NBD (cheapo Yamaha fretless content)

3234718 · #1 02-01-2013, 02:55 PM

Rbx260f. My first Craigslist purchase. Hell of a nice guy I got it from. He busted out the sitar and we jammed for a bit. Some sitar and bass blues. (Didnt expect a middle aged caucasian man in glasses and a sweater vest to play the sitar). Damn fine bass. Mwah up to wazoo, which I didn't think would come with a fretless P. Super thumpy and fat with the tone rolled down and mwah-ey, bright and funky with the tone up. Intonation is very good all the way up to the 24th "fret". Input jack in the front, which is nice. He just put a new set of roto 66's but they're a bit too zingy for me. Overall, I'm smitten.

dalkowski · #2 02-01-2013, 03:05 PM

You snagged a newer version of my first and only FL, an RBX200F. Well done -- that bass will love you back for years to come. Mine wears Fender tapewounds, fwiw.

3234718 · #3 02-01-2013, 03:13 PM

Just restring with some daddrio nickels I had lying around. Definitely an improvement but I'm gonna get some ghs pressurewounds for it.

BassAgent · #4 02-01-2013, 03:13 PM

I had the P/J version of that, the RBX270F. I agree with dalkowski here, they're basses that are absolutely amazing, especially for the price. I started on a fretted 270, and it's a bass I recommend it to everybody who's looking for a cheap and good bass. Same goes for the 260s.

3234718 · #5 02-01-2013, 03:15 PM

In my experience with cheapo PJ's, the j pup is always disappointing. This p pup is fantastic for such a cheap bass. From what I've read, when this was discontinued and replaced with the PJ, people preferred this one.

Pokerdweebz · #6 02-01-2013, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 3234718

In my experience with cheapo PJ's, the j pup is always disappointing. This p pup is fantastic for such a cheap bass. From what I've read, when this was discontinued and replaced with the PJ, people preferred this one.

Sadly I don't have a Yamaha PJ yet (being a lefty sucks), but this is the case with my BBN4 (or BB4N). The bridge pickup just sounds weak and muddy. I usually play full neck pickup and I like the sound.

Pokerdweebz · #7 02-01-2013, 03:21 PM

Also congratulations. There is no such thing as a cheap Yamaha (IMO at least). I have a BBN4 that I defretted myself and another fretted on the way. My NBD cheapy Yamaha thread will be here soon!