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Yamaha BB1600
Posted: November 9th, 2017, 7:48 am
by Smo
Hi! I just bought this bb1600 bass made in Taiwan.
Insane highmass bridge and nice sounding pickups. I really love these fredboard inlays.

The neck feels more like a p bass and the body is slimmer than my jazzbass. Really smooth and not so heavy.
I wonder how old this bass is. The serial number is OPO2215. 80's something?
Re: Yamaha BB1600
Posted: November 9th, 2017, 7:50 am
by tim
Awesome! These look like great basses.
Re: Yamaha BB1600
Posted: November 9th, 2017, 8:23 am
by NoXX
Very cool. I had its twin in the past:
http://www.leftybassist.com/viewtopic.p ... lit=Bb1600
Yamaha make it a bit tricky to date guitars, but here’s the crib sheet:
http://faq.yamaha.com/us/en/article/mus ... s/802/4095
Re: Yamaha BB1600
Posted: November 9th, 2017, 8:28 am
by NoXX
The “O” makes it an 8, so likely a 1988 ...
Re: Yamaha BB1600
Posted: November 9th, 2017, 9:23 am
by paulo
Wow nice one!
I never tried one of those but people always say good stuff about them.
Re: Yamaha BB1600
Posted: November 9th, 2017, 11:01 pm
by donahue
Duuuude! That looks like a rare bird! Looks Awesome! I'd love to try that out!