Yamaha BB434M Overview

The Yamaha BB434M Black is a four-string bass guitar featuring an alder body, a maple/mahogany neck, a maple fingerboard, and YGD Custom V5 pickups. The BB434M provides bass players with a great build quality and signature sound, to inspire you to always play to the best of your potential.

Built with a solid alder body, this bass guitar is powered by split-coil and single-coil YGD Custom V5 pickups in the neck and bridge positions respectively. This set-up, with Alnico V magnets, is tuned to deliver classic BB vintage tone, updated for a brighter sound that cuts through live performance mixes. Customise your output through a tone control and two volume control knobs.

A thin five-ply maple/mahogany neck improves playability and provides a versatile feel for modern and traditional players. A bolt-on construction provides a sharp attack and quick response, as well as durability. Lightweight tuning machines offer balance, complementing the overall feel of this guitar, thereby providing an ideal match for its small, light body.

A Vintage Plus Light bridge incorporates “Diagonal Body Thru Stringing”, where the strings are angled at the saddle and pass through the instrument to the bridge at a 45º angle. This significantly reduces stress whilst transferring string vibration to the body reliably and efficiently.

Key Features:

• Design: BB
• Body: Alder
• Neck: 5-ply, Maple/Mahogany
• Neck Profile: 'C'
• Neck Lacquer: Matte
• Neck Construction: 6-Bolt Miter Joint
• Fretboard: Maple
• Fretboard Type: Fretted
• Fret Format: Medium
• Inlays: Dot
• Nut type: Graph Tech
• Scale: Longscale
• Manufacturer pickups: Yamaha
• Pickup neck: No
• Pickup middle: VSP5n Split Single Coil
• Pickup bridge: VSC5b Single Coil
• Active pickups: No
• Piezo Pickup: No
• Electronic: Passive
• Control: Vol, Vol, Tone
• Tuners: Lightweight Open Gear
• Bridge: Yamaha Vintage Plus Light
• Strap Button: Standard
• Hardware: Chrome
• String Gauge: .045 - .100
• Factory Tuning: Standard E
• Case included: No
• Gigbag included: No
• Certificate: No