The Bass Picture Gallery

[prophecy6972]

Nice. Hmm just my 2 cents, the string spacing does not look even. The E to D strings seems to be tightly spaced. Strange. Oh and this is assuming you have it tuned to BEADG.

Could be my phone camera prob. The string spacing is actually very evenly distributed. Feels and plays great! Tone is killer too.

 

[Musicana77]

yeah, probably just the camera angle. Nice flame maple. What brand is it ?

 

[prophecy6972]

yeah, probably just the camera angle. Nice flame maple. What brand is it ?

IT's a Yamaha TRB5PII. Lovely flames, neck-thru, piezo and 35" scale. Pretty heavy though..

Here's the headstock...

 

[KeDraiv]

Nice!
=]=] =D

 

[exin]

we all have a thing for block inlays yeah?

 

[spectator]

ya man. block inlays ftw.

 

[b33r]

this thread desperately needs to be revived, so i brought out my newest acquisition for a shoot.

what has...

a pickup cover and thumbrest...

no frets...

and a matching headstock?

 

[drumandbass]

looks beautiful!
what is it?

 

[b33r]

how about another teaser for you to guess?

 

[1mband]

SX bass? :mrgreen:

 

[b33r]

SX bass? :mrgreen:

yup, just a lowly SX. :mrgreen:

 

[1mband]

Wow, nice. Mind sharing how much you got it for?

 

[b33r]

$240. if you count the pickup cover, thumbest and bridge, about $300.


and for that kind of money, i can't say i'm not satisfied.

 

[lordie]

nice and cheap. hows the tone for the fretless?

 

[cloud]

lol your camera is..........good. haha.

but the bass is nice as well. How come i can't find that model on the rondo music website?

 

[drumandbass]

yah that bass is sweet.
hows the fretless neck?

 

[Kiriva]

where did you get your pickup cover? been trying to find one for some time but sg shops dont seem to have them

 

[b33r]

@lordie:
the tone isn't bad, but i feel that it doesn't have enough "mwah". might possibly be because i can't get the action low enough, or the fretboard wood, or even the pickups. still sounds quite nice, though.

@cloud:
my brother's D90, haha. he took some of the pictures, if not all. if it's not on rondo's site, it's probably been sold out. i couldn't find it either shortly after ordering mine.

@drumandbass:
seems even enough. not the best quality of wood though, it's got this ugly discoloured grain running down in. i would get the fretboard epoxied, but i don't care enough.

@Kirivia:
got it shipped in along with the thumbrest. no other way. apparently TYMC brings in the bridge pickup ashtray covers for both precision and jazz now, but they don't have the neck pickup covers and they're not genuine Fender ones either. i just checked this afternoon, they're $15 a piece.

 

[drumandbass]

you kept the stock pickups on?
what bridge did you change it too?

 

[spectator]

did u do it with the mass order?

Or is it 240 alone?
i was interested to get it as well awhile ago.

was just 2 lazy 2 find out how 2 do all the shipping n stuff.