Peter Hook | Relationship with Yamaha BB

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  • čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
  • "I'd never been taught what a Bass guitar was supposed to do so I wanted the Bass guitar to do what I wanted it to do, not what everybody else said."
    Peter Hook and the Yamaha BB together have created a sound that has reverberated speakers for close to 40 years. Starting with the BB600 with which the beautiful, cult anthem 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' was written on, to his trusty BB1200s which featured on every record he's played a 4 string bass on, to his current customized BBP34, we're incredibly proud that Hook believes that the BB series helped to "define his sound".
    In this video we explore the roots of Hooky as a musician and the series of events that brought together a working class lad from Salford, UK with an active Japanese bass that together recorded some of the most instantly recognizable bass lines of all time.
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Komentáře • 110

  • @RetroElectroville
    @RetroElectroville Před 5 lety +109

    I always loved how Hook's name actually became his style.

  • @mackymaca
    @mackymaca Před 6 lety +127

    My bass idol.

  • @SoundsofDecay
    @SoundsofDecay Před 5 lety +79

    I've been playing bass 11 years and this guy is probably the main reason why. I'd sit there for hours in my room with my first cheap rubbish bass and a Danelectro chorus pedal, teaching myself by playing along to Substance, Movement, Closer...massive respect to this man.

    • @samuelward1148
      @samuelward1148 Před 4 lety +8

      He is the reason I play bass as well... I'D NEVER heard a bass song like how he made it sound... I immediately went out and bought a bass the next day... Taught myself the line to Disorder in 3 hours... Just wow... I owe everything to Hooky's AMAZING, original baselines... Just a masterclass for doing what you want, not what other people want you to do...

  • @offworldnetwork
    @offworldnetwork Před 5 lety +119

    There's never been a more defining sound than Hooks bass ! The shop he mentions , A1 music on oxford road in Manchester was paradise. Once bumped into Bernard sumner checking out synths in there.

    • @clintwilson6380
      @clintwilson6380 Před 3 lety

      Still there?

    • @thesleepstate
      @thesleepstate Před 3 lety +6

      @@clintwilson6380 Yeah Bernard is still stood there in A1, checking out the Bontempi synths.

  • @adityapurwanegara8292
    @adityapurwanegara8292 Před 2 lety +7

    Moral of the story: don't compare yourself with other. Music is about creativity above tecnique

  • @squiremuldoon5462
    @squiremuldoon5462 Před 5 lety +30

    I could listen to Hookie talk all day.

  • @ciaranocraobhach
    @ciaranocraobhach Před 2 lety +6

    I love how Hooky is so unpretentious about his talent and being a driving force behind two of the most iconic bands of the 1970s and 1980s. A classic sound even if it's not "what the bass is supposed to do". I mean, Jaco took the instrument in directions it was never meant to go as well, and is often imitated but nobody can match him as the bond to his instrument was deeply personal. Hooky's melodies, swing and two string pedal tones stand out in the landscape of post-punk, and he is in his own way, a pioneer with a style that is idiosyncratic as the man behind the bass.

  • @crypttonite
    @crypttonite Před 4 lety +14

    the man is a natural.....his casual strum sounds amazing

  • @thevellocet
    @thevellocet Před 5 lety +37

    One of the most individual bassists of all time. No one before quite like Hooky. But many initiators since.

  • @rossco420
    @rossco420 Před 4 lety +13

    Yamaha really do built quality instruments 🎸

  • @RossBayCult
    @RossBayCult Před 4 lety +15

    It’s great to hear his stories from the early days and how it went down. The stories he could tell. I could listen to him for days. He is a treasure

  • @briswhittaker8509
    @briswhittaker8509 Před 5 lety +49

    I actually took this bass home one christmas and was playing the Perfect Kiss on it before going for a night out with Hooky(I was in Revenge at the time)it suddenly dawned on me half way through playing that this was the very bass that had recorded that song, a moment not many people will get.

  • @kipponi
    @kipponi Před 4 lety +7

    Best compliments any brand would wish they get.
    +40years same bass. That's dedication.

    • @jrd33
      @jrd33 Před 3 lety

      Well, yes and no. He's also saying they haven't managed to improve it in 40 years, and he only plays a model they no longer make.

    • @kipponi
      @kipponi Před 3 lety

      @@jrd33 No and now Yamaha made signature model for him. So you're wrong.

    • @jrd33
      @jrd33 Před 3 lety

      @@kipponi Why, yes I am!

    • @kipponi
      @kipponi Před 3 lety +1

      @@jrd33 okay but he is playing it +40years? I dont see any wrong here. Only envy.

