Yamaha buys Guild

[westen44]

I have always liked Jimmy Bain's tone on his Yamaha BB (3000?)

I also like the sound Rinus Gerritsen got on the Yamaha BB 3000 on some of the late 1990s and early 2000s Golden Earring albums.  I told a friend about it.  He said although it isn't talked about much, he had heard studio musicians tend to like Yamaha 3000 basses because of their unique tone.   

[Dave W]

[westen44]

I was in the kitchen once with the TV on in another room.  I couldn't see what was going on, of course.  But Paul McCartney came on.  I was thinking that was the best tone I had ever heard him have.  I went to the TV to look and he was playing his Yamaha.  I think it was a Wings concert in the U.S.

[morrow]

I have a yellow Flying Samurai , not a bad bass at all , similar to a Jazz on steroids.

I spent some years looking around hoping to find one , although I could have simply ordered one from Tokyo at any time. Finally one popped up in Toronto and I grabbed it.

[westen44]

When it comes to Yamaha, I was late to the game.  I've only paid attention to Yamaha basses for the past few years.  Even so, I would rate them in second place to Gibson for tone.  I wasn't expecting to come to that conclusion.  And this is just personal taste.  But if anyone wants to get rid of any Yamaha basses, please feel free to send them my way, especially, of course if they're high end ones like the Billy Sheehan, John Patitucci or Nathan East signature models.  I'm not used to something like a Patitucci six string, but I'd definitely be glad to give it a shot.   

[uwe]

Yamaha at one point started giving Paul gear for free and in typical Macca fashion he said "Hey, anybody who gives me a free bass is my man!".

But he wouldn't be playing them even for free if he thought they weren't any good.

[lowend1]

I heartily support anyone buying Cordoba...

[uwe]

That car looks like the designer wanted to create a Daimler/Jaguar when he began with the hood, but then changed his mind for everything else. American Baroque. Just the grille should be good for 10 years of parole-free San Quentin. Popular in the US of A and pretty much  ...

... nowhere else !!!

[lowend1]

That car looks like the designer wanted to create a Daimler/Jaguar when he began with the hood, but then changed his mind for everything else. American Baroque. Just the grille should be good for 10 years of parole-free San Quentin. Popular in the US of A and pretty much  ...

... nowhere else !!!

Originally marketed as "The Small Chrysler", it is only so when compared to their full-size offerings. Actually, a lot of old American land yachts wind up in Sweden and Norway these days.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/cordoba-a-socio-economic-analysis/

[Chris P.]

Guild just introduced the Sarfire I (with the split P) in Pelham Blue. Wow

[uwe]

Originally marketed as "The Small Chrysler", it is only so when compared to their full-size offerings. Actually, a lot of old American land yachts wind up in Sweden and Norway these days.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/cordoba-a-socio-economic-analysis/

Land yachts! I've never heard that one, just great! 

[Dave W]

I never understood why Chrysler marketed "rich Corinthian leather" in the Cordoba. Shouldn't a Cordoba have Cordovan leather?

[lowend1]

[Pilgrim]

I never understood why Chrysler marketed "rich Corinthian leather" in the Cordoba. Shouldn't a Cordoba have Cordovan leather?

It's really nothing more than a Mopar Grand Prix.

Of course, one could assert that many Grand Prix owners were prix.