Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80

[(kennyhowes)]

What model bass was that?

[(kiramdear)]

Would this be it, Kenny? The BB 400?



Nah, wait, this one has no block inlays. I think we're getting warm, though.

[(weemac)]

I think he played a bb 1000 or 2000 which was a neck through body bass the same shape as the one that Kira pictured.
They had a tone that was a sort of cross with a P bass and a Rickenbacker..
Eden.

[(kiramdear)]

Here's the BB1000:

[(leftybass)]

McCartney's Yamaha Bass was a BB-1200.

[(kiramdear)]

Here's a BB1200 that's been heavily modded:

[(weemac)]

McCartney's Yamaha Bass was a BB-1200.

Yep! thats the one.. (whats with this 1000, 2000 nonsense?)

Eden.

[(simer4001)]

BB1200. It's actually a very cool bass. I haven't pulled it out in a while bt it may be time to. He played it quite extensively starting with Back to the Egg through the Tug of War/Pipes of Peace sessions. I remember also seeing him play it in a biography of "the Making of Broad Street".

[(rickfan63)]

I was going to get one back in the early 80's. But after they gave Macca his bass, demand went up I guess. Because the Yamaha dealer near me could never get one. I bought an Ibanez instead. I've long since sold that bass. It had a body style very similar to a Rick, but sounded more like a P-Bass.

[(bigbajo60)]

I've got one of those BB1200's loaded with LaBella Deep Talkin' Flats, and it sounds MASSIVE!

I got this '79 off of eBay many, many years after my original '82 got smashed in an ugly bar incident.

[(fran4001)]

LOVE my '79 BB1200. Gig her regularly too. Tried last night to post the pics but being a moron, always have trouble sizing them smaller. Nonetheless, great basses. Think Fender P on steroids.

[(rickfan63)]

I think Yamaha makes a similar bass to the BB1200 now. Except it has a bar magnet pup at the bridge position too, whereas the BB1200 didn't. I think these newer ones have bolt on necks. If I'm not mistaken, isn't the BB1200 neck thru the body?

[(fran4001)]

Yep, neck-thru. The new ones are bolt on BB 450s.

[(tallpat1)]

I saw a BB1200 on Craiglist for 300 bucks maybe I will buy it ?

[(bigbajo60)]

Here's a BB1200 just like Macca's at a very decent price!

http://cgi.ebay.com/YAMAHA-BB-1200-Bass ... dZViewItem