Yamaha TRBX174 Electric Bass - Dark Blue Metallic

The Yamaha TRBX174 is the bass we point most first-time players at, and plenty of gigging players keep one as a backup. It has a mahogany body, a bolt-on maple neck at full 34-inch scale, and a split-coil and single-coil pickup pair that covers rock, funk and pop, all in a Dark Blue Metallic finish. What you get for the money is a bass that plays like something dearer.

Mahogany body, 34-inch bolt-on maple neck

The body is mahogany, and the bolt-on maple neck runs a 34-inch (863.6mm) scale, the standard length that gives a four-string proper low-end definition. The rosewood fingerboard has a 250mm (10 inch) radius and 24 medium frets, so there is a full two octaves on every string. Nut width is 40mm on a urea nut, widening to 56.4mm at the 12th fret, with a neck depth of 21mm at the first fret.

Split-coil and single-coil pickups, two volumes

A ceramic double-coil pickup sits in the neck position and a ceramic single coil at the bridge. Each has its own volume, with a master tone knob, so you can favour the neck pickup for a round, fat sound or blend in the bridge for more growl. Die-cast hardware and covered tuners keep it in tune, and it comes strung with a D'Addario EXL170 set, 0.045 to 0.100.

Set up and ready

Set up in-store by Guitar World Australia's techs before it ships to you. Bass necks move with the weather, so we check the relief and action before it goes in the box.

Specifications