Yamaha BB Basses

cangaroo · **Joined:** October 8th, 2009, 5:57 am **Posts:** 254

Hi there, just curious about if any of the basses of the BB series are also offered in lefty ....

andrew · **Posted:** January 17th, 2015, 7:26 pm

Yes, a few were. I don't know which numbers specifically but they do exist.

Jeroen · **Posted:** January 18th, 2015, 4:34 am

Of the more recent lines, Yamaha have always offered some of the more affordable models as lefties. Models like the BBN4II, BBN5II - the only lefty 5-string BB, I think -, 404, 604, 414, 614. The 414 and 614 reintroduced the classic BB bodyshape.

There haven't been many lefties of the classic Japanese BB-series. If you have lots of patience, you may be able to find a BB1100S, BB1200 -made famous by a certain mr Paul McCartney-, BB1200S or one of the very affordable BB300's. And here's a fellow forumite who has a BB1600: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5257&hilit=yamaha
Someone here once linked to an eBay auction for a BB2000, but that must be rarer than hen's teeth. I've never seen another one like it.

slybass3000 · **Posted:** January 18th, 2015, 8:51 am

I sold a BB414L and I got one back recently for $300 cdn because I missed it too much. Best bass buy for the bucks, really.

Go for those 414

pjmuck · **Posted:** January 18th, 2015, 7:09 pm

The BB414 and BB614s have seemingly fallen off the face of the earth. They were pretty prevalent a few years ago but they rarely pop up these days. (Same goes for the Hamer Slammer bass. Remember when they were everywhere too?).

LefThanDed · **Joined:** May 12th, 2008, 5:55 pm **Posts:** 254

5 years ago paid $120 for an old entry level red BB300 in "like new" condition. Totally stock and nuke-proof construction.
Great bass and I still have it.

AustinLeftyBass · **Posted:** January 19th, 2015, 8:28 am

Basshappi · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 2:28 pm **Posts:** 965

BB400 I bought it new in 1983 after my '75 Precision was stolen.
The bass is completely stock. A fantastic bass. Incidently it has the widest neck I've ever seen on a 4 string.

jersey bluesdude · **Posted:** January 20th, 2015, 6:58 am

cangaroo wrote:

Hi there, just curious about if any of the basses of the BB series are also offered in lefty ....

Here's one for sale on Ebay. It's a BB614 model. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-BB614L-E ... 1c4c8cfb5a

Pokerdweebz · **Joined:** October 7th, 2013, 4:44 pm **Posts:** 43

If one of you won that auction I'm mad at you. I got into a stupid argument with my co-worker regarding something not work related and missed the auction ending.

Just kidding.....well maybe half.....

I've been looking for one of those for 4 years and have only seen 2/3 come up for sale. I've been second guessing wanting one though so I guess I'm not too upset about it.

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