The only thing I can think of is that Yamaha has a reputation of shipping from the factory with a nice set up
Or perhaps active versus passive, in which case the bass is passive.
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New to musical instruments
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The only thing I can think of is that Yamaha has a reputation of shipping from the factory with a nice set up
Or perhaps active versus passive, in which case the bass is passive.
Relisten to all the music you like, and listen for the bass.
Don't buy anything more if you can help yourself. It's more fun to surf gear than to practice. If you spend money on anything, spend it on lessons from a teacher.
That said, another suggestion along the metronome/drum loop/keyboard path is a Korg Pandora. I got a used px5d for around $100. It does drums, metronomes, and scads of other nice things for practicing, including taking a line input (e.g. from an iPod) and dropping out the bass.
Don't buy anything more if you can help yourself. It's more fun to surf gear than to practice. If you spend money on anything, spend it on lessons from a teacher.
That said, another suggestion along the metronome/drum loop/keyboard path is a Korg Pandora. I got a used px5d for around $100. It does drums, metronomes, and scads of other nice things for practicing, including taking a line input (e.g. from an iPod) and dropping out the bass.
So I purchased the yamaha rbx170, a small peacetime amp, stand, strap, gig bag, tuner, and bass for dummies. The bass is passive and is totally awesome, well built solid color is blue. I only spend 260 on everything new because I work for bestbuy and we have a musical instrument department. The dummies book is the best investment I have made in a long time. I have read almost half of it and am learning very quickly surprisingly. I am super stoked about everything and appreciate all the replies.
I meant Peavey, typing on Android phone and it auto corrected to peacetime lmao! Also, I have drum loops and metronomes on my laptop so I should be fine.
