YAMAHA DEBUTS FIRST ALL-DIGITAL COMBO BASS AMPS

—Single 10” and 15” Built Into Cabinets With BBT500H Digital Head—

ANAHEIM, CA—Loud and lightweight design with killer, versatile bass tone. That’s what the new Yamaha BBT500-110 (10” speaker and compression driver) and BBT500-115 (15” speaker and compression driver) bass combos deliver. Both models incorporate the groundbreaking digital amplification and preamp technology from the new Yamaha BBT500H digital bass amplifier—with a speaker—in a single cabinet.

Yamaha BBT500-110

The BBT500H is the world’s first all- digital bass amp head, delivering 500 Watts of power (with two cabinets), and offering a total of 11 vintage and modern amp sounds ranging from a fat tube rig to a 1960’s fuzz. It can be used with electric, upright or Yamaha “Silent” bass products, and has built-in dynamics and amazing tone shaping capability that are a testament to Yamaha’s history of DSP technology. Onboard processing includes a 5-band variable tone control, single-band, fully parametric EQ, compressor and programmable effects blend. Other features include an effects loop, MIDI in/out and five user memory locations. Connections include 1/4” line and balanced XLR outputs, two 1/4” speaker outputs, tuner outputs and a headphone jack for practice.

Yamaha BBT500-115

“With the BBT500, customers have the ability to bring 11 different amps to a gig in a simple, lightweight unit,” states Bryan Savage, marketing manager, Yamaha Guitars. “The new BBT combos take that technology a step further as the industry’s first self-contained, high powered and tone-packed solutions.”

The BBT500-110 and BBT500-115 are currently available.

For more information on the BBT500-110 and BBT500-115, visit Yamaha at Winter NAMM 2005 in the Marquis Ballroom at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel; write Yamaha Corporation of America, Pro Audio & Combo Division, Guitar Products, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; email infostation@yamaha.com; or visit www.yamaha.com.