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*****SOLD***** Yamaha Attitude II Billy Sheehan 25th Anniversary Bass with hard case and all extras MIJ This
bass was bought as an investment and is effectively new. It still
has the plastic covering on the pick guard and comes complete with
manual, instruction leaflet, all adjustment tools, stickers, collectors
cards inside a plastic box, key, and special "25th Anniversary"
pick up cover. Totally
superb! Pls
see below for more information: The
Attitude is the result of continued collaboration between bass legend
Billy Sheehan and Yamaha Artist Services Hollywood. Providing
the low-end for some of the biggest names in rock including Mr Big, David
Lee Roth and Steve Vai, Billy demands extreme performance from his basses
and the Attitude delivers on every level thanks to custom-spec
construction, hardware and electronics. Billy' trademark sound owes much
to his choice of pickups, and the Attitude's Dimarzio Will Powers don't
disappoint. The neck woofer pickup - with a high-cut facility - is known
for its ultra-deep character and superb definition while the middle pickup
is a split-coil P-style packed with tremendous punch and midrange power.
For extra versatility the pickups are wired to separate outputs, allowing
the choice between combining the two sounds or - as Billy does himself -
amplifying them separately. This is one of a limited run of 50 making it a
very rare instrument. In
Billy's Own Words: Key Construction Features of the Yamaha Attitude Bass For
Me, There are quite a few important things about this bass, but the joint
between the neck and the body would have to be the most important. On the
old bass I had before I started using Yamahas the neck would move sideways
when you bent it. However in the Attitude bass, there are two screws on
both the front and the back of the joint, so there is no movement at all.
It's the strongest joint I know of. I sometimes bend it very strongly but
it never breaks. It is just fundamentally different to the neck joints of
other basses. Then
there is this "hipshot" D-tuner. A lot of people who play four
string basses want to be able to play lower notes than conventional four
string can provide, but don't want to use a five or six string bass. The
D-tuner means that you can get to those lower notes. Of course different
players use different tunings, but I like to use it in D. The other thing
is this big, thick neck. Many people think that the material of the body
is what gives you sustain, but actually, the neck is more important. You
can't get a sustain like this from a small, thin neck. This neck is what
gives me my solid sound. Pickups
and Electronics Both
front and rear pickups are custom made by DiMarzio and deliver powerfully
heavy bass tone with a solid fundamental. Stereo output jacks provide
separate outputs for the front and rear pickups. Mono output is also
possible. A high cut switch in the front pickups tone control boosts bass
output from the front pickup. Bridge The
solid brass bridge captures and transmits string vibration directly to the
body, creating great low-end tone and attack. Neck A
big, thick neck features jumbo frets from frets 1-16 to produce
outstanding sustain. The neck is held to the bass body with 4 screws to
create a solid bond and tone. The neck also features scallops from frets
17 through 21 and a slap cut ground into the neck that provides greater
string access. Hipshot
"D" Tuner The
Hipshot tuner drops the "E" string down a whole step to
"D" with the flick of a lever. A gear adjustment provides
precision tuning. General
specifications 1.
•Construction - Bolt-on 2.
•Scale Length - 34" (863.6mm) 3.
•Fingerboard - Maple 4.
•Radius - 10" (250mm) 5.
•Frets - 21 6.
•Body - Alder 7.
•Neck - Maple 8.
•Bridge - Solid Brass 9.
•Pickups - DiMarzio Will Power (neck, middle) 10.
•Controls - Front Volume, Front Tone, Rear Volume, Woofer High Cut
Switch 11.
•Special features: 12.
•Fitted Case 13.
•Cat stickers 14.
•White pearloid pickguard 15.
•Matching cover on neck pickup 16.
•New Yamaha Logo on headstock 17.
•Limited run of 50 hand made
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