Yamaha TRB-6JP owners ?
Matthew Batarseh
does anyone out there own one that they play out with
on a fairly frequent basis ?
what did they pay for it (with and/or without case) ?
do they now have back problems ? :) I didn't strap it
on so I don't have a good idea how much heavier than
my current basses it would be (a Warwick 5 and a Pedulla
5).
I played one in a local store and fell in love with it. I
am just wondering how people have found it to mix in
with a full band.
Matthew
Jeff Addicott
only has one truss rod. That's a WHOLE LOT OF NECK for one little rod,
but it works real good so far (knock on wood -- there's a whole lot of
it there to knock on).
I bought mine for $1500 Canadian (no case) from my teacher, 4 years
back. He sold it to me because he figured he'd never get comfortable on
it (prefers to stay with his '72 P bass).
One thing's for sure: the bass has a sound all it's own. Very very very
smooth (I attribute this to all the wood in the neck). Sometimes too
smooth. It gets buried very easily on tape.
Even so, I love it on stage. I'm 270 pounds, so I don't tend to notice
wether my bass weighs 8 or 9. I find I've grown into it. Most other
basses sound dull and feel floppy by comparrison.
I use the neck pickup for a raw, ballsy sound. Both (magnetics) for a
mellow, refined tone, and I'm just discovering the bridge magnetic. It's
fun to dial in the piezo pickup for certain songs. I find that turning
up the bass knob makes the sound very beefy. The treble knob sounds
nice, too (I don't miss having a mid knob. Never tried one I like yet.)
Good bass is you like knobs.
I've enjoyed my TRB6-P for the last 4 years, but I am quietly looking to
get a 5 string that has more presence (probably something in the league
of a Sadowsky or a Lakland -- a very different beast).
Hope this helps some.
lowlife
considering it is sitting next to a Zon Sonus and a Fender 72 Jazz.
One notable thing is the strength of the neck. Well, it's a 5 piece
laminated and thru neck. Never adjusted the truss rod since I took it out of
the box and the action is just consistently low over the years. Because of
the happening neck, the B string is just incredible given the price of this
baby.
Mine has got the piezo pickups. It's a bit bright but with proper eq
(onboard), it can be a very refreshing sound. As for the J pickups, they
offer a very good slap tone (Ala a diluted ken smith kinda sound). But it
goes well with a trace and a swr. On the other hand, I've got problems
trying to make my Zon sound and feel good on a trace. The bridge pickups
doesn't produce as much bite as a jazz if you're going for the Jaco-Rocco
thing. On the whole, the stock pickups are a little "weak" in terms of
characteristics. But I've got enough bartolini's and emgs around. Just want
to yamaha to sound like a yamaha.
It's very good for filling out the bottom on one of those low C ballads. And
the 6 string range cuts thru a fusion kinda band pretty well. Dunno about
some grunge band though. I get about 2-3 types of tone variations per bass.
But with the TRB, I get about 5 usable sounds for myself.
Well, it's bloody heavy, don't have the specs nor ever weigh it before. But
it's not something you do the wooten-spin-round-your-neck thing with. Feels
the same as my old fender. I wouldn't want to play a 8 hr gig standing up
with this fella.
The JP is a newer model which is a bolt on and it lost the piezo (which is a
shame). I've played on it before - and personally the neck doesn't feel as
secure and strong. I've got the trb5 FL housing the same electronics; the
sound is typically what you hear on the John Pat CD. The treble is a little
noisy when you crank it up but I guess that's normal for Jap basses.
Over where I am, the 6 costs around US$1300, w hardcase.
Ain't no endorser, but I'm gonna keep my TRBs for a long time to come.
Hope this helps.
Mel
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