Yamaha TRBX605FM Review

Exactly what I was looking for.

This bass is crystal clear, tight, and still has a range of sonic choices. I have La Bella low tension flats on it. It's very comfortable to play and really feels like a premium instrument. And the pickups in passive mode sound great - not just some kind of afterthought "in case of emergency" option.

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Incredible

Great bass. Reliable. Always gets the job done and plays like butter. The neck is super easy to navigate and the bass is extremely light so it's comfortable for long gigs.

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Yamaha 5-string bass

Just got mine about 4 hours ago. Have probably played it 2 hours now. My first impression is a very solid well made bass. Lots of low end. Small but not too small. Very comfortable to play. Looks great, beautiful finish.

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Fred

Great bass Great sound Easy to play Recommended by my Sweetwater sales associate

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Near perfect

First of all the sound coming from this masterpiece is 10/10. The slap pops and the sound is clean and powerful, however, the instrument is a bit smaller than I expected making it feel a bit odd for me to play (6'3) but nothing unbearable.

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Great bass!!

I looked over all the options out there and finally pick the TRBX605. Very glad I did. It arrived with smooth fret edges, solid construction and sounds amazing! I love this pickups because they don't distort even on active mode. I have other active basses that can be a little over powering and need a lot more compression to be usable. This is a great purchase.

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Solid

Bought the bass because I needed a black 5 string and I love my old '98 BBN5 (clear Alder). Tried out the 605 in the store and new it would work fine. I prefer 19 mm string spacing but the 605's is comfortable enough and I like the fingerboard radius and the location of the dots which work well in an orchestra pit with low light - better than center positioned dots. I used the bass… read more immediately after purchase for a theatre musical. I found that the stock strings were not suitable and I got a lot of black fingertips from something on the fingerboard which did not go away after a change to different strings. Not sure about all Yamaha basses, my BBN5 was used when I bought it but this one needed some break-in and the more I play it, the better it gets. It's been about 6 months and after a show with a dozen performances, hours of practice and rehearsal and continued use at home, this girl sings. Her neck is solid and substantial but not too thick. The more I play it and the more I play it against my other basses the more I like it. Biggest drawback IMO is the passive tone control which seems to do little, very subtle, for my tone until nearly turned all the way down and then it really cuts tone. Good idea, not the best execution, here. Still, not anything to get overly concerned about for me.

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Trans Black TRBX605FM

Finally got the opportunity to gig this last weekend and overall, I am very pleased. Weight is fantastic, and balances well on the strap. Good, solid tone and even across all strings. Very good B string with no floppiness. My only real issue is with the treble side fret ends. From the first fret to the last, every single one is sharp. Going to take a bit of work to get this… read more in comfortable playing condition. I was able to ignore the sharpness to get through the gig, but was definitely noticeable and discomfiting.

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What a sweetheart!

WELL tie me to a hog and throw us in the mud.....what a great bass!!....arrived in perfect shape...setup was a little high for me but some guys like that....easy to fix....intonation is spot on and awesome electronics, easy to understand....get any tone you want. Preamp doesn't overdrive the output like a lot of active pickups.

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Yamaha TRBX605-Trans Black.

Yamaha TRBX605FM - Trans Black. Does everything I want it to do. Flatter radius neck is a pleasure to play. Active, and passive. Great workmanship. Nice 5 string for the bucks. Takes any type of string I want to experiment with. For the price, there isn't a bass that comes close to the Yamaha TRBX605FM. I would like to see a 6 string version of this Yamaha bass in the future About… read more me: All Styles, and performances played on most of the usual suspects of musical instruments which include all species of keyboards, and string instruments that have been manufactured since the dawn of time. I got my start performing in the last century.

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Great has been upgraded to Awesome!

I have owned the previous version of this bass. Many have stated that the sound can be a little bland at times but with this new version, Alder/Flame maple top, it absolutely sings! The tone is very different though many people will denounce tonewoods but I am super satisfied with this purchase and look forward to many years of playing this bass!

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