Yamaha your thoughts?

[miles'tone]

8 hours ago, Brian18242 said:

@Terry M.  Seeing this as a production model would be lovely 😄 and as previously mentioned a run of BB3000 models. Possibly a few more finishes on the current BB line. Would it improve sales? No idea but I guess that's a gamble all Manufacturers take? 

Oof, I love that! Lane Poor pickup too.

Prototype then? More info needed!

[BassApprentice]

Yamaha Guitar Development (their custom shop) do a fair amount of one off models for their Artists. Some cool things and ideas that I would love to see for sale, but Yamaha don't seem to have that as part of their business model

 

https://yamahaguitardevelopment.com/

 

 

[Belka]

I've found that the BB range has been consistently excellent at all price points. It's one of the best sounding PJs out there, and they are always well put together whether at the budget or MIJ end of the spectrum. I always loved the '90s BBNs ones with the soapbars and quilted maple (although I think the cheaper versions used paper 'foto') tops.

I was never quite so inspired by the TRBs - they have a very clean almost Spanish guitar sound going on that is fine for soloing but isn't really my thing - I always preferred Patitucci's Ken Smith sound for example.

[Russ]

8 hours ago, Terry M. said:

I THINK I can see why this didn't go into production based on the failure of the Fender Dimension to gain traction. Stingray fans will nearly always go for an actual Stingray. What we want our favourite brands to be can nearly always be found elsewhere in my experience 🙂 

I dunno. The Ibanez ATK and, more recently, the Sire Z series are/were strong sellers. And they both sound more like an actual Stingray than any of the Sterling By Music Man stuff. 

 

I'd liked to have seen them make this. They can make a bass that has that sound - the TRB John Myung Mk2 had a single MM pickup and it absolutely sounded the part. 

[miles'tone]

3 hours ago, BassApprentice said:

Yamaha Guitar Development (their custom shop) do a fair amount of one off models for their Artists. Some cool things and ideas that I would love to see for sale, but Yamaha don't seem to have that as part of their business model

 

https://yamahaguitardevelopment.com/

 

 

Hey thanks for that @BassApprentice, I just read the article on it. Sounds amazing on the clip 👍

https://yamahaguitardevelopment.com/2024/12/07/yamaha-guitar-development-custom-shop-miki-santamaria/

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by miles'tone

[Terry M.]

44 minutes ago, Russ said:

I dunno. The Ibanez ATK and, more recently, the Sire Z series are/were strong sellers. And they both sound more like an actual Stingray than any of the Sterling By Music Man stuff. 

 

I'd liked to have seen them make this. They can make a bass that has that sound - the TRB John Myung Mk2 had a single MM pickup and it absolutely sounded the part. 

Very true about the ATK as I owned two in the past. Completely nailed the Stingray sound to my ears. It's not that Yamaha wouldn't shift any of these units if they were produced but the market isn't exactly short of Stingray-type clones. I guess they must have their reasons why they haven't.

[Russ]

On the skinny-stringed side of things, Matteo Mancuso has been a pretty visible Yamaha user over the past couple of years. If you've never checked him out, he's astonishing. Probably the best young guitarist out there today. 

 

[jonno1981]

I love this one:

 

https://yamahaguitardevelopment.com/2023/10/26/yamaha-guitar-development-custom-shop-amos-heller/

 

Exotic top bb! They could certainly do more like this as a production model. 

[TheLowDown]

I don't think you can ever go wrong with Yamaha unless you want something innovative. For a solid and reliable instrument, I would be much more likely to trust them than most other brands.