90s Yamaha RBX Series

[Supernaut]

Does anyone have recent experience with these basses? Are they gig ready? 
 

Cheers. 

[HeadlessBassist]

Very reasonably priced and might just need a setup. Where are you buying it from?

 

The RBX series is very similar in price and quality to the Ibanez SR300. Great starter basses.

[ead]

I had an RBX270FL and it was a great bass.  I had it for years and only sold it when I fell into the ACG rabbit hole and bought a fretless bass from Alan (that I still have).

[Matt P]

I had a RBX765a as my only bass when i was starting out about 20 years ago, It was certainly gig suitable and I played many gigs and a huge number of church services with it before i moved on to other instruments, i believe its still being played in church by the friend i traded it to. I even did a recording session with it and was complimented on it's tone by the engineer.

 

The RBX range is a bit overlooked in my opinion, they're good instruments, well made with decent pickups and hardware and they sell for very low prices secondhand ( i think mine was £120 from a friend). people seem to gravitate to the Ibanez SR range instead which seems to have better availability.

 

I would happily gig with one again.

 

Matt

[Supernaut]

Thanks everyone. 

[Misdee]

My experience is that when it comes to basses, at whatever price point, Yamaha don't make rubbish. They're always  well-designed and as good or better than anything else for that money, be it a budget bass or a high-end one.

 

I remember those RBX basses as fairly decent budget PJ basses. What I also remember is that they were nice and light, which is never a bad thing.

Edited 40 minutes ago by Misdee