iconic Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) Well, I did it, the final installment in my bass collection .....I wanted a BB as no one seems to slag them off, I love the oldschool looks and they seem to be a very versatile bass. I viewed three BB4/6 series that were advertised as "as new"-"unmarked"-"never gigged"...all the usual suspects (one wasn't even the guitar advertised ) , [b]road-worn [/b]would have been a far better description ....but it seems that only Fenders can be tatty and get away with it ....after spending, what over £90 sheets in fuel and so many hours outa my life I thought bugger this, and bought new again and at a sound price on the colour I wanted...(maybe no-one else likes Raspberry!), sometimes I really think it can be cheaper in the long term...I wouldn't like to think the real cost to my business whilst I have been trundling along looking at firewood with strings, with the "I don't know much about guitars" well yesterday you told me the "action was low with no fret buzz" and the "well it is secondhand so you should expects lumps outa the neck/body/head", yeah it might be secondhand, but yesterday it was "as new" and only played for 10 mins! ....wow, what a surprisingly fantastic bass for the money.... lovely slim & fast neck, looks a bit heavy but it's surprisingly light - far lighter than my VMJ - usual Yammy wonderful build, ideal string spacing for me and an excellent EQ, amazing when that bass EQ is wound up... and sooo many tones it may make the RBX and VMJ redundant..... ....but it's the action that is stunning for me as a newbie...it's lower than a snakes arse in a rut, I never realised just how much this affects the playablity, the RBX is good, but it makes the VMJ look so high I'm sure it could be used for limbo dancing....gota look into lowering it! Even with this low action she loves to be slapped too, time will tell if it's salad day affection, and I'm off to Wales in few weeks on the bikes, but I can only take one bass with me, I reckon it will be this one. ....anyone here running theirs with different strings, always nice to know what works well? Edited February 25, 2010 by iconic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Congrats on your new bass - I've had a couple of BB614's & as you say, they're great basses for the money. As usual for wooden necked basses, they seem to run really well on Marcus Miller sig. DR Fatbeams 40-100. That'll give you a little more speed again and they last ages. Strangely enough, one of my pupils ordered the raspberry red as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted February 25, 2010 Author Share Posted February 25, 2010 [quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='756726' date='Feb 25 2010, 08:32 AM']Congrats on your new bass - I've had a couple of BB614's & as you say, they're great basses for the money. As usual for wooden necked basses, they seem to run really well on Marcus Miller sig. DR Fatbeams 40-100. That'll give you a little more speed again and they last ages. Strangely enough, one of my pupils ordered the raspberry red as well. [/quote] thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Its sometimes a right pain trying to buy second hand. Ive been lucky so far, mainly because of the great sellers I met on here, but if im 100% honest I love buying things brand new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Nice one, enjoy. My Yamaha BB1200[attachment=43546:005.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Best colour! Fantastic bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigPlaysBass Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 I've got a yamaha bb414, gotta say i love it. Just got to the stage when i want to add some new hardware methinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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