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fmm
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Username: fmm

Post Number: 431
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 5:47 pm:   Edit Post

All:
http://www.musicgoround.com/p/344092/used-yamaha-trb-6p-fretless

Converted from fretted to fretless, not the best job, but it plays nice. Excellent mwaah. Neck through. No strap buttons. $800.00. I'd buy it if I could.
bigredbass
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Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 2388
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 10:24 pm:   Edit Post

The 'real' Japanese (Yamaha Music Craft) neck-thru TRB's are nice, but this is when Yamaha took all those 'too narrow to slap' jibes to heart, and these things certainly FIXED that. IIRC, it's between 3.5 and 4" at the 24th fret. Sheesh !

It's a first-gen TRB with vol/fader/bass/treble, and a separate gain and blend to add-in the piezo bridge, from the late 90's.

So, what did they fill the fret slots with? The picture makes it look as if they dyed the fingerboard. One of Yamaha's conventions is they always used that dark brown with lighter stripes ebony for fingerboards, and that picture doesn't look like that. I've never seen a real YMC bass with a black fingerboard. Hmmm . . . . .

Joey
gtrguy
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Username: gtrguy

Post Number: 882
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 12:24 am:   Edit Post

I also have a TRB-6P that has been converted to a fretless. They are great and that is a good price. The neck is wide but the action can be lowered very low and the neck is not too thick.

I don't know why they did not make a factory fretless version of this great bass. It sounds just as good as the TRB-JP but with the additional piezo woody tone that you can blend in.

The fretboard is a dark ebony.
fmm
Senior Member
Username: fmm

Post Number: 432
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 7:16 am:   Edit Post

The slots were filled with a black platic substance, maybe an epoxy. I think some sanding might improve the issue.

The neck is a beast. 2 truss rods. One of the pics shows a blemish on the back of the neck. It is no longer there.

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