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Billy Sheehan's Signature Bass





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What do you get with a Yamaha Attitude Limited 3? You get powerful, bold low end with clear, musical highs and mids that you never knew were there. Designed in collaboration with celebrated bassist Billy Sheehan, the Attitude Limited 3 features a miter bolting neck joint and custom spline joint that ensure maximum resonance, vibrancy, and volume. Experience an unprecedented tonal range, thanks to high-performance pickups, along with stereo output jacks and a bass-boosting high-cut switch. Enjoy effortless playability on the Attitude LTDIII's chunky neck and 21-fret fingerboard, which includes five scalloped frets. Billy has trusted Yamaha for years, and the Attitude Limited 3 delivers the fierce tone and fiery playability his virtuosity demands.





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Yamaha's own custom woofer pickup tone





A custom woofer pickup developed by Yamaha Guitar Development engineers fuels Billy's signature sound. It combines a powerful low end and solid fundamental with a DiMarzio-designed pickup at the bridge position, delivering an incredible tonal range and making sure your tone stands out from the rest of the band. And for dialing in exactly what you want from the custom woofer, a high-cut switch for the front pickup tone control boosts bass output from the front pickup only ? talk about tonal options!





Billy Sheehan and his Attitude LTDIII.


DiMarzio- and Sheehan-designed Will Power pickup





The Will Power middle pickup on the Yamaha Attitude LTDIII has a broader magnetic field than other pickups and gives more punch to individual notes and harmonic overtones to everything you play. Because Billy Sheehan has used the original DiMarzio Model P and Model One bass pickups for many years, DiMarzio has worked with him to make modifications for a pickup that gives him (and you) great, growly lows; magnificent mids; and lilting highs for a balanced, finished tone.





Billy's tone and Yamaha's innovation give you one great-sounding bass





When Billy joins us here at Sweetwater for GearFest, we always look forward to hearing him rock the tone that his Yamaha Attitude puts out. The latest Attitude brings together Billy's years of playing and experienced ear for tone and Yamaha's dedication to using technology to give you the best-sounding, most playable instruments you can find. The Attitude Limited 3 features a spline-jointed body for increased resonance and undergoes Yamaha's A.R.E. and I.R.A. treatments, giving you a solidly made instrument that plays like an old friend from the first note. For rig flexibility that you just don't get from the average bass guitar, you have stereo output jacks for separate front and rear pickup outputs, and you can still harness the Attitude's power and massive bass tone with a mono output, if that's all you need.





Yamaha Attitude Limited 3 Features:


Designed in collaboration with celebrated bassist Billy Sheehan


Miter bolting neck joint and custom spline joint ensure maximum resonance, vibrancy, and volume


Yamaha custom woofer and DiMarzio Will Power pickups for awesome, balanced tone


Individual outputs for each pickup give you rig flexibility


Effortlessly playable chunky neck and 21-fret fingerboard with five scalloped frets


Yamaha's A.R.E. and I.R.A. processes give you great tone and playability right out of the box


Controls include front volume, front tone, rear volume, and woofer high-cut switch to dial in just what you want