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For sale Yamaha TRB-5P ~ Early 90's and Excellent condition!

Sold
$1,599.00
Strings
5
Status
This item has been sold and is no longer available!

Details

Hello all!

Pains me to do this, but I am putting up for sale the most beautiful early 90's Yamaha TRB-5P I have ever come across.

It is in outstanding condition, and I would say for it's age a 9 out of 10! This is the one, and if you know anything about these early TRB's, then you know their history, and how rare they are in this condition, and with this high grade of flame maple.

No issues...3 band eq, piezo bridge, and truss rod are in perfect working order, and virtually no fret wear. The gold hardware is in near perfect condition, and the 'Yamaha' lettering is still on the pickup covers.

P/J single coil pickups, 9 volt active preamp, piezo bridge
33-7/8" scale
46mm nut width
19mm string spacing
Unreal 5A flame maple body, beautifully bookmatched. The flame is much more pronounced in person.
Ebony fingerboard.
Mahogany neck laminations.
Layer of Rosewood (in between the flame maple body wings) creating a body accent line.
Dark streaked Rosewood headstock overlay
About 10 lbs.
Hardshell case included.

Please no trade offers. Sorry :(

Please PM me with any questions. Buyer is responsible for shipping costs.

Thank you!

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Comments

Mar 8, 2019
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IMHO, one of the finest production basses ever made, by any builder, in any era, in its most attractive finish. Second time I’ve seen one on the block, ever, and I bought the first one I saw for sale.

Apparently Yamaha didn’t make a lot of money offering these, so they were discontinued after a while, which is a shame.

Mine is my benchmark for every other boutique bass out there, and this model stands right up there with them. Someone will be very happy with this axe.
 
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gforcemusic

Supporting Member
Mar 3, 2010
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Northern California
Black headstock like ken smithes of the same era


It looks black in the picture, but it is actually a very dark, black and brown streaked Rosewood veneer.

IMO, I do believe that at the time, Yamaha's intention was to create a beautiful production bass that would compete with the high end basses of that era, such as Ken Smith, Tobias, Pedulla etc...and you can see the influences in the specs of this bass, but they also developed their own unique sound with the TRB. A lot of big name pro's were using these basses, and some still do.
 
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GSNOLA

Opinionated but approachable 4-string Scotsman.
Aug 2, 2010
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New Orleans
This is absolutely gorgeous. If trades were of any interest please let me know! I’m about to splurge and cull some of my stable. :)
 

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