nobodysprefect Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) Er, I wasn't going to sell this, but I got a bad case of GAS. Ok, GAS is released, but the apartment is just too small. [b]Now asking pounds, incl. shipping.[/b] This is an older MTD - the main difference is the neck. It's easily the best neck I've ever had in a bass. Slim and comfortable. You can play for hours on this at breakneck speed. What makes this a bit of a rarity is the woods. Older MTDs often have wenge in the neck, and the sound of wenge doesn't work for me at all. This has all maple neck, ash body, amboyna burl top. That classic ash-maple combo again. Many people who haven't heard this bass thell me that MTDs are sizzly, shrill, cold or whatever. Nope. This bass fits right in a funk, blues, soul, rnb, jazz, Twisted Sister, whatever. Does NOT stick out in a mix in a bad way, this stands out in a good way . You can do fatness and/or punch. 21 frets for fat slap tone on E & B strings. Uncompressed attack. I can't stand many boutique makes now, they are far too compressed. Also, it's a light at 3,9kgs/[s]6.6 [/s]8.5 pounds google doesn't understand comma as a separator lol and it's an extremely well-balanced bass. To summarize the good: I believe it's got the best ergonomics you can have in a six-string and a more classic tone than any other MTD I've heard. Can do a credible Jaco tone or a Motown tone - can also do a Marcus-ish slap tone. Ok, the bad & the ugly: the bass has play wear. The frets are not AS NEW - but do not require a polish even at my level of perfectionism. There are small dings on the edges of the body and 1 small ding on the back. The top has no dings at all. The bass originally came with an experimental (I think) high voltage pre-amp that had an external PSU. The socket for the PSU was fairly big, and the bass was modded to then current MTD spec by Mr. Tobias, and the socket hole was plugged up. The hole is in the edge of the bass, faving the floor in playing position. (And the craftsmanship of the repair/modding is, of course, of the highest order) Will take more pics today or tomorrow. Edited March 27, 2014 by nobody's prefect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Horton Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) What a lovely bass ! I would love another MTD Do you have any pictures of the headstock front and back ? Does this bass have the the "Eclipse" logo on the headstock ? Edited May 30, 2013 by Chris Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Sure have. Here's the link to photobucket: [url="http://s626.photobucket.com/user/prkl0405/library/MTD/635-21_153"]http://s626.photobucket.com/user/prkl0405/library/MTD/635-21_153[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Gas is a terrible mistress. Bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Bump. Been on the fence, selling everything I don't have to keep. Need to free up the room my stuff occupies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 taking a break from music -price cut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) Got a huge project off my chest, now I can get back to selling this again. Edited September 25, 2013 by nobody's prefect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassMate14 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Good luck with the sale. Were this a 5er I would be all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrammeFriday Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Sooooo nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dregg Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Wow, amazing price for an MTD. If I wasn't currently financing a new kitchen in my apartment I'd jump on this. Maybe later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Thanks for the interest, guys. There's a serious buyer talking about this, so this would be a good time to indicate your interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Something's come up, and I'm much more motivated to sell. I'll think of a new asking price in a day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkoantt Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hi Just put you text message:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taa Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 any trades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 PMs replied... Yeah, keep getting tons of trade offers, but I'm really looking to cut down on the number of basses. Would be more towards take a cash+trade than an even trade. And cash is the best of all, as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Recorded an audio clip that's a bit sh*te, wasn't the best of days... But I guess you'll hear some of the tones the bass can pull off on it. Just ask via PM please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 (edited) Err, this is a good bass. I'm low on cash. My dream is to have 4 or 5 or 6 MTDs and never long on any bass site again. This is f***ing it as far as useable in Real World boutique basses go. Reality is I can barely hang on to the 2 MTDs I bought NEW and as such can not sell, as the loss would be just way too much. Edited March 27, 2014 by nobody's prefect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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