Brian18242 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 As much as I love the current BB line I have often wondered why Yamaha have never considered reissuing the old 80s neck through line? It's near impossible to find any on the second hand market 🥲 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 They did in about 2010. Japan only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian18242 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 Really? I did not know that. As usual Japan gets all the good stuff. Never seen a 2010 reissue. Away to look it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 9 minutes ago, Brian18242 said: Really? I did not know that. As usual Japan gets all the good stuff. Never seen a 2010 reissue. Away to look it up. I got offered one brand new via Yamaha/Kemble. didn’t have the money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 9 hours ago, Brian18242 said: It's near impossible to find any on the second hand market 🥲 For a used BB, I would go straight to the source, i.e., Japan. I recently got my 1200 from there and it is in great condition for a 45 year old bass. Reverse P and neck-thru, sounds huge! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 This is the reissue I was talking about. Sorry. Just off to cry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 It was 2009. Maybe it’s time again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I always get the sense that with Yamaha, unlike Fender, their attitude to reissues would be "Why, the instruments we are designing and building now are better than the instruments we were designing and building 20 years ago" (a bit like Mesa compared with Ampeg I'd guess, don't see many Mesa RIs). Guess I was proved wrong by @AndyTravis there, but to me Yamaha just don't feel like a reissue brand? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian18242 Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 They could reissue with modern enhancements? Kinda like the hook BB Reissue. Honestly, the BB3000 was the nicest bass they ever released 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 The Nathan Yeast model... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385446336465?hash=item59be6457d1:g:rdEAAOSwlM9j~LsF&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8IWZLhV2mrepdHEaXWSjobJBz64r9eBg%2BKgkoE7ITmCOoyr1CTu2CZLDiMnf%2FESk21YswG8ztw1xMijAwNhyPctBE8gQw1xxFbl5JQCCSHbb6dKYNJUplro4%2FyPKgLeUVYl4becQnn%2Bnx7yeb8JClW66U3tqyWuOK8Kq%2Frx5dcOGeds%2BPJVBEUwUY4nUE9A6rWNh8Y91n6BT4oCNS2d8xMdvkYCKMgNsM2xDAPcnJJJBV0BUC0tCGZJLnyWwF%2BTmEh4rzuknzcI1TDh4QBExoemRCd1TYNEU2Qp4GskUxbK3C5LsoXERE73KTA5FjqCfGg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8bfptLeYQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 That’s a rare BB 2004 OVS - mainly seen in natural or black, they did do white as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 25 minutes ago, Brian18242 said: Kinda like the hook BB Reissue. Nice basses them. I have one of the 5 he signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom.android Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 6 hours ago, AndyTravis said: That’s a rare BB 2004 OVS - mainly seen in natural or black, they did do white as well. Future classic, these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Just now, tom.android said: Future classic, these. Would love that burst. if I wasn’t as skint as I currently am, I’d take the hit on import etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom.android Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I think my mid life crisis might involve getting a 1200 or 2000. What kind of % on top should I be expecting to add if I got one shipped from Japan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, tom.android said: I think my mid life crisis might involve getting a 1200 or 2000. What kind of % on top should I be expecting to add if I got one shipped from Japan? 25% ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misdee Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) The BB3000 was/is indeed a very good bass. Usually substantially lighter than the BB2000,too, for some reason. I remember the reissues. I seem to remember Yamaha found some old parts in storage at the factory in Hamamatsu and made as many basses with them as possible. I wish I had bought one. The funny thing is, back in the 1980s when they were in production I wouldn't have entertained the idea of buying a BB3000. It was all about custom made boutique basses in those days. With active electronics. I know that Yamaha custom shop in Japan went out and bought a couple of used BB3000s to customize for Tony Kanal. That would suggest to me that they don't have any plans ( or the means,maybe)to reissue that model anytime soon. The later BB3000s were made in Indonesia, if I remember correctly. If I was buying a used one I would make sure I was buying a Japanese-made example. A 2024 would be the closest recent offering from Yamaha, I suppose. They are still fairly easy to find on the used market in the UK and they are very nice basses in their own right. Edited March 18, 2023 by Misdee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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