- #PRE GIBSON TOBIAS BASS HOW TO#
- #PRE GIBSON TOBIAS BASS SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #PRE GIBSON TOBIAS BASS ARCHIVE#
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The body and top are highly figured koa with a wenge plate, neck being a combo of wenge and purple heart with maple stringers.
#PRE GIBSON TOBIAS BASS SERIAL NUMBERS#
Basses below the serial number 2044 were built in the California factory headed-up by Michael Tobias serial numbers after that were produced by Gibson with a transition period in which Tobias worked with Gibson and continued to produce basses. This is one of the nicest pre-gibson Tobias classics I have seen. Pre-Gibson 1991 TOBIAS 4-String Bass 5-Piece Neck Just 8lb-12oz Original Hardshell Case in Fair Condition. Ein beliebtes Modell von Tobias, einer USA-Edelbass.
Select ash body, with Merlot finish over open-pore wood, 3-piece maple/rosewood neck with rosewood reinforcement stripe in the middle, and. Ein Viersaiter-Bass aus der Standard-Serie. Up for sale is this very beautiful Tobias Growler bass. Eine extrem seltene 90er-Version des legendären Tobias USA Basic Basses, Made in Japan, genau wie sie von Mike Tobias in seiner pre-Gibson-Ära in Kalifornien von Hand gebaut wurden. Michael Tobias left the company in 1992 to found Michael Tobias Design which produces a line of hand-made basses similar in spirit to the older Tobias basses. Tobias Standard 4 - Natural Ash - Neck-Thru. The first Tobias bass under Gibson ownership bore the serial number 1094. In 1990, Gibson Guitar Corporation purchased Tobias and moved production to Nashville. The first serial number was 0178, instead of the usual 0001, as a reference to the month the first bass was completed, January 1978.
#PRE GIBSON TOBIAS BASS HOW TO#
Does anyone know how to desipher this number and tell me the year of manufacture etc and whether or not it is 'pre-gibson' Cheers in advance.
#PRE GIBSON TOBIAS BASS PRO#
Tobias basses also were among the first to feature an asymmetrical neck, a design where the neck is thinner on the lower side than the upper. Hi, Ive just bought a really nice Tobias Toby Pro 4 bass and the serial number is: U05095249. For example, Tobias basses were one of the first basses to feature an asymmetrical neck. However, once purchased by Gibson in 1990, a few bolt-on models were produced such as the Killer-B (with the "B" in the name standing for " bolt-on") as well as the Growler Basses. Pre-Gibson Tobias basses began appearing during the 1970’s under luthier Michael Tobias, and were known for their neck-through construction and innovative styling. The vast majority of Tobias instruments are of neck-through construction, a style of neck-body assembly where the neck of the instrument is a single piece of wood that extends through the body and had the sides of the bass glued to it rather than being bolted on. That would make it technically a Tobias bass but yes Gibson was in the picture at that point. I have always considered 2044 to be the real Pre/Post Gibson dividing line. I found this annoying.Tobias Guitars was established in Orlando, Florida in April 1977. Absolutely a bass made by the original crew at Tobias in California. Also, despite all the tones it had, being a single pickup, I did feel like each tone still had a decent amount of "twang" to it and the natural sound of the bass itself was always present. mau If God gave bass players ten fingers there must be a reason.
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Blog Archive 2009 (1) December (1) Tobias bass Killer B pre-Gibson 5 strings 1992 About Me. The only issues I had in the tone were that, when the "E" string was plucked, there seemed to be some extra resonation or "overtones" coming from inside the bass. Labels: bartolini, killer B, mizio, pau ferro, pre gibson, swamp ash, tobias bass, vintage bass. The bass has the usual maple/purpleheart neck, maple body wings, Bartolini TCT pre-amp, but this on. W/ Ohsc: 1725: Tobias Kb4 Bass Guitar, Micheal. 10: 1999 Tobias Steinberger Gibson Bass Dealer Packet: 19: Tobias Classic 5 low serial no. I owned the bass for 2 months but only played it for 45 minutes total(more on that below) but in that time, I could get a really J-Bass, Musicman or great slap tone out of it. Rough demo of a late-80s, pre-Gibson Tobias Basic 5 bass. Tobias Toby Deluxe 5 Electric Bass Guitar: 279: Tobias Toby Bass 4 String Black Finish Maple Neck Precision Style Pickups: 289: Tobias Bass Guitar Catalog Gibson era c.1999 The Classic, Growler Etc. Add the coil balance knob and you had a pretty flexible tone setup on your hands. Each switch had 3 positions: "down" was "the ultimate slap tone" "middle" was a "neutral" tone and I believe "up" was more trebly. The EQ allowed you to dial in bass/treble for each set of coils individually and in addition were the 2 "tone-shaping" switches. Albeit they might not all be useful, they were there. For having only a single pickup, this bass had a TON of sounds.
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