Customer Reviews

Yamaha YRB-302B Bass Recorder, Key of F

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I had been wanting to get my hands on this for a while and now I'm glad to have it. I've been happy with every Yamaha product I've ever bought and this is no exception. It sounds great and is not too difficult to play. The tone holes/keys are a little closer together than on the tenner recorder but smaller hands may still have some trouble.

The YRB-302B II kit comes with the 4 piece recorder, neck strap, 2 joint caps, joint cream, cleaning wand, fingering chart and a nice carry bag. Unfortunately, the cleaning wand (14") is the same as that which comes with the tenor model and is 8" too short to be effective.

The ABS plastic has a good feel and a good sound. It is travel safe, kid safe, and (if worst comes to worst) dishwasher safe. It is certainly an instrument I can recommend to anyone interested.

This piece of engineered resin emits pleasing rich sonorous tones. Built to Quality finish. Comes in a smart canvass carrycase (unlike the vinyl shown). Am very happy with its amazing performance in both tonality and volume. Easy to play. Even with my limited recorder background (but some music experience), I could play it immediately. It is lightweight, the thumb rest keeps it balanced and the neck strap invaluable. The gooseneck facilitates a more relaxed RH wrist positioning improving dexterity and right thumbrest invaluable. My handspan is only 20cm but everything is within reach quite comfortably. Most adults will find the Bass already playable unlike the Tenor (ironically the widest) which requires modifications to improve reach.

Hard to put it down initially after it came out of the box. I have an old wooden descant and this new pc of plastic manages to simulate the sound of wood surprisingly well. For a similar quality wood, I would have to outlay at least 2-5x more. Whether teenager or adult, I believe it's playability is going to encourage a longterm love affair with this family of recorders.

Great for bass-rich Louis Armstrong repertoires like "What a wonderful world", "Blueberry hill" or more modern pieces etc. Compared to its smaller tubed family members, this does require more air volume throughput (for beginners) and I found myself initially quickly running out of puff, however, the body quickly adjusts overtime to this. Low resistance playability (fipple versus reed) compared to other brass instruments. Note: May need amplification depending on application. (as in, do not expect the same volume output as its metal counterparts)

However the Tenor trumps it marginally and remains my favourite solo instrument - not a great amount of repertoire for the Bass (in F key) unlike the Tenor (in C key).

Amazing bargain new from amazon.com at $259 plus shipping compared to RRP$599 in oz though most are discounted to circa $449-499 mark.

This ranks amongst my best purchase experiences. Ordered it on Jan 31 fr US. Received it first thing on Feb 4 in Oz. Impeccable packaging and best of all. The product exceeded all my expectations. Well done Yamaha! And Amazon for facilitating.

This recorder sounds really nice, but I was expecting brand new condition. Instead, on numerous spots on the ivory colored plastic are blatant scuffs. This was supposed to come with a cleaning wand too, right?