Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80

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What model bass was that?

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Would this be it, Kenny? The BB 400?

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Nah, wait, this one has no block inlays. I think we're getting warm, though.
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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..
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Here's the BB1000:ImageImage
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McCartney's Yamaha Bass was a BB-1200.
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Here's a BB1200 that's been heavily modded: Image
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leftybass wrote:McCartney's Yamaha Bass was a BB-1200.
Yep! thats the one.. (whats with this 1000, 2000 nonsense?) :mrgreen:

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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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Yep, neck-thru. The new ones are bolt on BB 450s.
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I saw a BB1200 on Craiglist for 300 bucks maybe I will buy it ?
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Here's a BB1200 just like Macca's at a very decent price!

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