Yamaha BB1500A - £475 inc hard case £475 Bristol

[Manwithvan]

The odd one out in the BB range, the 1500A is a JJ 'super jazz' which features noiseless stacked single coils.

 

It is 9V active-only, with a tone switch with two non-standard options (typically mid scoop and mid boost) which can be preset from the circuit board to define mid frequency and gain. Controls are Volume, Blend, Tone preset, Treble boost, Bass boost.

Long scale, weight 4.2kg

 

 

 

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[funkle]

Great basses. GLWTS!

[stewblack]

Yum yum 🤤

[TheGreek]

Smaller headstock than a standard BB?

[AndyTravis]

I had one. Absolutely ace - pure skint currently…

[Bobby K]

The BB I really miss, this one!! Only let it go because I needed a more passive sound at the time. Beautiful hi fi sound. Not got the funds but sooo tempted, all the same! 😵‍💫 Ach...!! 🙄

[flippyfloop]

I had one, it's was lighter at around 8.8lbs. I really regret selling it. They are fantastic.

 

[flippyfloop]

....If it was under 9lbs I'd grab it.

[Bobby K]

On 01/02/2024 at 16:52, funkle said:

Great basses. GLWTS!

I think it may have actually been yours that I bought...🤔 - or I may have sold mine on to you. I can't remember but I'm sure you figured somewhere in my BB1500a journey Funkle 😊

[funkle]

lol. I wondered. It was all a long time ago though!!

[AndyTravis]

On 01/02/2024 at 18:05, TheGreek said:

Smaller headstock than a standard BB?

Yeah, slimmer. Like it’s had gastric band surgery…

 

but logo is bigger…

[Bobby K]

2 hours ago, funkle said:

lol. I wondered. It was all a long time ago though!!

Yeah - it was around 2012 as I recall 🙂

[tournesol74]

Have you already sent a bass to europe (France) since the Brexit ? Do you know how it works now ?

[TOMAS]

On 01/02/2024 at 13:55, Manwithvan said:

The odd one out in the BB range, the 1500A is a JJ 'super jazz' which features noiseless stacked single coils.

 

It is 9V active-only, with a tone switch with two non-standard options (typically mid scoop and mid boost) which can be preset from the circuit board to define mid frequency and gain. Controls are Volume, Blend, Tone preset, Treble boost, Bass boost.

Long scale, weight 4.2kg

 

 

 

Where are you based mate ?

[Manwithvan]

 

10 minutes ago, TOMAS said:

Where are you based mate ?

I'm in central Bristol

 

[TRBboy]

These are amazing, and come up rarely now! I always regret not buying one that was sat in a shop locally for years. I play 5's only these days, otherwise I'd go for it. GLWTS 🙏

[Kuba Bartczak]

What is the year of production?

[bassbiscuits]

It looks like a perfect halfway point between the regular BB-style basses and the even slimmer BB604 and 605 models (which are also excellent basses from the same sort of era I think).

 

Love the black scratchplate too. Nice!

 

[TRBboy]

34 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said:

It looks like a perfect halfway point between the regular BB-style basses and the even slimmer BB604 and 605 models (which are also excellent basses from the same sort of era I think).

 

Love the black scratchplate too. Nice!

 

Funny you should say that, I had the BB1500A in mind when I made the scratchplate for my BBN5!

[Manwithvan]

1 hour ago, Kuba Bartczak said:

What is the year of production?

The serial number starts with K, so 2004?