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This bass is an excellent buy. I can’t say enough good things about this bass. I have been wanting for a while now a 5-string P/J bass and I believe I have found the one. I bought a sire p7 earlier this year and thought it played great but I had a hard time finding the right tones and I spent more time messing with the knobs than enjoying playing it. I sold it because I have other basses that I like more and thought I would give up on the 5-string P/J bass for a while. Then I saw this Yamaha bb735a and thought I would give it a go and I am so glad did. I had never played a Yamaha bass before but I figured that because of their reputation and the high-level players that endorse them that it will be worth the try. Right out of the box I could tell that this is a quality instrument and it was already set up to play. It was in pretty good tune, the action was about right, and the neck was straight. The playability is great, the mids, lows, and highs are all awesome, and the bass is not very heavy. The thing I like the most is that the passive tone is great and it does not have a significant volume cut when you switch it from active. The p-bass sound is nice and low and can give you old school tones or more modern tones. The jazz pickup adds a nice high end for enhancing slap tones, jazz, or funk. This bass is a keeper and I look forward to playing it for many years to come. I never thought I would be a Yamaha guy but know I can say that I am.

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Traditionally, I'm a 4 string guy these days, but I want the range back. I've owned several 5 strings, mostly Ibanez. Great basses, but the string spacing on their 5 string models is just too narrow for my taste. This bass has super comfy string spacing with a super flat fret board. Out of the box, I had to loosen the truss rod a hair over a 1/4 turn and it was perfect. Just a hair of intonation setting (totally normal for a new instrument) and I was good to go. Passive, this bass sounds rich and full and responds tonally just like you'd expect a P bass with PJ pups. However active, this bass comes to life. The active eq is dead simple to use. The knobs have the halfway stop in them as well as the blend control so there's less guess work. Add a little bass on the active eq and this bass growls pretty fierce. This is my first Yamaha instrument and certainly won't be my last.

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Ive had this bass a year now. So I can review it after some of the newness has worn off. Other than the sound. The weight and the smoothness on the back of the neck makes you not want to put it down. Somehow it seems to sound better now after a year. Its a beautiful bass. I have the brown sunburst. I get compliments everytime I pull it out. Great bottoom and mids. The highs are good also but if you dail in too much it gets harsh. So set the treble at 50% or less. The bottom end is outstanding. Its easy to get a great sound in passive mode also. The treble knob works as a tone knob on passive mode. I did another review because I didnt think my review or the others did this bass much justice. Its a 5 star professional bass. Ive been playing since 1980. So I know basses. No reason to buy a fender jazz or precision, spector or warwick. Ive played them. And this sounds better plays better and is more comfortable. If youre trully looking to buy a new bass in any price range.. Pick this one up and play it. You will fall in love. Thats not my opinion its a fact. If youre looking for an affordable 5 string bass with mordern electronics . This is the one. It doesnt matter if you want the p/j setup or not. You will find any tone ( other than the musicman) with this bass. I played a fender P/j and this one blows it away. At more than half the cost. BUY IT NOW BEFORE THEY GO UP OR STOP MANUFACTURING THEM..

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First time enjoying a Yamaha bass. This bass is well built, and solid. The neck and fretboard is amazing. No rough edges, very smooth. Effortless for left hand movement. I like the string spacing. Set up was good out of the box. Basically, just tune and play. Incredible sound and tone. I am very surprise. Playing it in the store is one, but playing through your own rig. Is totally different. Very impressed.

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Great bass with almost unlimited tones. The bass came setup the way I like it. Passive mode is super smooth and active mode has that growl I like.

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This was my first "big" purchase and i was skeptical but i hung in there. When i opened the box i was surprised with the case that came with the bass first of all. It feels very protective and I like how it is soft on the inside. As far as playing, you are getting what you pay for with this bass. I would go as far to say that it probably could have been more expensive because it is well made and the sound it produces is amazing. You get a lot of nice low end out of this guitar with crispy mids and bright highs. I love the sound but i recently switched the original strings with flat wound D'addario strings since i play more blues and r&b. The only problem i had was the preamp in the bass was messed up so i couldn't switch between active and passive. Other than that this bass is incredible. Pair it with the 500 fender rumble 2x10 and a 500 watt 15'in bass cab and you could fill an auditorium with nice sound.

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I'm going to keep this short' let's just say if I found this bass first the 3 fenders and lakland I have would have never been bought. This bass is that good' a little single coil hum from the bridge pickup but that's to be expected in a PJ bass. Other wise I love this bass!

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In short it's just a fantastic bass, my new #1, and the preamp, string action out the box, over all feel is just amazing, I highly recommend this Yamaha bass, and it looks cool too!

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