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Lower-priced Chinese-made MTD Kingston bases include the Precision Bass-inspired CRB (or "classic rock bass") and the Kingston Saratoga bass, billed as "a modern re-imagining" of the classic Jazz-style bass. All currently manufactured MTD basses, including Kingston basses, employ the Buzz Feiten Tuning System.
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Pickups and active electronics are a proprietary design for MTD made by Bill Bartolini. MTD bodies and necks are ergonomically carved to allow access to the instrument's extended scale and feature an asymmetrical neck, a design where the neck is thinner on the lower side than the upper. Wood bodies are made from medium weight ash, domestic tulip wood (aka Eastern yellow poplar), alder, and mahogany. Necks are made from maple or ash with a rosewood fingerboard.
Michael tobias bass serial#
as i understand from his email any tobias serial under 3200s were still made while mike tobias was a consultant at gibson.
Michael tobias bass serial number#
i have called gibson and gave the rep my serial number 3122 and he was able to tell me when my bass was made and the date it was purchased and email me the info. MTD handmade American basses come in 35 inch-scale 4-, 5-, 6-, and 7-string models and are available in a variety of configurations. heres my nashville kb5 i have listed in order for me to get a neck thru tobias. The final LA Tobias/Gibson serial number is 2044. After much deliberation, no one from the original Tobias Guitars crew went to Nashville. After gaining experience with Martin, Gibson, and Fender guitars, as well as banjos, mandolins, and even sitars, Tobias finally opened his own store at 81 in Costa Mesa, California, and continued to repair instruments. Late in 1992, it was decided that in the best corporate interests, Tobias would move to Nashville. Michael Tobias began building instruments in 1974, while working at The Guitar Shop in Washington DC, primarily with acoustic instruments. Following the sale, Tobias moved to Kingston, New York, where he began building basses under the Eclipse name before settling on "MTD" (Michael Tobias Design) for the company name and trademark. This was and is a great bass, but the /yen ratio killed the project. MTD is a successor to Tobias Guitars, established in Orlando, Florida in April 1977 and sold to Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1990. Tobias also designs and develops electric and acoustic basses in collaboration with musical instrument makers that have included Lakland, Modulus, Alvarez, Brian Moore, and American Showster. MTD's Kingston, Heir, and Saratoga basses are manufactured in China to Tobias's specifications. As some of you know I recently lost my beautiful Roscoe SKB 3006 6 string bass while on tour in Greece. Tobias, along with two part-time helpers, currently builds about 10 electric basses per month at his shop in Woodstock, New York. MTD - Michael Tobias Design Basses Discussion in Basses BG started by bass4usall, Mar 4, 2011. Michael Tobias Design (MTD) is a Kingston, New York-based manufacturer of electric bass guitars founded by luthier Michael Tobias in 1994.