SPECIFICATIONS
Model TRBX504/TRBX505 TRBX304/305
Scale Length 34” (863.6mm)
Neck Maple and Mahogany 5PC
Fingerboard Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius TRBX504/304: 10” (250mm) / TRBX505/305: 23-5/8” (600mm)
Width at Nut TRBX504/304: 38mm / TRBX505/305: 43mm
Body Solid Mahogany
Tuning Machine Die-cast
Bridge TRBX504/304:Die-cast 19mm / TRBX505/305: Die-cast 18mm
Pickups HHB5n, HHB5b MHB3n, MHB3b
Controls Master Volume, Pickup Balancer, Master Volume, Pickup Balancer,
Bass, Middle, Treble and Active-Passive switch Bass, Treble and Performance EQ switch
(Battery Alert LED on back)
Hardware Color Black Nickel
Color
Translucent Black Translucent White Translucent Brown Black White Candy Apple Red
Pewter Mist Green
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*Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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You’re the bedrock. The foundation. The fundamental.
Your music depends on you.
You need a bass where everything‘s just right.
Sound, feel, looks – nothing can come second.
With Yamaha’s unique combination of advanced design, precision engineering and time-honoured craftsmanship, the
Yamaha Guitar Development team have created the perfect instrument for bass players who aren’t ready to compromise.
An instrument with the tone you need to underpin your performance and the flexibility to allow you to create and define
your own voice. An instrument that offers unparalleled comfort, incredible playability and road-ready durability - night after
night, session after session. An instrument designed and built to be the core of your music.
This is TRBX. This is the bass you’ve been waiting for.
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Extreme
Playabil it y
Yamaha’s slimmest, fastest,
strongest bass neck.
Advanced Design
Perfectly balanced between comfort,
sound and style
Powerful Control
Exclusive stage-tuned, ultra-musical
active EQ circuits.
Precision
Uni que Engineering
Features Pickups and hardware designed and built to perform
Performance-ready features designed by
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TRBX500 Series
TRBX500 has a simple brief – tone. Premium mahogany construction and
an ultra-musical active/passive pre-amp design deliver the flexibility and
sheer tonal quality to allow you to sculpt the perfect sound for your music.
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Translucent Black
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Translucent White
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Translucent Brown
Specifications
■ Scale length: 34” (863.6mm) ■ Neck: Maple and Mahogany 5PC ■ Fingerboard:
Rosewood ■ Fingerboard Radius: 304: 10” (250mm)/ 305: 23-5/8” (600mm)
■ Width at Nut: 504: 38mm/ 505: 43mm ■ Body: Solid Mahogany ■ Tuning Machine:
Die-cast ■ Bridge: Die-cast 504: 19mm/ 505: 18mm ■ Pickups: HHB5n (Alnico V),
HHB5b (Alnico V) ■ Controls: Master Volume, Pickup Balancer, Bass, Middle, Treble
and Active-Passive switch (Battery Alert LED on back) ■ Hardware Color: Black Nickel
■ Colors: Translucent Black, Translucent White, Translucent Brown
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TRBX300 Series
TRBX300 is built around a simple principle – your performance. The perfectly
balanced, ultra-comfortable solid mahogany body provides the optimum tonal
foundation while the Performance EQ active circuitry gives instant access to per-
fectly dialed-in stage-ready tones coupled with the expressive control you need.
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Black
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Candy Apple Red
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Mist Green
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Pewter
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White
Specifications
■ Scale length: 34” (863.6mm) ■ Neck: Maple and Mahogany 5PC ■ Fingerboard:
Rosewood ■ Fingerboard Radius: 304: 10” (250mm)/ 305: 23-5/8” (600mm) ■ Width
at Nut: 304: 38mm /305: 43mm ■ Body: Solid Mahogany ■ Tuning Machine: Die-cast
■ Bridge: Die-cast 304: 19mm/ 305: 18mm ■ Pickups: MHB3n (Ceramic), MHB3b (Ceramic)
■ Controls: Master Volume, Pickup Balancer, Bass, Treble and Performance EQ switch
■ Hardware Color: Black Nickel ■ Colors: Black, Candy Apple Red, Mist Green, Pewter, White
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Features
Master Volume
Bass
Pickup Balancer
Middle
Active/passive
Treble
Pickups (TRBX500) 3-band active EQ (TRBX500)
Yamaha’s H5 dual-coil pickups are defined by a clean, TRBX500 models feature an audiophile-grade active/passive circuit for fine tonal control and extreme flexibility. The
open tone that’s perfectly matched with the flexibility advanced design offers a level-matched output whether in passive or active mode and tone-switching circuitry that
of the active/passive preamp design. Their quad- seamlessly moves from 3-band active EQ to master passive tone. High-quality gold plated parts are used for key
polepiece design and alnico magnets give them the signal chain contacts, providing increased conductivity and reliability.
power to drive the active circuit and the sensitivity and
subtlety to capture every nuance in passive mode.
Master Volume
Performance EQ Switch
q SLAP
Bass w PICK
e FLAT 2 3 4
Pickup Balancer r FINGER 1 5
t SOLO
Treble
Performance EQ Switch Neck Bridge
Pickups (TRBX300) Performance EQ (TRBX300)
Performance EQ
Yamaha’s M3 pickups feature oversized polepieces and TRBX300 models feature Yamaha’s exclusive Perfomance
ceramic magnets for a clear, powerful tone with incred- EQ active circuit with five performance-tuned full spectrum
ible definition and depth. The hum-cancelling design EQ curves optimized to give instant access to essential
ensures your performance is clean and noise-free while sounds along with powerful 2-band master equalization to
the integral thumb-rest provides unrivalled playability. shape and define your tone.
Bridge Body
A high-mass die-cast bridge efficiently transfers string TRBX features a sculpted solid mahogany body, with
vibrations to the body for full, rich tone combined a mass-optimized 3D design for the optimum bal-
with excellent adjustability and road-tested durability. ance between tone and comfort coupled with perfect
18mm string spacing on the 5-string model offers out- weight distribution.
standing playability for technical slap or finger styles.
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Features
38mm 43mm
Head s t o c k Nut Neck
Straight-run stringing from nut to machinehead elimi- 38mm (4-string) or 43mm (5-string) nut widths give TRBX uses a precision fitted bolt-on neck joint for
nates lateral tension, providing superior tuning stability fast, comfortable playability for any style. maximum adjustability and clear, punchy tone. Devel-
and reducing overtones. oped through hundreds of hours of play-testing, the
refined neck joint shape perfectly balances strength,
vibration transfer and upper-fret access.
Neck Joint
TRBX uses a precision fitted bolt-on neck joint for max-
imum adjustability and clear, punchy tone. Developed
through hundreds of hours of play-testing, the refined
neck joint shape perfectly balances strength, vibration
transfer and upper-fret access.
Battery Alert LED ( T R B X 5 0 0 ) Output Jack
TRBX500’s 3-band EQ circuit features a low-battery Yamaha’s metal plate-mounted standard jack socket
alert LED to eliminate sudden power loss during per- offers superior durability and easy maintenance.
formance.
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