Yamaha BB735a - Fired Red | Inc. padded Yamaha gig-bag | ***NOW £550 Shipped!*** - *SOLD* £675 DH2 Durham

[Paddy777]

For sale is my Yamaha BB735a 5 string PJ In Fired Red (one of the new colours out) - this bass is less than a month old, I’ve played it a handful of times and gigged in once - still has the plastic wrap on the battery compartment 

 

Comes with a very nice padded Yamaha Gigbag which is fur or velvet lined (something like that anyway - it’s nice and soft ha)

 

The bass is incredibly high quality - same pickups as the BBP range, 6 bolt Miter neck joint which makes for an extremely tight fit, the body is sandwich of Alder/Maple/Alder, the neck is amazing to play - the quality of these BB700 series is just crazy

 

Its active with a 3 band preamp, and an active/passive switch - in passive mode the treble control works as a normal tone control would on a passive bass, which is a really nice and useful touch and the preamp has a red led battery light 

 

This link to the Anderton’s page for this bass which has all the info and specs on it: https://www.andertons.co.uk/yamaha-bb735a-bass-guitar-in-fired-red/

 

*19/5: Back up for sale* 

 

**Reduced to £550 inc. Free UK Delivery** 

 

Edited May 27 by Paddy777

[Gaucho 5]

Hey Paddy,

                       How's the B string on this? I believe the 2025 models (which includes the Fired Red and Indigo Blue) had a bit of a tweak here and there so may have improved the B??? Slightly subjective subject as there was quite a marked difference of opinion regarding the B!

I've not seen any reviews of the newer model as yet so I'm sure chatters would appreciate your view buddy!

Regards

Gaucho

[Paddy777]

I never played one of the older ones, so I can’t compare it to those, but it’s a very good B string - I’ve not given it a lot of thought which is a very good sign, I generally only think about the B string on a bass when it’s farty and dull every time you play a note, and this definitely isn’t the case here. Like everything on the bass it’s absolutely spot on, a proper working bassist’s bass.

 

I use the B string a lot, I pretty much live between frets 3-12 on the B and then moving across the bass, and when a B string is crap you can’t do that. 
 

Edited May 19 by Paddy777

[Paddy777]

Reduced to £650 with UK delivery included! 

[Terry M.]

Great looking bass this. When you say it's less than a month old do you mean you've had it less than a month or it actually came off the production line less than a month ago?

[Paddy777]

16 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

Great looking bass this. When you say it's less than a month old do you mean you've had it less than a month or it actually came off the production line less than a month ago?

I don’t know when it came off the production line obviously, but it was bought brand new less than a month ago 

[Terry M.]

8 hours ago, Paddy777 said:

I don’t know when it came off the production line obviously, but it was bought brand new less than a month ago 

Okay. You said the bass was less than a month old which drove the question from me. Thanks.Also do you know the weight at all? I tried one in Guitar Guitar in this finish and it felt like it weighed about 11 pounds or so.

Edited May 21 by Terry M.

[Paddy777]

I’ll weigh it later, it’s lighter than my Lakland 55/60 which is 4.4kg, so it’s nowhere near 11lbs thankfully 😁 

[Paddy777]

On 21/05/2025 at 06:02, Terry M. said:

Okay. You said the bass was less than a month old which drove the question from me. Thanks.Also do you know the weight at all? I tried one in Guitar Guitar in this finish and it felt like it weighed about 11 pounds or so.

4.2kg or 9.24lbs 

[Paddy777]

Now reduced to £575 with free UK delivery!

Edited May 23 by Paddy777

[Paddy777]

£550 Shipped…!

[HeadlessBassist]

Come on all you Vincen Garcia fans. This is the funk machine of 2025!  😎👍

[2elliot]

Have a bump on me. That's a bargain.

 

Fantastic basses.

[dub_junkie]

21 hours ago, Paddy777 said:

£550 Shipped…!

Haha you're mad Paddy. No way I'd ever let mine go for that

 

GLWTS (not that you'll need it)

[Paddy777]

1 hour ago, dub_junkie said:

Haha you're mad Paddy. No way I'd ever let mine go for that

 

GLWTS (not that you'll need it)

Can’t give them away currently 😵‍💫 🤷‍♂️ 

[Terry M.]

2 hours ago, dub_junkie said:

Haha you're mad Paddy. No way I'd ever let mine go for that

 

GLWTS (not that you'll need it)

Let's see how fast it shifts at this price. No one's taking the bait yet which surprises me 🙂

[Macbass68]

Paddy, Can I ask why you're selling it if you only bought it a month ago? Thanks, Mac

[Paddy777]

9 hours ago, Macbass68 said:

Paddy, Can I ask why you're selling it if you only bought it a month ago? Thanks, Mac

Yeh of course, I bought this but then shortly after got the chance to buy back my old Lakland 55/60 which I couldn’t pass up as it was the one bass I have always regretted letting go. Since I got that back it has basically been by number 1 gigging bass and nothing else is really getting a look in. I’d rather keep the 735 as backup, and for an alternative sound with the PJ config, but in truth I can’t afford to do so, and I’ve over stretched myself a bit buying the Lakland back (TL:DR - I need the money!) 

[Paddy777]

I’m gonna pull this and keep it if it’s not gone by the end of today - it’s a fantastic bass and I’m really selling myself short at this price, it should never have been under £600 really, it’s basically up for £525 as shipping is included - it’s banged up MIM fender money but you’re getting a very well made Yamaha. Anyway fair warning if you’re looking at it and considering it, I’ll be pulling it tonight if it’s still not sold! Cheers 🫡