Yamaha TRBX 505 TBL

5-String electric bass

Body: mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
Neck: 5-piece-maple / mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
Neck attachment: bolt-on
Fretboard: Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia)
Scale: 864 mm (long scale)
24 Frets
Nut width: 43 mm
Pickups: 2 Yamaha Alnico humbuckers
Electronics: 3-band with controls for volume, balance, bass, mids and treble
Active / Passive switch
Black chrome Yamaha hardware
Colour: Translucent Black

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Available since July 2013

Item number 312985

Sales Unit 1 piece(s)

Colour Black

Soundboard Mahogany

Neck Maple, Mahogany

Fretboard Rosewood

Frets 24

Scale Long Scale

Pickup System HH

Elektronic Active

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Yamaha TRBX 505 TBL

Yamaha TRBX 505 TBL 5-String electric bass * Body: mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) * Neck: 5-piece-maple / mahogany (Sw...

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Yamaha TRBX 505 BRB 5-String Electric Bass * Body: Mahogany * Bolt-on 5-piece neck: Maple / mahogany * Fretboard: Rosewo...

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Yamaha TRBX 505 TWH

Yamaha TRBX 505 TWH 5-String Electric Bass * Body: Mahogany * Bolt-on 5-piece maple / mahogany neck * Fretboard: Rosewoo...

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DeepFriedTransistor 18.07.2020

I've been using it for more than a year now. Very solid build, very clean and versatile tone.
The built-in pre-amp can boost the signal without rising the noise floor, very useful for compression and distortion effect pedals, or budget audio interfaces. Electronics are adequately shielded, most conductive parts are grounded ; I literally have to play with the pickups directly in front of my computer's tower to start hearing electromagnetic interference.
I'm mainly using it as a "studio" instrument, it's plugged directly into the high-impedance input of my audio interface with the built-in pre-amp turned off. Gives me a super-dry super-clean signal that I then mangle and scramble using my DAW.
Overall no complains, sounds great, works great, feels great, (and looks great too, if that's your thing !)

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Anonymous 25.06.2014

That translucent finish is so good, the feeling is smooth and warm and I really like the fact that you can see the wood inside. The black finish I have in the sunlight looks brown and I really like that! The fret edges could be a bit better. Not such a problem but you could catch your fluffy shirt sleeve. B is excellent with no buzz and it generally plays like a charm. The inlays must be mother of pearl or something they look great! Hardware and electronics work fine and look high quality. 4 star quality only for the frets.

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Great bass guitar

mkii 07.05.2020

Great bass guitar with great sound, high quality build. Excellent finish.
Highly recommended.

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Super!

Dimitris Ad 06.10.2024

I own this bass for about a year now and it is my main instrument. The quality of construction and materials is top notch. It provides many options for creating tones on the spot easily, I can use the same instrument for playing hard rock/ metal and also in a jazz quartet. The finish of the neck makes it very pleasant to play and the active/passive switch can be a life saver. If you are looking for high end without spending a fortune, look no further.

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