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Yamaha Owners

#43
Well I'm not a Yamaha *only* player by any means, but I've had an RBX1000 for about 13 years now. I believe that it was the top-of-the-line model for the original run of the RBX series. Natural finish, rosewood fb, active PJ config, and black chrome hardware (looks like hematite, very cool.)

I mostly hang on to it for sentimental reasons (it was a gift) but its a great little bass and I'm surprised I haven't heard them mentioned more often or even at all. Does anybody know, are they really rare or did they just not sell all that well?
 
#46
I got 2 of Yamahas, BB NE1 and BEX BS.

I am planing to get one TRB 6 but have not yet cameup with which model of year made. I have tried many models of TRB6, new and used, and I think they all are good except the new 6P.
I think Japanese made Yamaha deserve a class A- at quality and an A for pricing. I got differnet makres and I think Yamahas was a good pick for me.
 
#47
I am the current owner of the BB404F that tplyons mentioned earlier in this thread. It's a really nice bass for the price point (or probably several price points above it.) I'm selling it, but only because I've decided to focus my attention on practicing sight reading and perfecting my fretted technique. I've always been impressed with Yamaha basses.
 
#48
A few weeks back, my wife asked that I help her select a bass for her nephew, a beginning bassist. I bought a Yamaha RBX800A off eBay for about $160. I'd never heard of the model and didn't find references to it on the Web, but it looked like a good deal. When I got the bass, it needed some minor work: truss rod tightening, saddle adjustment, and new strings. But when I finished with the setup and plugged it in, I was stunned at the sound. The bass had a remarkable presence and handled beautifully. The fit and finish were typical high-end Yamaha. I'm not a collector; I'm a player, and my stock of basses amounts to only three (an Alembic, a Modulus, and a highly-modified Precision), but if I could find another of these beauties, I'd be tempted to buy it. Question for you Yamaha experts: why are there so few of them (not another one has shown up on eBay)? Does anyone else out there play one or have experience with them?
 
#49
I guess I shouldn't be in this thread as I don't own one (not yet anyway) but I have played the Nathan East Sig model (5-string version). What a sweet instrument that is. If I had 1.5K to put up for it, I'd do it in a heartbeat. This thing just sounds soooooo smooooth, yet sufficiently punchy. Sorry, couldn't resist.

Cheers
 
#51
After trying 2 different samples of the Yamaha TRB 1005's, I decided to order a TRB1005NF fretless version in the natural quilt finish. The fretted samples that I tried were impressive instruments for the money. I'll likely immediately change the strings from roundwounds to flatwounds.after I get the bass.

Will write a review after i get the instrument and after it has been properly set up.

Bob McHenry [email protected]
 
#55
I still have a handful of Yamaha basses (see profile), as well as a couple of acoustic guitars, and have owned truckloads (literally) of Yamaha PA gear. Generally tough to beat in most cases, and in fact, I would probably use the basses much more often but I find myself using 5 strings almost exclusively now. (Don't own a Yamaha 5, yet.)
 
#57
The Mule said:
I'm a firm believer. I own a pair of 1988 BB's, a BB3000A and its 5-string brother, a BB5000A...
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I have an identical BB3000 (same year), save for an ABM bridge and black delrin frets.

I also have the Myung model in blue, swapped to black hardware, ABM bridge, U-retro, and trying to find some Lane Poor's for it. It's strung up as a piccolo (full octave, in this case), EADGBE. Fantastic for classical and spanish, even if it is reallllly heavy.
 

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