Level 42- 'Are You Hearing?' bass cover Yamaha BB-614 bass (with mistakes)

Breaking in a new Yamaha BB614 bass in pewter. I was thinking about swapping out the pickups but realized that it would kill the character of a Yamaha bass. So I left it alone. This bass is a slap machine let me tell ya. I've always loved the look of the Yamaha BB series bodies. Very similar to a Jaydee body.

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[BreakupBass]

did u change the bridge on that yamaha?

[Mowac]

@BreakupBass Yes I did. It's a standard high mass Fender aftermarket bridge. Awesome sustain.

[peterdumplin]

That bass is one heck of a deal on many online retailers. Tons of great tone, too bad its overlooked so often. Thanks for the vid.

[Mowac]

@peterdumplin It's hard to beat. The one thing I would definately change about the bass is the bridge pickup cover and keep it squared on the ends as opposed to the round ends , which my thumb keeps slipping off.

[mazdaspecial]

you make it look so easy man, keep it up, BASS FOR EVER!

[Mowac]

@mazdaspecial It's just a passion for bass my friend.

[29hzFTW]

Not many notes are correct at the beginning there dude...And the timing....help! However keep practicing you might get it right some day.

[jc8liter2388]

Very nice! I love, love, love my BB-614.

Was the bridge a direct replacement? Any body work involved?

[stratos999able]

Ok, some mistakes man... but I like it! We are human, human commit mistakes... I like the tone, I like the groove! Mark woul'd be proud of it, keep it up! :)

P.s: I love Yamaha BB's tone. I've tried only the 414 and the 415 models (passive) and they sound great. I think I will go to a local shop to try a 614 they have, very curious...

Bye

[lipancek]

Great work man. Really like it.

Can you be more specific on which replacement bridge did you use on this bass?

I was thinking of replacing mine (on my Yamaha bb414) with Gotoh 201.

It seems you are very happy with the upgrade.

Thanks.

[leopower7]

AWESOME!!!

[BreakupBass]

@Mowac very cool, i put a gotoh bridge on my BB414 and im eventually going to replace the tuning keys to schallers, i love it! got to love that BB tone