Attitude’s low-end is powerful and bold, yet tight and controlled. The highs are clear and musical and the mid drives with a power rarely heard. The latest technology, including the spline jointed body and ARE and IRA wood treatments together with newly designed pickups and a totally reworked neck joint make this bass something else. And with Billy’s involvement every step of the way, playability is like no other guitar.
- Designed in collaboration with bassist Billy Sheehan
- Custom YGD Designed Woofer Pickup and DiMarzio designed bridge pickup provide wide tonal range
- Miter bolting neck joint provides tighter neck and body joint for increased sustain and tone
- Spline joint body design is far more resonant than conventional 2 or 3-piece body instruments
- Big, thick neck features jumbo frets from frets 1-16 to produce outstanding sustain
- Neck features scallops from frets 17 through 21 and a slap cut ground into the neck that provides greater string access
- Solid brass bridge captures and transmits string vibration directly to the body, creating great low-end tone and attack
- Hipshot tuner drops the E string down a whole step to D with the flick is a lever; a gear adjustment provides precision tuning
- Using a proprietary combination of heat, moisture, and pressure applied for a precisely determined time, Yamaha's Acoustic Resonance Enhancement (A.R.E) treatment is able to make new guitars where the wood has the same properties, and the same sound, as perfectly aged vintage instruments
- Yamaha’s exclusive Initial Response Acceleration (I.R.A). technology releases stresses by applying specific vibrations to the completed instruments as part of the crafting process and gives a "played in" guitar from day one