Nah, wait, this one has no block inlays. I think we're getting warm, though.
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:41 pm
by 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.
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:46 pm
by kiramdear
Here's the BB1000:
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:18 pm
by leftybass
McCartney's Yamaha Bass was a BB-1200.
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:27 pm
by kiramdear
Here's a BB1200 that's been heavily modded:
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:23 pm
by weemac
leftybass wrote:McCartney's Yamaha Bass was a BB-1200.
Yep! thats the one.. (whats with this 1000, 2000 nonsense?)
Eden.
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:56 am
by 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".
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:04 pm
by 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.
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:47 pm
by 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.
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:56 pm
by 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.
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:02 am
by 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?
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:00 pm
by fran4001
Yep, neck-thru. The new ones are bolt on BB 450s.
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:20 pm
by tallpat1
I saw a BB1200 on Craiglist for 300 bucks maybe I will buy it ?
Re: Macca on Yamaha bass '79 - '80
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:07 pm
by bigbajo60
Here's a BB1200 just like Macca's at a very decent price!