  • @Oseanacoceanblue
    @Oseanacoceanblue Před 5 lety +13

    Man what a cool run down , and what a brilliant player of the bass

  • @1thess523
    @1thess523 Před 5 lety +14

    I started playing bass kind of like hooky, so I'm originally a drummer and so is my little brother. My little brother started playing in a punk band and their basis quit so they had all the equipment already and I told them hey if you show me how to play it out play bass and that's how it started I played simple straight Poppy Punk Tunes and still to this day that's how I play I couldn't play Fancy to save somebody's life but I sure like to make my simple bass lines as poppy as I can, today I played in a garage band with my son who's my guitarist and my little brother on drums and it's the best thing ever! And just Saturday we were at a guitar shop and my son was playing the music man Stingray and he was playing love will tear us apart and it sounded so good through that bass and through the base rig he was playing it through

  • @celticprogeny1569
    @celticprogeny1569 Před 4 lety +13

    I've always been told I'm simple. I didn't know it meant I'm better.

  • @stuartcarswell2815
    @stuartcarswell2815 Před 3 lety +2

    I bought my first octapad from A1 after borrowing one of new orders for 9 months! A yamaha 9000 and an SG is still on the bucket list

  • @snowynkow4626
    @snowynkow4626 Před 4 lety +5

    peter hook...beautifully simple bass exponent

  • @VIC-20_Synthwave
    @VIC-20_Synthwave Před 6 lety +10

    So good! bought a BB734a because of Hooky.

  • @Ryanhand
    @Ryanhand Před 5 lety +6

    What a lovely guy

  • @jonathansteele7203
    @jonathansteele7203 Před 2 lety +3

    Wow! What a testament to that guitar 👌🏼

  • @paulreese3071
    @paulreese3071 Před 4 lety +2

    Even with the electronic nature of the early ‘80’s British bands, Peter Hook’s bass gave it the bridge between “guitar” and electronic pop/rock. Also loved Macca’s use of the BB series in the late ‘70’s - early ‘80’s! Not sure if he recorded Goodnight Tonight with The Ricky or BB, but that was an epic bassline! 😃

  • @alejandrohualdez5550
    @alejandrohualdez5550 Před 4 lety +14

    Pretty sure that Andy Rourke of the Smiths used a Yamaha BB2000 for studio recording. There's a picture of him holding it inside Hatful of Hollow gatefold sleeve I think.

    • @victorkeller
      @victorkeller Před 4 lety +2

      That Andy rourke exact bass was sold on eBay in the winter of 2004

    • @hookyhook6006
      @hookyhook6006 Před 3 lety +3

      Dude I’d love to see Hooky and Rourke do a collab

    • @Aussieduderivs1
      @Aussieduderivs1 Před 3 lety +1

      @@hookyhook6006 they did haha
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freebass

    • @hookyhook6006
      @hookyhook6006 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Aussieduderivs1 Thank you, you have made my day.

  • @tz7813
    @tz7813 Před 7 měsíci

    Bought a completely mint BB1200 on eBay in 2010 for 350 quid.
    Identical to the one on the Love Will Tear Us Apart video. Even had the clear Perspex guard fitted.
    Things got tight and I had to sell it.
    Tone, quality, finish and craftsmanship were through the roof.
    Wish I still had that one.
    Everyone has a guitar or two they wish they hadn’t sold.
    The BB1200 and a 1999 Martin D18 GE in tobacco sunburst are my two most missed.
    Note to self: DON’T GET SKINT AGAIN!!!😂

  • @Sometimes_Always
    @Sometimes_Always Před 4 lety +7

    What a fantastic interview... I know it's an advert but still...That was an incredible bit of music history..

  • @dionisio7719
    @dionisio7719 Před 3 lety +1

    Beautifull Is a Simplicity..
    THE BassMan : Mr Hook
    I was fourteen in 1991, When i listened for a First Time Trasmission... And love for bass and Joy division started in evolution plan...

  • @cjfcal2
    @cjfcal2 Před 3 lety +2

    ~33 years ago ... I bought and was jamming to movement...

  • @myama9282
    @myama9282 Před 3 lety +1

    I have never known about his Yamaha.
    Really sounds good to me!!!

  • @BlueArcStreaming
    @BlueArcStreaming Před 4 lety +7

    Huh, the bass I have. Never knew.

