Yamaha have a reputation for producing affordable quality instruments. The RBX270, with its alder body, bolt on maple neck, is no exception. This model offers good value, and would make a good bass guitar for a beginner. The scale length is 34 inches. The rosewood fingerboard has 24 frets The pickups are one split coil and one single coil controlled by a master volume, a master tone and pickup balance controls. Harware is diecast chrome. It comes in five finishes: mist green, mist purple, mist purple, mist raspberry, black and yellow natural satin.