitted. Removed all the gold plated hardware and replaced with like for like black, with the exception of the neck mounting plate. This thing is lightweight at 3.7kg and super comfortable to play, truss rod works fine and you can get a low action without buzz, and it has a nice crisp piano-like tone unplugged. Pickups are the stock Yamaha passives, I assume single coil. That's all I can think of, feel free to fire questions! 6 Quote
AndyTravis Posted January 1, 2022 Posted January 1, 2022 That’s cool… alas. Tis 2022 and @bassfanwill smack my wrist. 3 Quote
Machines Posted January 1, 2022 Posted January 1, 2022 @AndyTravis Don't think i'm going to stop sending you links. 1 Quote
AndyTravis Posted January 1, 2022 Posted January 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Machines said: @AndyTravis Don't think i'm going to stop sending you links. I’m close to making further enquiries Quote
bassfan Posted January 1, 2022 Posted January 1, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: That’s cool… alas. Tis 2022 and @bassfanwill smack my wrist. I’m under no illusions that your wrists will be smacked within the week 😂😂 Edited January 1, 2022 by bassfan Quote
AndyTravis Posted January 1, 2022 Posted January 1, 2022 1 minute ago, bassfan said: I’m under no illusions that you’ll wrists will be smacked within the week 😂😂 This is a strong contender - nice mods. Quote
tomthebass Posted January 1, 2022 Author Posted January 1, 2022 Btw Andy I've still got that Fender Marcus Miller pre I bought from you a while back. Just sayin' 😉 1 minute ago, AndyTravis said: This is a strong contender - nice mods. Quote
AndyTravis Posted January 1, 2022 Posted January 1, 2022 10 minutes ago, Geek99 said: 🍿….. No you’re safe - @walshyis being naughty in my inbox… 1 Quote
Geek99 Posted January 1, 2022 Posted January 1, 2022 Oh dear he’s not messed himself again … surely … Quote
AndyTravis Posted January 1, 2022 Posted January 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Geek99 said: Oh dear he’s not messed himself again … surely … It’s the dirty pictures he’s sending… this is a lovely yam though. Quote
Folkesy Posted January 1, 2022 Posted January 1, 2022 Lovely bass! This has given me some ideas for my bb604! GLWTS. 1 Quote
alyctes Posted January 1, 2022 Posted January 1, 2022 (edited) Nice headstock refin - quite invisible. Edited January 1, 2022 by alyctes 1 Quote
tomthebass Posted January 2, 2022 Author Posted January 2, 2022 Sure happy to, at your cost and will need to hunt down a box! Cheers Tom Quote
tomthebass Posted January 11, 2022 Author Posted January 11, 2022 Have found a box and can ship bump! 1 Quote
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