Any Yamaha RBX 350 players out there?

[sandman357]

Hey, I have been playing my 350 for 12 years and love it. Now that I am older and have more cash I have been looking for a replacement, but can't find one I like better. Any one else out there love their 350 or am I just nuts?
( I am new to this forum, so if you think I am nuts please be nice.
Later,
Sandman

 

[stingray5bbx]

Try a Yamaha BB series. I have a month old BB-X if you're interested

 

[elros]

I bought a Yamaha RBX 250 in '93 or '94 - it was my first bass! Excellent playability and comfort, good quality, decent sound. I sold it to a friend when I bought my Acacia fretless in '98, but recently I bought it back and fitted EMG pickups; now it is better than many basses that cost two or three times the price of the RBX. It's great!

 

[lefty007]

Another fan here! My RBX350 was my first bass. A couple of years ago I had it defretted, but I put it in the close it for years. In the meantime I have had 20 other basses in my rotation. I recently pulled it back out, and I'm in love with it now.

The P-bass sound is very good and the bridge pickup is really close to the bridge, so it gives you a super-jaco sound. The light weight is great and the neck has a great profile.

It just a bit noisy and it looks like a toy (mine has that pale blue paint), but what a great bass.

Hard to say what is a good replacement. If you are looking for something similar, a Fender P-Bass Special will give you a similar sound, but then, what is the point in doing that?

Just tell us what kind of sound my interest you and maybe you can get more recommendations...

 

[sandman357]

I have not thought of changing pickups. I do not realy want to change the sound though. I am actually looking for a similar sounding 5 string.

 

[Lateralus_]

Yeah, I have Yamaha RBX 350. Good tone for mid priced bass. I've been playing it for 10 yrs now. 5 yrs. ago I had a tremolo bridge and EMG's installed. Sweet.

 

[funkymachine]

I owned an RBX350 bass for about 4-5 years. I've replaced the stock pickups with a set of Lace Sensors. Later, I've converted the original rosewood neck in a birdseye maple-cap with abalone dots (I love abalone dot-inlaid maple fretboards!) and installed vintage-style fretwire to give this bass an early '50s look (like a '51 P-Bass) before acquiring my black Epi Explorer bass in late 2003/early 2004.

 

[tkfromla]

Sandman, my RBX350II was the first ordered custom lefty w/right handed stringing I've owned. it's as great today as it was in '92 - quiet, dead straight, stays in tune, classic simple P&J 3-control set up. I keep flats on it and it stays at the practice room. Take a look at www.Carvin.com's bass line up - I've been please w/the 3 purchased and particularly had fun building their B5 kit - it's as strong as those they built for me!

 

[Phil Doyle]

I recently bought a totally neglected RBX 350 as a rescue project, and I’ve been amazed at both how well constructed it is (I’ve been able to clean up, adjust and use parts that I expected to replace, and the whole instrument has stabilized nicely with a new setup) and at the tone - a great combination of punchy lows from the “P” and growl from the “J”. The J pickup is a bit noisy; I’ve got new pots on order so I’ll see if that cleans it up a bit... but overall, I’m really liking the RBX 350.