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Yamaha Club Part II

#521
Used my RBX live for the first time on Sunday. I was plugging straight into a DI box, with no effects to hide behind, on a stage with quite a bit of lighting and electrics around, and going out into a 650-seater hall. At the price, I was expecting the pickups to be thin and noisy, to the extent that I was regretting not asking a friend to bring a backup for me to borrow.

I couldn't have been more wrong. From the first note this cheap, light bass simply thundered. The sound guy had me really pounding out of the house speakers - at one point during soundcheck he told me to take my IEMs out when I got a chance so I could hear the house sound - wow. This bass should come with a health warning, in a good way. :D Over the course of four songs I managed to find four different ways of testing the tone (fingerstyle on J solo, P solo and J-P 50:50 blend, pick on J solo) and each was fantastic in its own way. It did it all - snarling, punching, thudding, booming, rearranging internal organs...

None of this is to suggest that I did anything particularly special - it's this amazing 'budget' instrument. No-one normally even notices what instrument I'm playing or remembers the sound five minutes after the end but I had three people come to me a day later and comment on the bass sound.

Yamaha, bravo.
 
#522
I can't join the club because I don't keep basses long enough to stay but I will post a picture or two of my BB425 , a great bass .

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#526
BigRedX said:
Probably the rarest Yamaha production bass, the BJ 5B

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Essentially a 5-string version of the SBV re-issue basses from 10 years ago. Although having said that, apart from the body and headstock shape it has little in common with either the original 60s SB basses or the more recent SBV re-issues, having soapbar pickups and active electronics and an angled headstock. It's the Terry and the Blue Jeans (famous Japanese surf band) signature model - hence the name - with a limited run of 50. I'm guessing that there's a good chance mine is the only one outside of Japan.
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That Is one sweet bass. Thanks for posting.
 
#527
diehard70 said:
Blue Bass, I think you should hang on to her for awhile...It makes you look 10 years younger:rolleyes:. thats how my BB got to be MY daily player:D
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I almost always say I will keep a bass for a long time or forever but I just can't seem to keep my gas on hold . I have no intention of letting the BB425 go anytime soon . It plays great , sounds great and looks great too . No downside to it at all .

I had a BB2000 about ten years ago and loved the sound and build but I was into 5 strings totally by then so I just didn't use it . This bass trips my trigger just as well as the BB2000 did and it has my B string as well . I think I will have it a long time .
 
#528
Even before I got my RBX I was looking for my next bass - I have a budget of about £650 in a couple of years' time. In the last few weeks since I bought it I've been in music shops trying out various other basses and watching lots of second-hand stuff on eBay. I've stopped that since playing the RBX live. I'm not saying it's totally cured my GAS for good but it's certainly delayed it, and even got me thinking Yamaha when I get round to spending again.

Any good recommendations for an upgrade from a RBX360? I'm not sure between 4 and 5 string - I think possibly 5 if my current 4 keeps delivering and giving me no excuse to replace it. :)
 
#529
ZubenElGenubi said:
Melik...I assume you're wanting in the Club! You're number 303.

You're gonna have to tell us more about your instruments! And maybe post another pic of your BB (1200, maybe?) without the high reflection so we can see the body better! ;)
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Hi! Sorry for the delay on me. The TRB is (I guess) from mid-90's. It was fretless when it came from the factory but when you look at the fingerboard, it has strips of rosewood at the spots where the frets would be so it looks like it's been modded. All in all, it's a really nice instrument with a SUPER fast neck and nice versatile active electronics. When I play it I always regret of selling my TRB-1006 6-string :bawl: :D

For the BB, I'll throw some more pictures of it:

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sorry for the hand :p

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sum nice grain on the headstock :smug:
 
#538
ZubenElGenubi said:
iuliubo: Sweet looking TRB, there. I really like cherry burst finishes. (I also dig your custom finish on your Ibanez conversion; really cool.) I honest haven't been much of a fan of the TRB body, but your finish got me re-thinking.

jhay: That's the first "lawsuit" Yamaha jazz bass I've ever seen (I've seen Superbass Precision copies before). What does that date back to? Looks to be in really good shape.

New numbers:
iuliubo - #299
jhay - #300
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the date is hard to track but the catalog seems to say its made 1983-85

bassagent - i think it is in that factory but not sure though. still a very nice bass. my main as of now.

it actually does not have a block bindings and a mop inlays and originally was black with matching headstock :)
 
#539
I just got a bb 424x (I will post pics soon so I can join the club) does anyone know what type of case will fit a bb. I saw a case that fits a precision but dont know if it will fit???? or do I have to find a jazz case because that fits better.
 

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