NBD - Yammy love!

[Dave_the_bass]

I've made no secret that my go to, main, bass is a Yamaha RBX270J. It's got a hipshot extender and a babicz bridge but apart from that it's as standard as the day it left the factory wearing it's Yellow Natural Satin finish.

Tomorrow I will be collecting my new bass. I was browsing eBay and have found myself purchasing a Yellow Natural Satin Yamaha RBX270J

[discreet]

So today's not actually your New Bass Day then, is it?
But as your new bass is apparently much the same as your old bass, could we see some pictures of that, instead?

[Dave_the_bass]

Planning on posting pics of the twins tomorrow.

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Planning on posting pics of the twins tomorrow.
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Yay!

[RickyV]

Funny that. My main bass is a 270J, also in natural satin and I have been looking for another one as well. I will admit to wanting a different colour tho. A black or old violin burst will do.

[Dave_the_bass]

Got her.

http://s208.photobucket.com/user/Thefishy1/library/Mobile%20Uploads

Edited February 19, 2015 by Dave_the_bass

[RickyV]

What a lovely pair!

[discreet]

Nice twins!

[lojo]

Took my new second hand cheap BBN5 to a practice last night , gotta say what an amazing bass it is , I'll certainly be looking out at Yamahas now.

[Dave_the_bass]

Ever since the day I accidentally bought (I decided that the person who had already bid wasn't having it for starting price and that's all they'd put on as their highest bid) my first 270J I've never looked back.

The BBOT bridge struck me as a bit flimsy so replaced that with a babicz that I picked up from the market place on here and the tone really came to life. It didn't have the sustain increase that people tout as being a reason for fitting a high mass bridge, but it did allow the mid range to really sing.

The new one is in line for some upgrades and customisation over the next few months.

Plans are as follows:

Re-wiring - I don't really use the pots for infinite variation so selector switches will be used instead.
New Bridge - babicz - black
New tuners - hipshot ultra lite - black
New strap buttons - Jim Dunlop straplocks
Custom pyrography artwork and clear lacquer refinish on the body
Probably finished off with a set of DR Black Beauties.

After the work it will look as good as it sounds for metal!

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After the work it will look as good as it sounds for metal!
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Woah! Are we finally looking at the bass that's good for metal??

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited February 28, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[AttitudeCastle]

Looks like Yamaha are discontinuing all the RBX basses, seems odd and a shame as for me, I've always held them up as the best value starter basses out there.

Hope they're just updating the line...

[Dave_the_bass]

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Looks like Yamaha are discontinuing all the RBX basses, seems odd and a shame as for me, I've always held them up as the best value starter basses out there.

Hope they're just updating the line...
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That's why I'm buying them all!

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That's why I'm buying them all!
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Ahhh! I didn't like to ask why you needed two identical basses, but now we know...

[Dave_the_bass]

With the work I have planned they won't be identical.

And yes. We have a definitive answer to what bass is good for metal.

It's a cheap as chips yamaha with a babicz bridge!