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Yamaha Club Part II

#821
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#822
I've been looking for a versatile 5 stringer for a while and I've read great things about the TRBX 305. But I can't get my hands on so I would like to get some of your opinions on the bass. Yes Thomann has a 30 day return police but I would like to know more about it beforehand.


On a sidenote, has Yamaha ever made any product with an actual name and not just random letters and numbers?
 
#823
Redrama said:
I've been looking for a versatile 5 stringer for a while and I've read great things about the TRBX 305. But I can't get my hands on so I would like to get some of your opinions on the bass. Yes Thomann has a 30 day return police but I would like to know more about it beforehand.


On a sidenote, has Yamaha ever made any product with an actual name and not just random letters and numbers?
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The Billy Sheehan model comes to mind.
 
#826
dodgermex34 said:
Does anyone know of a Yamaha East model for sale? I'd really like to buy one. I currently have a Yamaha TRB 5 and I love it.
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you'll be looking at the Yamaha BB 1024X in vintage white then... it's exactly the same as Nathan's main session bass... you can also get the same or even more aggressive tones from a BB2024X... but they are astronomically expensive compared to Yamaha's other models! if you're strapped for cash, however, the 424X will have equivalent if not only slightly less clear tones. where Yamaha's 1000 series uses both their ageing and strain relief processes (aka the IRA and ARE processes) to alter the tone of the bass, the 400 series just has the ARE (Acoustic Resonanance Enhancement) treatment and it's done to the body only. the quatersawn maple/mahogany neck is awesome without it anyways, so it's not a necessary cost over the usual £289 price of the 424. it would probably bump the price above £400 and put it in the ranks of the 1000 series if they did that since ARE uses a lot of time and energy and has less of an effect with the neck than it does with the body, so it's not done on lower models... it is, however done on the Attitude Limited 3. Billy Sheehan's main bass.
 
#827
that is one beautiful SB man... if you want to complete your collection... get on Jauce and Ishibashi and look for:

Yamaha SB-2a (byw... at the time of this, there's one for sale on ishi)
Yamaha SB-5a (rare find... seen one on ishi a while ago that sold fast)
Yamaha SBV-500 (seen plenty on JAUCE)
Yamaha SBV-550 (again.. Jauce!)

get these and some wall hangers, snap a shot and you'll have a really big achievement there... 5 rare or hard to find basses in one shot on the same wall... and the image would be rarer than the catalog the SB series is from!
 
#832
azmati said:
Just Sniped, Yamaha Club Part II.

Hope it sounds as good as it looks. Upgrading from an SX Ursa 2(Jazz Bass). Anyone know why the BB-604 was discontinued?
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That is a very good question. I have a BB-605 and have had it for almost 10 years now...still plays beautifully and one of my favorite basses. My first bass teacher sold his 605 and keeps telling me he regrets doing so.

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Yamaha Club Part II
 
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Had some time with the BB-604. As it appears in the bottom picture the bass is worn/loved. Which suites me fine, feels like the bass equivalent to a worn in pair of jeans.

Only 8.1 pounds according to my bathroom scale, when weighed with my thick strap, making it the lightest bass I've owned by a respectable margin.

The pickups can get a little noisy when soloed, however it doesn't come through when I record. Gain on the pre amp seems a little too high. I get some distortion when I have the volume on the bass maxed, through my setup. Trim the volume down some, and it sounds great. So many usable tones out of this bass! I'd rather be able to over do it than not, so I can't say too much gain is a problem for me. Battery box in the bass is too big for the 9 volts I use, so I used a small section of sponge to secure the battery.

I'm 6 months in with this BB-604, and I'm still very happy with it. It has some quirks, but the good far outweigh those quirks. Anyway, just wanted to share some thoughts, and pictures of what is now my main bass.


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My friend's dad used to have this Yamaha bass, I have no idea what the model number was.

It was dark green (may have been a refinish, again, no idea), neck through, P/J configuration, had a 3-knob active preamp that he never replaced the battery on, and passive tone and volume, with a pickup switch.

Any one of you folks know what the model number on it would have been? He doesn't have it anymore.
 

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