Yamaha owners

[nilorius]

Here i am - Yamaha TRB 5pII bubinga.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

That's a funny looking motorbike

[nilorius]

1 hour ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

That's a funny looking motorbike

What's so funny?

[miles'tone]

4 minutes ago, nilorius said:

What's so funny?

It's funny because it's not a motorbike. Yamaha and that...

[miles'tone]

Good choice of bass @nilorius 👍

[Reggaebass]

Looks great nilo, congratulations 

[HeadlessBassist]

These are fantastic playing and sounding basses, congratulations Nilorius. 😎👍

[BassAgent]

5 hours ago, nilorius said:

Here i am - Yamaha TRB 5pII bubinga.

Veeeery nice! Love those.

 

Here are mine: 2001 BB N5II and 1998 TRB5IIF:

[JottoSW1]

TRB1005j  reminds me ive not played it enough recently..

 

[pete.young]

18 hours ago, nilorius said:

Here i am - Yamaha TRB 5pII bubinga.

 

 

Very nice. There's a great clip of Ida Neilsen reviewing one of these on YouTube somewhere.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

On 30/05/2025 at 15:37, nilorius said:

Here i am - Yamaha TRB 5pII bubinga.

VERY nice.

What's the extra knob for?

[Doctor J]

Piezo pickup,I would think.

[nilorius]

10 hours ago, Doctor J said:

Piezo pickup,I would think.

You are right.

[40hz]

Wonderful Bass!

 

One of these was Nick Fyffe's weapon of choice for his time in Jamiroquai. Watch their 'Live in Verona' DVD - the tone is great.

Edited Monday at 07:42 by 40hz

[Terry M.]

Congratulations!!! These are REALLY nice creations. I've tried one in both The Bass Gallery and Bass Direct and was very impressed 😊

[tubbybloke68]

Just got hold of a trb5 mk1, absolutely blown away by how good these buggers are! A tad under 34 inch scale and the b string is amazing . Very versatile. Enjoy yours x 

[Terry M.]

13 minutes ago, tubbybloke68 said:

Just got hold of a trb5 mk1, absolutely blown away by how good these buggers are! A tad under 34 inch scale and the b string is amazing . Very versatile. Enjoy yours x 

Hello again mate,I remember you from a different thread. I'm still convinced these are 34" you know 🙂 Are the bridge saddles on your one further forward a bit? Hey of course it's not a big deal either way,great basses those early slapcut models,enjoy it 😁

Edited yesterday at 19:31 by Terry M.

[crazycloud]

Measure from the nut to the 12th fret and multiply by 2.

[ebenezer]

Laurence Cottle used one for a good while and always sounded epic, to my ears, better than the GB bass.

[tubbybloke68]

13 hours ago, Terry M. said:

Hello again mate,I remember you from a different thread. I'm still convinced these are 34" you know 🙂 Are the bridge saddles on your one further forward a bit? Hey of course it's not a big deal either way,great basses those early slapcut models,enjoy it 😁

 

[Terry M.]

10 minutes ago, tubbybloke68 said:

 

Let me know when you're bored of it 😁