So I texted this girl and she sent me a few pics of the bass(it's a yamaha) and the amp.The amp is just a 10watt johnson she said she through it in for another 5 bucks. I know 40$ is a steal for any bass, I was just wanting to get some other people's opinions.
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Craigslist Ad, Good or Bad Deal?
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DiabolusInMusic
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There are no picture and/or details. Odds are the $40 bass is a chunk of garbage, but if you don't care how a bass plays, or are fine playing what is probably an extremely bad bass, go for it. I have a friend who loves pawn shop gear, you cannot even tell the guy how bad they are because he got them so cheap, but let me tell you... they are awful.
A $40 bass isn't rare when you consider you can get them new for $100 and change with an amp, you can get a new Squier Affinity for $150.
A $40 bass isn't rare when you consider you can get them new for $100 and change with an amp, you can get a new Squier Affinity for $150.
Yamaha's are not a piece of junk. But that doesn't mean that the one in question hasn't been put thru a meat grinder.
Go check it out. If you like it, buy it.
Go check it out. If you like it, buy it.
The low end ones can be pretty chintzy. Crappy tuners, thin sounding electronics, etc. I don't know about this particular one, but the low end Yamahas are probably made in the same Chinese factories as any other budget line.
i have a rbx170, which is what that looks like. Its an excellent beater bass. And plays awesome. Sounds decent.
$40 for that Yamaha pictured is a great deal. As WardEarth said, it's an inexpensive MIC RBX model.
I happen to own the same bass, and it sounds pretty good! (through a decent amp) for 40 bucks you can't go wrong if you check it out first.
