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05-06-2010, 11:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | | FS: Yamaha RBX5 A2 5-String lightweight bass w/ mods
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In VG condition, I'm selling my Yamaha RBX5 A2 - very light weight (just over 7 pounds) with excellent balance and punchy tone/great clarity. This bass also has the cool red/blue volume knob LED's which fade in and out with the turn of each knob.
This bass has some very light swirling with a notable scratch in the front finish just below the tone knob (I could not get it to photograph as it's pretty light). It also has some buckle rash on the back and the battery door has cracked at the swivel but still functions just fine (and holds the battery in place without issue). It currently wears a set of medium Dean Markley Blue Steel strings which still have quite a bit of life left in them.
I've made two modifications to this bass:
1) originally a passive bass, I've added an EMG BTC control to this bass for concentric active control of treble and bass (powered by the factory battery circuit for the lights I mentioned above) along with a bypass switch near the tone knob to revert it to passive when needed
2) I've added a series/parallel switch between the volume knobs for additional tonal options
The bass comes in a lightweight Gator hardshell case and will be professionally packed and shipped via UPS. I'm asking $350 shipped to the Continental USA but will consider any reasonable offer.
Paypal is my preferred payment method but I'm open to other forms of payment. If you have questions, feel free to ask!
Here's a video I made with this bass explaining the installation of the EMG BTC into this model (note this is prior to the installation of the switches mentioned above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ENEToY928
And here's Ed Friedland's glowing review of the 4-string version of this model: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47tKorh9vgo
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Last edited by optikhog : 05-10-2010 at 03:17 PM.
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05-06-2010, 11:41 AM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | that's a sharp bass! |
05-06-2010, 11:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | | Thanks, man! It has served me well. I'd keep it around but our band just broke up so I'm thinning the herd while I take a break from gigging for a while. |
05-06-2010, 03:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Visalia, CA | | | What is the neck like (dimensions)? May be interested....
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05-06-2010, 07:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Essthreetee  What is the neck like (dimensions)? May be interested.... | Here is the link to the Yamaha product web page (click on "Specifications", obviously): http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/...7&CTID=5067800
I know it has 18.5mm spacing at the bridge but the best comparison I can make from a neck perspective is that it was very close in size to a MIM Jazz V I played at GC a few weeks ago. Perhaps a touch thicker, but thinner than my L-2500 for sure. |
05-06-2010, 08:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Diamond Bar, CA | | | Do the lights still work?
EDIT: Never mind, read the description again. Very cool that you were still able to keep the lights.
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05-06-2010, 11:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Visalia, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by optikhog Here is the link to the Yamaha product web page (click on "Specifications", obviously): http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/...7&CTID=5067800
I know it has 18.5mm spacing at the bridge but the best comparison I can make from a neck perspective is that it was very close in size to a MIM Jazz V I played at GC a few weeks ago. Perhaps a touch thicker, but thinner than my L-2500 for sure. | I meant like...width at the nut and spacing at the nut....
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lol <---- does that look like someone drowning to anyone else? |
05-07-2010, 04:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Essthreetee I meant like...width at the nut and spacing at the nut.... | I was about to go measure when I saw that I'd received an offer in PM. So, this bass is now pending payment. Thanks!
Last edited by optikhog : 05-15-2010 at 10:28 AM.
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05-15-2010, 10:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | | Waited a week but the buyer went silent on me so this bass is once again available for sale! Hit me up with any questions please. |
05-15-2010, 02:38 PM
| | | | WOW! I have always wanted to try one of these! beautiful bass! |
05-15-2010, 03:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | | Thanks! |
05-15-2010, 08:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Monroe, LA | | | Is that a 2tek bridge? |
05-16-2010, 07:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Doodaddy Is that a 2tek bridge? | It's the stock Yamaha bridge. I'm not sure where they sourced it from, if anywhere. |
05-16-2010, 11:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | | Sunday afternoon BUMP |
05-16-2010, 03:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Montclair, NJ | | | Thats very cool! Entertaining trades?
Free bump! |
05-16-2010, 04:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | | I'm in a bit of a downsizing mode but if you send me a list I'll see if anything strikes my fancy. Thanks! |
05-17-2010, 12:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | | Monday afternoon bump - this goes to ebay in 48 hours... |
05-18-2010, 02:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | | Last bump before it heads to ebay. |
05-18-2010, 03:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: St. Paul, MN | | | PM sent |
05-18-2010, 05:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | | PM replied! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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