  • @ramblr1959
    @ramblr1959 Před 5 měsíci

    Hook’s first 1200 from Manny’s is modified to have the jazz pickup. Stock 1200 was only the reverse p pick up. The two pick up model is the 2000 that Andy Rourke used. Plus you can see that the jazz pick up is way closer to the bridge than it was on the stock 2000.

  • @ragheadand420roll
    @ragheadand420roll Před 2 lety +1

    We need a few more hours of this...

  • @gastonjara7192
    @gastonjara7192 Před 5 lety +3

    Genio Hooky

  • @bassatnight
    @bassatnight Před 5 měsíci

    I always loved Peter”s tone in Joy division and New Order and clearly the Yamaha BB”s played a big part. I am in the market for an old BB5000 which are very hard to track down these days. Hey Yamaha, how about a reissue of the series!? 😉🎶🎸

  • @jfphotoandlife8287
    @jfphotoandlife8287 Před 2 lety

    The great Peter 👍🏻

  • @RONNYMORRISMUSIC
    @RONNYMORRISMUSIC Před rokem

    Perfection.

  • @maxalwaysgoesbyboat7366

    If only the rest of the world could be humble, full of gratitude as Peter Hook...currently run by Techn0-narcisisst's
    who are hell bent on...that's the problem, they don't even know. But if only a pause to give thanks to how we got here
    maybe a glimmer of hope can arise and we begin to ask...where the FUCK are we going and at WHO's cost?
    Thx Peter and the Guy's n Gal from the one True Faith in a New world Order

  • @neaituppi7306
    @neaituppi7306 Před 4 lety +4

    What he is playing isn't hard, isn't technical. But it has such melody.

  • @bertrandrigaud2816
    @bertrandrigaud2816 Před 4 lety +1

    A genuis !!!

  • @IRieAsAVirus37
    @IRieAsAVirus37 Před 4 lety +2

    Nice my all-time favorite would be Rickenb.... Thunderbird or teddy Lee jazz

  • @sweatycrabthailand4262
    @sweatycrabthailand4262 Před 5 lety +7

    right.....out to get a yamaha bass then

  • @vox1962
    @vox1962 Před 4 lety

    Great band

  • @ericrhodes5174
    @ericrhodes5174 Před 5 lety +3

    0:06 Peter Hook in his happy place.

  • @b.ohlenschlager8985
    @b.ohlenschlager8985 Před 3 lety

    I love my Yamaha BB734

  • @PulauSwan
    @PulauSwan Před rokem

    Hard to have a relationship with any Yammy revstar or BB bass, for quite some time. All the more difficult, when they are withholding stock, prior to their scheduled price rise in June 2023. I've had an order for a Revstar RSS02T SSB placed since October 2022, and I live in the same country the Element & the Stardard serie are manufactured : Indonesia . Good luck if u can get one, bass or 6 string

  • @Hypercarrots
    @Hypercarrots Před 6 lety +13

    Love will tear us apart video shows a BB1200 with the original scratch plate installed (the one that was stolen?). New order concert footage up to dec 1983 and the confusion video shows a BB1200 without the scratch plate (the one they bought in NY? Did they get the gear back?). None of the appearances show that added bridge pickup. BB1200 only came with the single reverse P pickup. Earliest footage I’ve found of peter hook playing the BB1200S was July 1984 in Barcelona. Yamaha, correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t the BB1200S come out in 1982?

    • @tupacserbia813
      @tupacserbia813 Před 6 lety +5

      His original BB1200 was stolen as you suggest and never returned. He played a second 1200 until he purchased the 1200S in late '83 or early '84. Never played a BB600 and he always confuses the 1200 and 1200S in interviews.

    • @jmj321
      @jmj321 Před 5 lety +3

      The JD one might have been a BB-VI (BB6), which might explain why he calls it a BB600.

    • @thesquarebee6641
      @thesquarebee6641 Před 4 lety

      He used a BB1200 on Movement. The sound is much more passive than their next albums. Mists of time I think causes the confusion (no pun intended). The 1200S was not released until 1984, but Movement was released in 1981. Anyway Hooky is an amazing player whatever he plays on.

    • @Hypercarrots
      @Hypercarrots Před 4 lety

      Malcolm Tucker i have a 1982 bb1200s

  • @kovlabs
    @kovlabs Před 3 lety

    I really hope that Hooky and Justin Chancellor from TOOL will do an interview together

  • @4687alan1
    @4687alan1 Před 6 lety

    My Bass player king 😎💪🏻 the fucking Best !

