Review Demo - Yamaha BBP34
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2024
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For decades, Yamaha has had its hands in scores of different musical products, effectively being able to outfit an entire band with everything from guitars and drums to PA gear. And while the venerable company continues with this approach, there seems to be a bit of a modernization of sorts within its product lines. One example is the BB bass.
The BB has a cult following running across all levels of players. It seems that at some point in every player’s career, he or she owned or at least played a BB. The basses are known for a midrange snap that makes them practically jump off records, and they’ve served heavyweights from Nathan East to Michael Anthony-just to name a couple-for many years. So, what happens when you start changing what maybe shouldn’t be fixed? To help answer that question, we took a long look at one of the brand-spanking new BB offerings from Yamaha with the BBP34.
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I can almost hear the Yamaha purists gasp at the thought of a BB redesign, but I’d like to think the Yamaha designers didn’t enter this decision lightly. All products will inevitably evolve-some for the better, and some falling flat. I personally look at these renewals as a good thing, especially if a company can learn from almost 50 years of building basses to roll out a more efficient and overall better product.
When I opened up the included hardshell case, I let out a little “whoa” when I saw a bass that was leaner and meaner, and yet somehow more sophisticated than its predecessor. The first thing that grabbed me were the “normal” pickups. Yes, Virginia, you mod freaks can now drop standard-sized pickups into the new BB-a difficult process in the past because of the Yamaha’s oversized pickups.
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The BB line has been around for like 40 years and they are still seriously underrated. Does the PJ bass tone better than Fender does, and Im a big Fender fanboy. Cheaper than most MIA Fender basses and better quality. Even the entry level BB234 for $299 is top notch and better than any MIM Fender Ive owned or played. Killer basses.
Yamaha is one of the best makers for musical gear out there. Shame people sleep on them so much. They are the best bang for your buck!
My Pacifica 611hfm is a monster guitar. I love it. It beats out $2k Fenders
I grew up in the '80s so the BB is absolutely iconic for me. It was the sound of the decade, right alongside the DX-7. Overall, I really like this one. It sounds just like the originals, just with updated electronics and more tonal variety and it's great to have another passive bass on the market. The shape is more of less the same, but I'm just not sure about the addition of a pickguard. It takes away from the classic look a bit a makes it seem a little generic.
John Maloney I could do without the pick guard as well. I played BB's growing up and loved them.
No pickguard for me,either.
But they need to reverse the front P pickups,just like the original
BB basses, in order to get that classic BB sound.
@@irvan36mm I wish manufacturers still did that. I always called it the right way haha. I play an '81 BB300 with a BB450 neck and custom everything else. Weighs a ton though.
IRA an interesting concept. I am a classical cellist and have recently taken up bass. String players (Violin, viola, cello and double bass) have always known that the acoustic instrument that they practice on ring and sound much better when you practice regularly. I’m talking like 4 hours a day. (Back in my student days when i did such things!) When playing someone else’s instrument you could get an idea if they had been practicing. The difference was that noticeable. So when you get a new instrument by practicing heaps maybe you can improve how the instrument sounds? yes that word “practice” The cost of hand made cellos and violins often is in the tens of thousands so you have the one instrument only and practice on that. Your instrument becomes like an extension of you. My suggestion is that an instrument that is heavily played will sound better than the same model instrument that is not. Maybe a cheaper bass could sound better than a more expensive one? Just putting it out there. 👀
the pickups sound so good and full of punch very groovy
I have a BBP35 and it’s so good it’s upsetting. Haha! I got it to replace some more expensive Basses that I didn’t want to gig with anymore and it is my best playing bass, hands down! Lol happy accident. I’d recommend this over anything else in its price range.
I have a BBP35 as well, and I can definitely say that it smokes my Fender Am. Elite 5. This bass has the tone of grass-fed butter!
Really? I'm very curious about this BBP34. I'm thinking to buy a Fender jazz american pro, but I must say that I should consider the Yamaha as an option, maybe better. What do you think about that? Bye
This bass nails the PJ sound! A very usable tone is emulating out of this bass for sure according to my ears! Yamaha nailed it with this one! Thanks for another great vid bro!!!
The Yamaha BB line nails the PJ tone better than Fender IMO, and Im a big Fender fanboy.
I hear this bass guitar holding some great tones and does it sing, yes!
