Yamaha TRBX305 - White Review

Amazing bass

What an amazing bass! I want to add a 5 strings to my colection, but I didn't want to spend lot of money because I enjoy more the 4 strings. I tryied a lot of good basses, including the Yamaha Trbx505 witch is the next model to this one. This is by far the best 5 strings under $600. My main basses are a Fender Geddy Lee signature and a Warwick Corvette and this Yamaha TRBX305 easily… read more kills both in sound, versatility, balance, playability and the price is half of the others. I change the strings for LaBella 40-118 and I got a nice low action without buzz. Yamaha really take care or the details. A+ bass.

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Worth it

As a lifelong guitarist, I bought this bass for writing and recording demo material with. I honestly don't know if I could have expected any nicer of an instrument for what I was after. I've had it for several months now and I can say that the 305 is a solid instrument, you can tell before you plug it in. It plays effortlessly, stays in tune, and a the EQ circuit makes finding the… read more tone in your head a lot quicker, especially for a novice bassist like myself. Fit and finish are top notch, too. Also: Buy it here. Seriously, the inspection is worth it - even if they don't immediately have it in stock. I just bought a completely unrelated guitar (for $1k more!!!) from a competitor and I didn't even bother plugging it in because it had so many cosmetic defects right out of the box. Your patience will be rewarded.

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A home run by Yamaha!

Wow, what a sweet bass! Feels great in the hand, looks great, sounds beautiful. I have several Fenders and love them, and I almost bought a 5-string P, but I'm happy I chose this one. The tone is deep and powerful with a sweet top end. The EQ presets are very useful for quick adjustments and the preamp is quiet. Bass and treble control frequency centers are just right. In fact,… read more the preamp sounds as good as, and is less noisy than, my Sadowsky outboard. Don't let the low price fool you, Yamaha really hit it out of the park with this one!

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Yamaha TRBX305WH is # 1

I honestly was not sure about getting the 305 instead of the 505 with slightly better pick ups but after using it last week when I received it it REALLY didn't matter. This bass is awesome!!!!! The 5-way switch had me!!! LOl this bass plays fantastic,sounds fantastic and for 400 bucks I'll put it up against ANY "boutique" basses !!! just remember friends,it's ALL in the amp… read more and player!!!! LOL btw i'm running an SVT0410HLF and a Hartke-LH100 !! sweetwater ROCKS!!!!!!!! p.S. thanks Nick!!!!!

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One amazing bass!

I haven't been able to put this bass down since I brought it home! Excellent quality, sound and ease of play. Very versatile, far more than I was expecting for a bass of this price. I reviewed many basses before purchasing this one at the Sweetwater store. Yamaha has always been great guitars and they still are.I also purchased a Hartke A35 amp at the same time for practice. The… read more combination sounds as good as the Zon Sonus 519 through a Trace-Elliot 210 amp I played a couple of years ago! You won't go wrong with this bass!Sweetwater salesman was helpful, courteous and a pleasure to deal with! I am a very happy customer!

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