MGR/Golem « Yamaha BB405 4-knob »
Published on 12/19/04 at 15:00$325 used, minor fret wear, etc no case,
from the Guitar Center, Colonie NY USA.
It caught my eye because of the very wide
full 19mm 5-string spacing and reasonable
price, so I played it. It was sounding
very weird, sort of way too huge on the
attack, overwhelming the rest of the note.
So I figured it was a great candidate for
a conversion to fretless.
Also, the set-up was exceedingly low with
the neck very flat yet it played with no
undue buzzing, so I knew the neck & frets
were in real good shape.
Maybe it was just those 2 amps at the GC
that made it sound weird. I've plyed it
out a 4 times now and although the attack
is very pronounced, it has some wonderful
humming fundamentals and OK sustain. It's
one of the only basses that I won't want
to convert to flatwounds. It has a very
aggressive sound in all its tones and has
a huge palette of tones
from the Guitar Center, Colonie NY USA.
It caught my eye because of the very wide
full 19mm 5-string spacing and reasonable
price, so I played it. It was sounding
very weird, sort of way too huge on the
attack, overwhelming the rest of the note.
So I figured it was a great candidate for
a conversion to fretless.
Also, the set-up was exceedingly low with
the neck very flat yet it played with no
undue buzzing, so I knew the neck & frets
were in real good shape.
Maybe it was just those 2 amps at the GC
that made it sound weird. I've plyed it
out a 4 times now and although the attack
is very pronounced, it has some wonderful
humming fundamentals and OK sustain. It's
one of the only basses that I won't want
to convert to flatwounds. It has a very
aggressive sound in all its tones and has
a huge palette of tones