victor5string Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 (edited) Ok up for sale is my Tobias standard V in white. this ia a very very rare bass only around 400 were ever made and i've never seen one for sale in white! the following text explains the history of the bass It was made in 1992 (after the Gibson buyout but before they took over production) in Japan and states on the headstock that it was "Fabricated in Japan to standards set by Tobias Guitars, assembly & Q.A. at Tobias Guitars, Burbank, CA.. U.S.A." Here’s the explanation from Mike Tobias himself: [url="http://www.mtdbass.com/pages/company.html"]http://www.mtdbass.com/pages/company.html[/url] “Basses built during 1990-1992 era were built initially by the same crew that had helped establish Tobias Basses as one of the most sought after basses on the planet. Business was still very good and we were not able to make anywhere near enough basses to fill the orders. Instead of trying to jack up production, we tried to get outside vendors to build for us. We got the Terada factory in Nagoya, Japan to make the "Standard" bass for us. This was and is a great bass, but the $/yen ratio killed the project. There were about 400 Standards. Late in 1992, it was decided that in the best corporate interests, Tobias would move to Nashville. After much deliberation, no one from the original Tobias Guitars crew went to Nashville. The final LA Tobias/Gibson serial number is 2044. Despite Gibson's ownership of Tobias, all of the basses made up to 2044 were built by the my regular crew.” specs 34" scale bartolini pickups Bartolini TCT preamp(as i belive USA MTD's preamps are based around this pre) neck thru with swamp ash wings and 5 piece maple and bubinga neck with rosewood board tobias hard case included as this bass is the best part of 20 years old there are a few bumps but that are in the area of the jack sockect so when palying can not be seen. reason for sale is i need to move on to 35" scale as the band i play in play alot of low b riffs and i need some more tension in the low register. Ok so this baby is up for sale(again) £520 this price is so low for this bass get it now ,[attachment=49972:026.JPG] [attachment=49973:027.JPG] [attachment=49974:028.JPG] [attachment=49975:029.JPG] Edited November 19, 2010 by victor5string Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Up you jump with a bump bump bump, but post no pix and we all grump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I'm always up for temptation! Good to see the pix, it's a great looking bass indeed. My next purchase [i]probably[/i] won't be a bass as it happens, but I always check out stuff that sounds interesting, as you never know. I'm slowly building the GAS fund again right now and keeping options open ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beneath It All Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 What's the weight?..... the control layout is different to the one on evilbay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickytwister Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Howdy - yes, was gonna say the same thing. These Standards came with volume, pan and a stacked treble and bass control (BTC) - I used to import Mike's stuff in the early 90s. Great basses. This has had an extra pot added though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minorprophet2 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Sweet! Sure you wouldn't take 600? Free bump anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denis_d Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Hi! What is the string spacing on this bass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor5string Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 [quote name='denis_d' post='864129' date='Jun 11 2010, 10:41 AM']Hi! What is the string spacing on this bass?[/quote] PM'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor5string Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 anyone this is a great offer, pre(ish) Gibson Tobias so quality is high, and the tone is more early tobias then the current ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larmer Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 [quote name='victor5string' post='866753' date='Jun 14 2010, 08:34 AM']PM'd[/quote] Would you share the string spacing with the rest of us too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor5string Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 [quote name='Larmer' post='867232' date='Jun 14 2010, 05:52 PM']Would you share the string spacing with the rest of us too?[/quote] its tight like a Warwick so about 16.5-17mm this is rough as i only have a tape measure at the mo nothing else but its NOT 19mm you can tell by the pic's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor5string Posted June 25, 2010 Author Share Posted June 25, 2010 another bump for a cool bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor5string Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 pre gibson quality at more then half the price!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor5string Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmeg Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Beautiful bass, id be up for trading my Z bass. But i am in love with it. Sorry. Anyone who has not tried MTD basses, really should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor5string Posted October 8, 2010 Author Share Posted October 8, 2010 let me know what you've got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor5string Posted November 3, 2010 Author Share Posted November 3, 2010 buy me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenfielding Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 lovely bass. is it still available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor5string Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor5string Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 this baby needs to go i have serious GAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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