I have a bb200 from 1991 made in Taiwan. I put fender vintage pickups on it and it sounds pretty damn good. I replaced one of the tuning pegs which broke, otherwise it’s a tough bass.
Good demo. Sounds like a good instrument. Thanks.
What do you get for the extra cash over a BB735A? Pondering one of these for sure. Love the tone they get.
Grandfather's BB? I'm 53, I've played music all my life but playing bass for only three years. I have two old BB414 and among all the other entry level basses that I tried (I don't say i've tried them all...), this bass is of an amazing quality for the price, built and sound. I just don't understand that you have to justified yourself about them saying that the new ones are totally different. Purists can go to... well... Maybe it's your opinion too, I don't judge. I think the Pro model of the new edition is kicking ass even if it's true that it looks a little cheap. The P34 would had look great in the Coffee Burst of the 734. I really think it's your video/audio setup that make it sound a little lifeless right now.
Exactly I have been playing Yamaha for 42 years now. and vintage BB's are coveted instruments commanding ever higher prices. I have vintage and newer Yammies. The BB414 is an excellent passive bass that out shines many of its peers. The p34 is an excellent bas but it would have been off the scales it they had mounted the 734's preamp in an active passive configuration.
@@peekaboo4390 Hey thanks Dai. I like that the P34 is only passive. Personal taste.
@@thewannabebassist This bass should have been active/ passive..
Killer demo. Killer bass.
The made in Japan 🇯🇵 quality of this bass blows away any other company’s basses that are even made in America 🇺🇸. Made in Japan 🇯🇵 quality will blow them away every time!
Especially when it comes from a Japanese company! It seems like the national pride dials the quality up to eleven!
Does this have a 70’s jazz bass bridge pick up position ?
I'm completely baffled!...I have a BB434, which sells for around £500 and it is IDENTICAL in every thing (apart from the bigger neck markings). Same construction, same knobs, same pickups, same scratch plate, same tuners, same position of screws, etc, etc, etc, yet it sells for £1000 more. may I ask why this warrants the 300% price increase?. Thanks
You are paying for Japanese labor, probably more selective wood and the bridge looks different. Yeah it’s probably not worth it for 90% of players but for that 10% it is.
Different bridge, tuners, IRA treatment, premium wood all-around, premium fretwork, better pickups and it is completely hand made one at a time in Japan.
$1499 instrument compared to the $2500 billy Sheehan Yamaha which is ridiculous
Thanks a lot for the video! How much would the sound be different between P and 7 series in passive mode?
700 series actually better. The active mode is perfect for music producers who make electronic beats/music (home studio).
Nice, but higher notes sound farty!
Nice!
I don't care if it is a new or old BB, I'll play any of them and I do with 10 in the stable at the moment. This guy doesn't seem to know much about BB basses.
At 5:20 you said "Let's Go All Bridge" I didn't hear any hum, has Yamaha installed a noise cancelling bridge pup on the P34 ?
The hum is very subtle with my P35.
@@vinekolladiv4494 Thanks for the reply
No worries! Get yours man. It's a fricken beast of a bass :D
@@whamni The 60-cycle hum can be heard when you’re playing by yourself sometimes (and favoring the bridge), but it’s dependent on where you are, the lighting, yada yada yada. And the P-pickup generally overpowers it if it’s there.
sounds reasonable enough for the modern poppy farty tone that ppl seem to want but shouldnt a bb have a killer top string. looks a bit cheap to be honest but bet still got the same blinding Yamaha build quality which it should really be screaming
Bass Player It's still better than a Squire.
Solomon Lusk For that price.....no thanks, I will take any squier vintage modified or classic vibe any day
as a yamaha and squire player i have to agree
Lost all the throatiness of the last gen BB's
Looks to do the job.
I like the new BB basses but they feel like a down grade compared to the 424/1024/2024 generation. They are still miles ahead of Fender dollar to dollar.
I like the quality of Yamaha, but I'm not sure the world needs another p-bass special. I wonder if Yamaha would have better luck with a bunch of relic'd instruments or at least more colours.
What? The iconic Yamaha BB series has used a PJ pickup configuration since the 1970s. This model has next to nothing to do with a P-Bass special, it's just a continuation of a long tradition of BB basses. I played the BB434, the passive version of this bass, it's a very nice instrument.
