Five-string electric bass with Yamaha H5 pickups and active 3-band tone control
The Yamaha TRBX 505 Translucent White is the flagship of the TRBX series from Yamaha, offering a tremendous variety of sounds and excellent playability. Two Yamaha humbuckers with Alnico magnets and the active 3-band tone control provide a wide range of different tones, allowing the electric bass to be used in any musical context, while the combination of a strongly contoured mahogany body and a flat maple/mahogany neck ensures a high level of playing comfort.
The Yamaha TRBX 505 Translucent White is comfortable to play and offers a wide range of tones.
High playing comfort and classic construction
For the construction of the Yamaha TRBX 505 Translucent White, Yamaha follows classic guidelines and manufactures the body in mahogany, while the screwed neck is made of five-striped maple and mahogany. This wood combination ensures a well-balanced basic sound with fast attack, which also precisely reproduces the low H-string. Due to its special contouring, the body has a well-balanced balance, which guarantees an ergonomic playing position without top-heaviness both on the knee and on the belt. In addition, the flat neck lies comfortably in the hand when playing the electric bass, so that every bass line goes easily out of the fingers. To ensure that the orientation between the 24 medium frets of the rosewood fingerboard is not lost, off-set dot inlays mark the layers.
Alnico Humbucker and active tone control
Two passive Yamaha H5 humbuckers equipped with Alnico 5 magnets are used as pickups on the Yamaha TRBX 505. Due to their special design with four pole pieces per string, they deliver a high output and transmit every tone with high detail fidelity and pronounced attack, which never seems too harsh. The low B-string with its precise tone development and crisp response is also integrated into the sound. The bridge pickup also convinces with high penetration power in the low frequencies, while the neck pickup provides full clean sounds. The five-string also offers active 3-band tone control, which allows precise adjustment of the bass sound across all frequency ranges. The mini switch can also be used to switch off the equalizer and passively play the electric bass, with the treble control acting as a classic tone control. Another practical feature is the battery status indicator in the electric compartment lid.
The Yamaha TRBX 505 Translucent White at a glance:
5-String E-Bass
Mahogany body with pronounced contours
Screwed maple/mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard
Two Yamaha H5 Humbuckers with Alnico magnets and four pole Pieces per string
Active 3-band tone control with active/passive switch
Battery status display in the cover of the power compartment
It's my first bass guitar so I may be a little biased but all I gotta say is that at this price mark you are getting a professional guitar. For me it ticks all the boxes: great price, killer looks, playability, craftsmanship (especially neck and frets), versatility (both active and passive pickup configuration), sexy sleek design. I mean there is really nothing bad to say about this guitar even if I wanted to be picky. So overall, my best buy for a long time. Thank you everybody at Yamaha for creating this baby and DV247 to ship it so fast. It reached me in 5 days and was £80 cheaper than UK online retailers. Cheers!
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