  • @Gerardjhughes
    @Gerardjhughes Před 4 lety

    Hooky and mark king the best

  • @AntonioHyder
    @AntonioHyder Před 4 lety

    Where's this film ? Looks like a REAL lab

  • @rainbowslushy223
    @rainbowslushy223 Před 5 lety +6

    its funny cause i always thought he played a rick , but when i played JD riffs on my bb they sounded bang on.... noooow we knooow

    • @vincentmorelli1013
      @vincentmorelli1013 Před 5 lety +1

      He played a Hondo Ric copy on the first album I believe and got the BB for Closer and all the New Order stuff.

  • @garycrant4511
    @garycrant4511 Před 4 lety +2

    amplified bass string rattle..
    yes or no, good or bad..?????

  • @dionisio7719
    @dionisio7719 Před 3 lety

    Thank's for ALL mr Hook..
    thank's Joy Division

  • @michaelwilson2340
    @michaelwilson2340 Před 5 lety +2

    When are you and Pottsy going to put out a new Monaco album? And why not reissue that hard to find second one?

  • @JG-ux7of
    @JG-ux7of Před 6 lety +5

    Age of Consent

  • @kipponi
    @kipponi Před 5 lety +1

    What is better good wife, good dog and first love of instrument you play today ? I want Yamaha does some my favourite models again like Pacifica 1421. Hard to find anywhere. I have onced played it and it has lovely neck.It is Superstratocaster.

  • @enzovitta3893
    @enzovitta3893 Před 5 lety +3

    0-13 I need the name of this music

  • @benleydon
    @benleydon Před 5 lety +7

    No mention of his Shergold Marathon 6 string bass?

    • @rallewarmbier7607
      @rallewarmbier7607 Před 5 lety +1

      this video is about yamaha ... and produced by yamaha ... and upload by yamaha ... maybe that's why ;)
      The Shergold Marathon is awesome ... back in the days I was (and still be) a big fan of the cure and new order, I turn a Jazzmaster into a 6-String Bass becourse there was no reissue of good old 6-String and I really wanted one. Still works, sounds not that bad ;)

    • @WeBothAreMonkeys
      @WeBothAreMonkeys Před 4 lety +2

      @@rallewarmbier7607 Thankfully a Hooky six string signature is coming out in March

  • @dylantaylor9375
    @dylantaylor9375 Před 2 lety

    Is this is a Yamaha commercial?

  • @kristianTV1974
    @kristianTV1974 Před 4 lety

    Great stuff, shame about the off brand version of Atmosphere at the end.. was that U2?

  • @davidharte3039
    @davidharte3039 Před 6 lety +2

    Does he mean BB 1200? Also what’s with the extra pick up on that BB 1200?

    • @westinthewest
      @westinthewest Před 5 lety

      My 1200 doesn't have the bridge pick-up. I'm confused.

    • @jmj321
      @jmj321 Před 5 lety +1

      Looks like a rare variant of a BB1200.

  • @andrewc2491
    @andrewc2491 Před 4 lety

    HOOKY! Been lining your pockets since 1983, and if not...the 80's were NOT my fault! As such....please please please...let me ask you this fundamental question: When you first started out with Joy Division...was it but for the fact that "...you sincerely wanted to sound different than the rest" or was it simply because you SIMPLY DID NOT KNOW how to play bass any better? Because...with ALL DUE RESPECT...I think from one musician to another...your bass lines were pretty....you know. (A very punk question, testing your own origins....lol) LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY

    • @NeptuneReturnz
      @NeptuneReturnz Před 4 lety +1

      Andrew Cassey I am the greatest bass player even in the history of mankind. Hooky.

    • @andrewc2491
      @andrewc2491 Před 4 lety

      @@NeptuneReturnz LOL. Great stuff, Neptune! LOL LOL LOL

  • @Targoon_Music
    @Targoon_Music Před 5 lety +2

    5:07 i need the name of this song
    if it's one

  • @whatwedointheshadows3349

    what modulation is he playing through?

  • @jackkovar7806
    @jackkovar7806 Před 2 lety

    Bin liner...the rest is history.

  • @Hypercarrots
    @Hypercarrots Před 6 lety

    what's a bb600?

  • @dirkpehrke9909
    @dirkpehrke9909 Před 4 lety +1

    Not to be anal, but BB 600???? Never heard of that before. Funny that Hook gets his own bass wrong in a Yamaha video. He played a passive BB1000s in late Joy Division (LWTUA video) and later he used an active one (BB1200s). I guess after the New Order gear was stolen during their first US tour.

  • @user-bq4xh5fy5b
    @user-bq4xh5fy5b Před 4 lety +2

    Bass using a pick 🤔 Don't let @davie504 find out