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09-21-2008, 03:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arnhem,Holland (europe) | | | Tobypro 4 modification
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Hello, I was fortunate to buy a new lefthand tobypro 4 ,
and I know some of you have experience with modding it,
I could use your findings here...
thanks,
Jochem.  |
09-21-2008, 05:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oneonta, NY | | | Congrats, you'll enjoy it!!
I have a lefty Toby Deluxe (I bought it new about 8 years ago for $259). I had it defretted about 4 years ago. He inserted maple strips where the frets were. It looks and plays great!
I have often thought of replacing the p/ups. So I'd love to hear about mods too!
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09-21-2008, 09:21 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wake Forest, NC | | | The basses are nice and solid, but the electronics are terrible. If you don't mind spending a few hundred, I would drop a set of Bartolini Classic pickups in and you can get the same Bart preamp that Tobias put in the original pre-Gibson basses from Bartolini. A friend modified his this way and the tone is killer and it is a keeper.
Talk to Brandt at The Perfect Bass, he can hook you up with the pickups and the preamp. |
09-22-2008, 10:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arnhem,Holland (europe) | | | sound advice
Thats what i"m gonna do, perfect advice,
I,m gonna mail brandt for the parts ,
Thanx for your help, ill let yall know the results in a couple of weeks(I live in holland)
Bless the American Spirit!!
Jochem |
12-04-2008, 02:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Brazil | | | I had one !
I had a Toby Pro 6 string, that I modified.
I replaced that preamp. Put a Bartolini 3 band with a switch for choosing mid frequency,plus a push pull volume pot for running it on passive mode.
Fantastic upgrade.
I sold that bass to buy a StingRay 5, but sometimes I miss it a little. |
12-28-2008, 05:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arnhem,Holland (europe) | | | bartolini installed
Finally ,I got the Bart classic CF4 soapbars and hr 4.5 preamp installed.
i found out the original might Mite P.U.s were pretty good, so you could try a new preamp first.
Ifound the mod gave way more output and versatility to the sound.
i ll need some time playing it to be more precise about it.
bass central Ed gave me good deal on it so my christmas is pretty ok!,
Greetz Jochem. |
01-05-2009, 02:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arnhem,Holland (europe) | | | Mighymites back in
I put the original pups back in because I missed the transparency and character the bass originally had,
so with only the Bart preamp changed, its ready for me.
(I did find bartolini manual/schematics to be confusing..)
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