The Yamaha BB-NE2 BL signature bass delivers tone and versatility ready for a wide variety of gigs.

Nathan East has appeared on countless albums and has toured with some of the biggest names in music. So it's only natural that Nathan's signature bass has to deliver tone and versatility ready for a wide variety of gigs. Enter BBNEII...

Features

• Neck Through Construction
• Maple / Mahogany 5-Ply Neck
• Ebony Fingerboard
• Alnico V Hum-canceling Pickups
• Custom 3-Band Active EQ
• Mid Cut Frequency Contorol
• Mid Cut On/Off Switch
• Made in Japan

5-Piece Neck Through design
The neck through design uses a 5-piece maple and mahogany neck sandwiched between the maple on alder body.

Contoured Body
Both the front and back of the bass body are contoured to provide players with a compact, well fitting instrument that offers greater playing comfort.

Pickups
The stack type pickups are designed in collaboration with Nathan East. The Alnico V pickups include hum-canceling coils.

Individual Bridge Pieces
The bridge consists of individual bridge pieces that reduce interference from other string vibration delivering a purer tone.

Active Electronics
Active electronics include a special equalizer circuit based on Nathan East's "Magic Box". The circuit lets you cut off the selected mid frequency at the touch of a switch for precision sound tailoring.

Controls

• 1 : Pickup Balancer
• 2 : Master Volume
• 3 : Bass
• 4 : Middle
• 5 : Treble
• 6 : Mid Cut Frequency
• 7 : Mid Cut On/Off Switch

Specifications

• Construction: Neck Through
• Scale Length: 34" (863.6 mm)
• Body Body Materials: Maple / Alder
• Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Materials: Maple / Mahogany 5-Piece
• Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Fingerboard Materials: Ebony
• Fingerboard Radius: 23-5/8" (600 mm)
• Fret wire: Medium
• Number of frets: 24
• Nut materials: Bone
• Width @ 0 Fret / 12th Fret: 43.0 / 64.7 mm
• Thickness @ 1st Fret / 12th Fret: 20.3 / 23.7 mm
• Neck Pickup: Yamaha Custom Stack Type / Alnico V
• Bridge Pickup: Yamaha Custom Stack Type / Alnico V
• Controls: Master Volume, P.U. Balancer, 3-Band EQ(Bass, Middle, Treble), Mid Cut Frequency Controls, Mid Cut On/Off Switch
• Bridge: Yamaha Original Bridge
• String spacing: 18mm
• Tuning Machines: Gotoh GB72
• String gauge: D'Addario EXL170-5 / 0.045-0.130 (5 strings)
• Case: Hardshell Case

The bridge consists of individual bridge pieces that reduce interference from other string vibration delivering a purer tone.