They tried the "more colours" idea with their SBV basses back in the 1990s-early 2000s with colours such as candy apple red, "banana" yellow (, seafoam green, silver, metallic blue and more regular colours like their classic tobacco burst, black and white... That sadly didn't take off. That may have been because of the weird offset contour body of the SBV since they were modestly successful and sold boatloads of them in Japan but the rest of the world din't quite cotton onto it.
Kind of a bummer though because if those basses were commonplace because of the range of colours available, the BB could have followed suit and had a literal rainbow of colours to choose from.
I agree. I have the 434 and it's a fantastic instrument. Sounds better than the last five american fender p basses I've tried (also a quarter of the price). Tone monster on a very playable neck. I'm not crazy about the historical BB bridge "bite" but the neck pickup is so solid. Amazing really. And with a small touch of the bridge, it's robust.
I have the BBP35 and it's one of the best if not my favorite bass to play. It's perfect.
@@jim_merk As your comment is a couple months old would you still recommand the 434? I'm currently looking for a new bass and the BB's caught my interest.
A little buzzy fret wise for a MIJ instrument
1) He probably wasn’t used to that bass yet and 2) he has a low action on it that you can hear when he slaps.
I think it’s set up extremely low and it’s possible with Yamahas
All treble no bass
Demoed a supposedly pbass setting and then slap?🤔 might’ve played jamerson, dunn or palladino lines right? I mean cmon man you don’t buy a pbass to slap.
Plenty of people do. Expand your horizons .
Tell that to Freddie Washington 💅🏻
I slap on an active pbass, an '81 BB300 with a BB450 neck, and Seymour Duncans, and get paid weekly for it. No jazz pickup in the old ones, either. All about preference, not norms.
Abe Laboriel slaps on a P, there's plenty of greats that slap on it.
Chuck Rainey slapped on a P.
why get rid of the pick up selector....
Because people prefer to be able to blend the pickups however they want
@@Toastrodamus also the pickup selector switch on my previsous BB1024x failed within weeks. Had it back to warranty repair by Yamaha and then failed again within weeks. Got tired of it and soldered a proper switch in myself...
Too expensive, can get many good basses for a 1/4 of it price or less
Apparently this is more high end series of bb series
No worries mate. There's a Yamaha for everyone. The BB434 will get you close at about a third the cost. Go for it!
You could also look for older models .. the BB 414, 614, 424 and so on. great used basses and amazing prices.
You're saying practically nothing... it's mostly hemming and hawing, repeating yourself, saying what we can see with our own eyes
That amp sounds like dog shit. Didn’t have any SVTs lying around?
Three, five... whatever....
There is no bass that sounds different from any other bass
that's' bullshit.
Carlos Lozada - tone deaf
If you want me to take my 3 bass guitars, play a song with them all using the same preamp and EQ and PROVE that theory wrong I will happily oblige. bass guitars mostly put out the same range of frequencies, but the AMOUNT of each frequency range is COMPLETELY different from bass to bass, it gives you a wildly different sound signature for every bass model.
Differences that drastically affect the sound of a bass include:
Scale length (distance from nut to bridge, measured in inches or millimetres)
String gauge (fatter = more lows)
string type (round, flat, tape, semi-round)
Pickup positioning and setup (height off the body, distance along the string, pole piece heights)
pickup type (humbucker, jazz, Precision and Ric single-coil are the 4 main ones)
Passive or active pickups? (affects the frequency range and output. active are usually hotter due to requiring a preamp to boost the signal and also carry along more of the high and upper mid frequencies of the bass)
Type of magnet used in pickup (AlNiCo, neodymium iron boron, ceramic are the 3 main ones used)
wire turn count inside the pickup (more wire = more low end, more output)
mass of bridge (more mass - more resonance. if the saddles have a smaller contact patch as well this helps the string resonate more)
Other factors such as the woods used, neck to body join (blot, neck-thru and glued), body shape and construction of the body and neck also change the tonality of the bass, these are generally less noticeable though so I have opted to exclude them from this list as they don't have as profound an effect as the factors listed above.
you have never heard a wal bass then, if you don't know what it sounds liek listen to tools second and onward albums
Absolutely. They all sound exactly the same. I've got the proof.
ua-cam.com/video/NQ7TiZMEll0/v-deo.html