Machines

@Richard R Take off the list sorry, that's a kid weekend

Bought a bass from Ted. Nice chap, fair and good for a chat

Shonks bought from me. Good comms, negotiation and quick payment.

Took my RH750 as the studio amp was a 200w Peavey 😫

They're having 4 auditions so spoilt for choice really. Think my playing was not too bad but I think personality will be more part of it. Mine can be quite acidic 🤣. Sounded great, stuck it on the neck pickup and just left it at that.

Ok I'll join the party. Got it Saturday and took it to an audition last night and it was great.

This is the bonus of the Distance Selling Act. Also if something else turns up it's been mis-sold and you have another set of rights for that.

Yeah, I agree most of the new ones are somewhat and the preamp can tame the glassiness but you do lose a bit of presence. The 765 isn't at all however, sounds like a smooth passive Jazz, my current favourite.

RBX374 in Dark Oriental Green has joined. Got it for a stupid price delivered from Andertons on a Saturday (which somehow was free) with a case too. It was pretty dirty and the strings were past it, but a good blitz and some new strings and it's on par with my Sire M5 for tone (in parallel with flat EQ).

The SSL certificate is valid, so looks like an erroneous error.

Brand new one at £1875 so a bit of a saving but nothing to dazzle. I think more like £1300 is realistic. https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Comb_4_UV.html

I took this tonight. It's first outing since purchase it did quite well.

Same, I never struggled with my 112 but I wanted a matching setup. Great thing about the RS212 is you can just slide it upright onto the back seat and buckle it in.

Absolutely any post with a Yamaha RBX6JM for sale, particuarly this one, stupid money.

Well, some amps seem to respond better at high volumes than low, and vice versa. My EICH was probably better at low volumes than the TC cab.

Had mine a few weeks now, and sold my EICH 112 to upgrade to a RH212. Haven't been able to crank it yet but it sounds spot on. I A/B'd both cabs at BassDirect using the RH750. The RH having a bit more presence so I went for that.

I can also support no fan actuating unless under load for a bit. Glad you're having fun with it 🙂

I've stopped feeling guilt since it became cost neutral, I may have a few quid tied up in the short term, but can sell them quickly without losing out if needed. Off to Cash Converters in Brum now in case someone has pawned a RBX6JM and it isn't on the website.

Since this thread was originally posted 5 years ago, I have bought 24 instruments 🤣. Of which I have a total of 3 still (none bought more than 6 months ago). Why is that ?! It's nothing to do with having 'good stuff'. Buying and selling (for profit 90% of the time) is as much as part of me as playing the damned things. Since the original post I've been divorced (not related to GAS amazingly) and remarried, my new partner is quite accepting of my gear flipping and likes that it keeps me out of her way happy, but also that it's not negatively impacting financially. That is the end of this chronicle for now.. so I'm off to find that elusive Yamaha RBX6JM .

Depends if your priority is using more electricity or having a loud amp.

RBX765A (1997) from Facebook for a stupid offer price. Had definitely been in storage for a few years and the strings beyond redemption - pretty good condition otherwise with only a a couple of dents. Full clean and some new Dunlops and it's on the money. The EQ is much subtler than I'm used to, but it really seems to work. This is a keeper, unless a RBX6JM comes up for a reasonable price. I now have 3 RBX's, somehow.

I've had a total of four five 6 strings over the years (my usual default is a 5), not until the last one did I really gel with any of them. Whilst I still play 4/5s and definitely feel more comfortable with those, the 6 feels like i'm wielding more 'potential' with what I play. None of that applies for the usual covers, but even when it's Dream Theater I play at home to give myself Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - 90% of it can be done on a 5. However, my GAS has swung very much to 6 strings recently, they just look better in my eyes.

This makes sense. Most modern metal bands have bass players with Dingwalls, it's very much the P bass of djent - you also have to have a Darkglass distortion pedal ! I doubt the other band members will know what makes them so popular, nor any alternatives (e.g. Ibanez, RedSub, Cort etc). The RedSub Coliseum 5/6 will I guarantee give the sound that was expected and also not cost a fortune, worth getting one and returning if it doesn't work out.

This is the exact post I was going to make.

I see basses like cars. A Dacia is likely to be perfectly serviceable to get you from A to B and not break down, but a BMW will be more comfortable and make you feel more 'special' doing so. As someone else posted, it's all about your means. Can afford a BMW but drive the Dacia ? If you can be happy with it and just see it as a tool and not bring psychology into it, you'll save a fortune. My bass journey so far has landed me at mid range stuff, my main bass is a Yamaha RBXJM2, followed by a Sire M5 and MIM P. Nothing there worth more than £400, but i've had Musicman(s), Overwater, Warwick, Dingwall etc. All of them were far superior to what I have now in craftsmanship, but if I just get on with playing music rather than twiddling knobs there's not enough 'extra value' to justify the money.