Yamaha RBX-270

RBX, entry level bass, jazz/p-style split. New(?) bought when Mars went belly up. Regular scale, 4 string. Natural satin alder wood, lightweight & easy to handle, BB-stlye of the more expensive Yamahas, smaller than p-bass. 3-knob control set-up, vol/tone/select mix. Passive p/u. Standard bridge, tuners, etc. Real basic, but solid ax.

CC music palyed in church, someitmes with a group, & just for fun at home w/ a SWR workingman either alone or thru the house system. No effects. Good solid bass sounds, good compromise of the p- & jazz basses. Can get most anything out of it, good variety for it's components. Can get it pretty bright with some adjustment, but low end is a little absent. Works well in gigs, and just practicing.

Feel svery solid and reliable. The action was ok on first playing it, but there was a really bad rattle in the A string. About to give up and change strings, it was found that the truss rod was cranked really too tight, so after starting at scratch and resetting everything, it was fine. P/U were off too. Finish was fine, even after having been on the store rack and handled by who knows how many folks.

Should be reliable long term - most yamas are I think. May have to keep an eye on tuners, and the strings are going soon, notoriously bad strings are put on these things from the factory. Blue steels will be put on . Probablly will go to quick release strap buttons as well. The knobs are cheap, but its a lower level bass... It wil liekly be gigged with a back up, but just due to paranoia not its performance.

dunno yet - hopefully good.

into this for 2 years, bass over the last 6 months. Squier p-bass ("community bass" for anyone at our church to use), Tacoma EM10CE, Taylor Big Baby, Cort JTrigg Chamber, Ibanez Troubadour, Peavey BanditII, SWR workingman. If stolen, would probably use that as an excuse to buy something more expensive;maybe another yamaha though. Like the natural satin finish, wish it had little nicer hardware, bu considering the price, can update later. Size and weight are great, very managable.

I don't know in what year it was made but it's made in Japan
it has 24 frets and four strings
she has a volume control atone control and a pickup selector
pickup are: one split coil and one single coil
passive electronics
her body material is alder and her fingerboard is constructed from rosewood
she has a shiny black finish
she has simple non locking tuners
and a thin neck for fast movement
no accessories included

she can play a variety of styles, she doesn't really excell at any of them but does sound good.
i use it with a brand new laney 200 (125W) and no effects
she is a little noisy with the split coil selected and her tone selector fully opened but i can live with that.
she can handle any playing style from hard punk and metal like plectrum playing to soft and gentle finger playing or slap bass playing
I can't tell what she does in a studio but on stage she s all i ever needed. even when i play solo she sounds great.
what i really like is the fact that you can play whatever you want on it, she'll never let you down.

she was delivered in a very good state, however i can't tell if she came from the factory in the same state as i got her in the store.
i had to do some small corrections on the split coil but thats just for my own opinion
she sounded great when i got her so there wasn't really anything wrong with her.

she is build to last, I play it live quite frequently, i even perfom a polywhirl with it and i've never encountered any problems with her.
so the strap buttons have to be solid.
i've never had to adjust it in, the 1 and 1/2 year that i've got her.
but i do always take a backup along to be safe (squier precision bass)

i don't really know how long the warranty lasts and i alwas go to a local store or repair her myself. so i can't really tell anything on this subject

the only thing i wish it had was locking belt straps nut i solved it by buying a strap with built in locking system
i've compared it to an ibanez of about the same price and quality
but this one just gave me a better feeling.
my friend bought the ibanez and he says he likes mine better because the ibanez excells in punk and grunge style playing but he can't really do anything else with it.

the 2001 (first year)model RBX270 I have was my first bass, it was made in Japan. It's got 24 jumbo frets, and a natural rosewood fretboard. They give you a volume knob a treble knob and a pickup blending knob. The 270 comes with P and J pickups, and as far as I know are just the standard RBX pickups. the electronics are all passive. The body is made from alder, the neck is maple and the fingerboard is rosewood. It's got a solid glossy finish and I believe it comes in black, burrgandy\red, narural and blue. I believe its a presision body and of a pretty small scale. The bridge is pretty standard, the strings are loaded through the bridge and ajustments are made to each string with two alan key holes. the tuners are again pret0ty standard Yamaha brand, and are fairly simple (Ie: no locking no drop D. A cabel comes witht the bass as well as two alan keys.

It's a very good bass for the beginner in that it suits both a jazz style and a rock/punk style through the P/J setup. I use a 10 watt Ibanez amp and a Crate BX160 with it as well as my multi effects and the crates chorus, and all sound as good as should be expected. It's a bit buzzy when you bring up the treble but is otherwise fairly quite. I get a fairly bright warm sound from it because I put on Ernie ball slinkys, and I think the bass does well with this sound. Again thanks the the P/J setup the bass can make most any noise I want.

I received the bass with uneven pickups and a poorly set bridge. This was esaly fixed by my music teacher and later me and the action feels very good (infact I've been complemeted on it). The tuning knobs where very tight to take off and replace and the nuts around then tend to ratle loose but other than that it works fine.

it's pretty durrable, it has only one major dent and is pretty scratch resenstent if you're carefull. The only thing that looked cheap was the knobs so I replaced those with metal ones jsut for looks. I keep it in good condition and I clean it once a week and so far I haven't noticed any dulling or fading paint (but than again it's black) Well at the moment my conkilin is still on lay away and it's my only bass, so I do depend on it for everything, adn so far not a single problem.

the warrenty is life time and the company makes suppost very avaiable, yet I've never used them.

I've been playing 6 months and I still feel this bass suits me if not for my want of a 5 string, I have 10 watt Ibanez amp and a 160 watt crate, I also have a used conklin GT-5 on layaway. Well I knwo next to nothing about basses when I bought it and I went all on recommendations, so I wish I knew what I was doing then (I would have still made the samne choise though). I hated the plastic knobs and factory string, but I changed those, and I love the price which made a decent bass avaiable to a beginner.

I comapred it to a Squire (which was to heavy bulky and didn't offer enough of a versitle tone for me, and an Ibanez GSR which I didn't get because of it reputation for neck warping.

well it's a beginner bass so I wish it had alot, but nothing within reason that I haven't allready changed

This Yamaha, my first bass, i will never give up. My father has a gibson victory bass, athough it is active, i feel my rbx has just as much punch. It has a p and a j pick up. 2 tone knobs.

Great punchy sound as well as a moody, low tone bluesy sound. I love it.

As far as i can tell, this bass was finely crafted, in Japan i think. The action is perfect, not too high, not too low. This, "Mist Green" finish is incredible. it will never fade!so far, no problems.

Great durability. been droped few times and still in control.

never had to!!

this guitar lists at $400 and is worth every penny. It is 2 months old and ot a single problem. Me and my friend play talent shows and parties and have never had a single problem with it.