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Good! I'd no doubt have used it for a month or two then turned it loose back on eBay. Story of my life!

The small print says 'Bum sold separately'.

Fair warning - if this is still available tomorrow, I'm going to buy it. Given it's being sold by Cash Converters in Bognor, if you do want it, I'd phone them and make them a £100 offer. Reckon they'd take it.

You'll be fat-shaming me then because I'm at least the man equivalent of this bass!

The serial number is definitely 1N22064 and it can't be a 1992 as it was bought by the original owner in 1991! Having reviewed as many guides to Yamaha serial numbers as I can find, this particular serial number layout is apparently for 1986/1989 basses and as the TRB6P was introduced in 1989 (so say the Yamaha archives!) I am close to certain it is 1989.

The serial number on this one is 1N22064 which I think means it was the 64th guitar/bass built on July 22nd of either 86, 87, 88 or 89... I assume 1989 as I don't think the TRB6P's were made before 89. Can anyone confirm this?

I wasn't the biggest fan of this colour, it's growing in me though... either which way, it a great eBay steal! 😁

And now the clean, set up and re-strung result... Love these basses...

Currently on route back from London with my new prize... a very nice Yamaha TRB6P in turquoise blue. It is in desperate need of a thorough set up, clean and new strings and has a nasty but very stable crack between the pots, but it was nothing short of a steal. Looking forward to spending the afternoon giving it some well needed TLC. This is how it looks now... not terrible, will hopefully look better later today!

Afternoon, After again another year of chopping and changing gear, I am now settled on (for now!) this rig! It's a PJB 12B with a 6T on top (18 speakers in total!!) being run by a Markbass Multiamp Mono with midi pedal board. The cabs are 1200w combined, the head runs at 600w at 4 ohms so the amp can be run at the maximum without fear of speaker damage. The whole rig sounds about as good as any rig I've ever played, and yes this is HUGELY subjective, but for me, this rig is perfect. I play 6+ string basses and do a fair amount of tap so the high fidelity of this rig and the crisp, clean punchiness it provides is almost tailor made for me. Couple that with the Markbass Multiamp and pedal board, you have a vast array of effects and tonal possibilities at your finger/toe-tips. For practice, the mono and the 6T are perfect, for loudness and projection, the 12B and the mono do the trick, and for ear-bleeding, house-shattering volume, all three together! All in, very happy with this set up. It's flexible and sounds horrendously good!