Machines

Price is important, as they will be going up against a well established Dingwall fanbase in this style of music. I'm guessing £2k+ (as their guitars seem to be not budget friendly).

That said, I haven't seen their spec/review, so it could be there's something new in there.

11 minutes ago, Mediocre Polymath said:

Damn. I was a broke student at the time, sadly, and unfortunately responsible with my money.

It was a 1979 in not great condition. I had an offer from someone on Bassworld (Basschat's predecessor) to swap for a 1995 Stingray, which was at the time about £750. Obviously I didn't protest.

11 minutes ago, Mediocre Polymath said:

I wish I'd bought an Ibanez musician back in the early-to-mid 2000s when they were about 20 years old and going for £300-400.

I did exactly that with an MC900, but it was £250. 

10 hours ago, TimR said:

I wonder if this is part of why these old Fenders are worth so much now. People who now have quite large funds chasing their childhood dreams amd buying instruments they've never been able to afford before, regardless of quality or sound. 

I think this is the vintage market in a nutshell. Instruments that are 35-40 years old seem to experience an increase in value/demand as people reach financial maturity/retirement to buy the instruments they wanted aged ~15-20. 

8 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

IIRC it's the inlay placement.

Well, what's wrong with the 13th fret ?! 🤣

2 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

Once you see it, it can't remain unseen.  Even John Myung mentioned it, but Yamaha ignored him!

Enough suspense! He stuck about for the RBXJM2 so it's not too obvious to me.

1 hour ago, horrorshowbass said:

Did you buy the bass bros one with the EMGs?

That is the one at the start of this thread.  I modded it with EMGs as well as a a Delano preamp. Would have kept it happily until the 'prettier' one came up.

4 hours ago, Steph said:

Hello every one. 

My name is Stefano and i have a Yamaha Rbx 6jm too.

Can i ask you what brand and gauge of strings are using on these photos?

I see the tapered core on the low strings and i'm searching something different on my bass because with the 35" scale the tension is too much for me with the normal 32-130 gauge.

Thank you. 

Greetings from Italy!

 

It came with very dead MTD strings (tapered). But I'm using Ernie Balls on it now.

Plot twist. I actually bought another one and sold this one as the new one was 9/10 mint and had a much nicer top.

Only noticed as I was updating my profile, clicked save - then got that error.

I didn't break it, though. OK

Just me ? 

Sorry it didn't work for you ! I gigged with mine for a year and only changed to get a fancy touchscreen on the B6, they sound the same.

One for today - 1999 Warwick Streamer for £300. Was advertised as a Rockbass.

A few spring to mind, but I am a rampant bargain hunter/flipper.

USA Gretsch 6131 Firebird - SoundControl ~2005. Was mislabeled as an Electromatic at £299, they kept this price even when queried if correct. Sold on eBay for £1k.

Ibanez Musician MC900 - £250 PMT ~2006, soon traded for a 96 Stingray (they were around £750 at the time).

Tiesco 1480 (1969) - last year. Facebook market as 'broken' for £25. Needed 15 mins of electrical work to fix, later sold for £250

Dingwall Combustion 5/2 this year for £750 (Facebook), good condition too.

2011 Rickenbacker 4003 from CashConverters for £1100 a couple of months ago. Loved it visually, but no use to me - sold a few days later for just under the going rate.

I think it's the same for me, unless it's someone I know - the 'payment arriving' is the bass arriving before I ship. 

Withdrawn

32 minutes ago, Kowad said:

Pickup selectors! (On / off).

Definitely not something Yamaha ever did. 

I spotted this the other day and my curiosity was engaged. I am inclined to think it is a Yamaha neck (logo removed), on a custom body made specifically for that neck and those pickups (as they have a unique shape).

Some close ups of the wiring cavity might help determine if it is a factory produced version versus custom shop job. A Google reverse image search also does not yield any matches. It looks too modern to be 80s (other than the neck serial) so I would hazard a guess it was late 90s based on the styling.

What do those top 2 controls do ?

Another vote for MTD here, although it looks like that Z5 at Promenade has sold now (perhaps bought by OP ?!).

I have a Super 5 fully Bartolini'd and I use it in a hard rock band. I recently had a Z6 also which was a little too refined for what I do - but had a great sizzle to it. An MTD Z5 is definitely ideal for what has been specified though.

2 hours ago, Ricardo Urio said:

Ok. I suppose you have all your devices (TV, cellphone, computer) with updates turned off.

They are automatic, but I would use the device without them appearing also. I buy tech for it's current ability, more than it's potential. 

4 hours ago, Ricardo Urio said:

Hello, about app, I contacted Zoom about the B2 Four Android and Windows software, and there is no information on availability. We need to show our necessity, so if every B2 Four onwer contact them requesting it, we will have some change to edit our patches more easily.

 

Ricardo

Not really. You've already bought it. If you said "I want to get it, but there's no app", that might be different.

Have played this and can confirm, it is great.

Just now, Dood said:

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 bRiLLiAnT mate!! #TalentAndYearsOfExperienceNotNeeded 🤣

You are the talent, so to speak. Is there an OF yet ?

7 minutes ago, Dood said:

Ok, I’m game. I’ll pick a product that’s suitable and we’ll have a lil play 😊

Also, wear something seductive.

48 minutes ago, Dood said:

That said, you could argue that I have shot myself in the foot by intentionally under playing as it is now expected that videos should be a massive w@nkfest 😂🤣 for likes 👍, thus making me look less of a capable player. 

I think as an experiment you should do a shred vid and see how it does for clicks. I know you are quite capable.

1 hour ago, Dood said:

I've always said my reviews I shoot are No Ego, No Shred, Just Bass. I should probably start hash tagging that!

I think it depends on the intended market. For example for a P bass I doubt anyone wants to hear double thumb/tapping. But for a bass e.g. Dingwall, people conversely are less likely to want to hear it play Come Together and more likely to want some shred.