Help to identify this Dennis Bovell bass

[skilamalink]

Can anyone please identify this bass or its nearest modern day equivalent? It's a Yamaha played by Dennis Bovell. I have searched through the Yamaha website and I cannot find an exact match so if anyone can suggest the nearest current equivalent that would be champion. For context I am a beginner and I am thinking for my first "proper" bass a Yamaha could be a good shout. I am looking to play dub/reggae and a Jazz type model is an obvious starting point but I am looking at possible alternatives.

 

[Doddy]

I think it's a Yamaha RBX 760a

[Machines]

8 minutes ago, Doddy said:

I think it's a Yamaha RBX 760a

 

Correct. Generally available on 2nd hand market for apx £250. There's an overpriced one here, however this is the 2nd edition which has humbuckers not the single coils of the one pictured. There's also a 5 string model here, at about the right price.

 

I have a RBX765A which is from 1997, got it for £200 (mega cheap) earlier this year on Facebook Marketplace - it's my main 'do it all' instrument and it would make a great instrument at any level.

 

Edited August 25, 2021 by Machines

[Lozz196]

A Yamaha would certainly be good as a first “proper” bass, I speak from experience, I went from cheap starter instruments to a Yamaha BB1100s. That bass did hundreds of gigs, and my first experience in recording studios.

[TheGreek]

Somebody should point out that the photo provided is stretched giving the bass an elongated look.

[bloke_zero]

Dennis! Legend - he's the first interview in this which I'm just reading: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bass-Mids-Strange-Attractor-Press/dp/1907222774

[Mykesbass]

Slight (well, pretty massive) thread derail, but @skilamalinkdo come and visit the Reggae thread: 

Https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/395084-the-reggae-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3968614

[Fishfacefour]

3 hours ago, bloke_zero said:

Dennis! Legend - he's the first interview in this which I'm just reading: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bass-Mids-Strange-Attractor-Press/dp/1907222774

Thats a great book!

[Pow_22]

Bass gallery have a 765 just popped up

[Machines]

3 hours ago, Pow_22 said:

Bass gallery have a 765 just popped up

 

 

That's some very prospective pricing.