Life has left me no time to play anymore so I'm putting out feelers on parting with my basses. This MTD 435 is in very good condition and has been sitting in my closet for a couple of years in a temperature controlled no-smoking environment. Roadrunner case included.
DISCLAIMER: I will be traveling for my kids spring break and not arriving home until 3/12. If someone agrees to purchase while I'm gone I will try to ship on 3/12. Otherwise, I will ship on 3/16 which is the next date that I'm not working as my work shifts are too long to allow me to ship during business hours.
Description from MTD:
"This is an MTD 435. This is the 372nd bass of my kew MTD series . The serial number is 39209298. The body is swamp ash with a maple burl top. The neck is wenge with a wenge fingerboard. This bass is 35" scale with 21 frets. The neck is hand finished with an epoxy base coat, oil and urethane topcoat. This should make a great feeling and durable finish. Upkeep on the finish is simple. Periodically, you will need to replenish the oil finish. This can be done with "Butchers Wax" (follow the directions on the can) or by using a few drops of lemon oil on a rag and wiping down the instrument. If the bass is lacquered, it can be cleaned and polished with any high quality guitar polish. The fingerboard should also be oiled regularly with a good quality wood oil or mineral oil. Be sure to wipe off the excess.
The truss rod is doubled square steel, adjustable with the 5/16" wrench supplied with this package.
The strings are MTD strings gauged: .045 .065 .085 .105. They are available through your dealer.
The new, active pick ups and electronics are custom made by Bill Bartolini. The controls are: master volume and a pan pot, treble, mid, bass cut and boost, with center click (from neck to bridge). The three position switch selects the mid range cut and boost point. Down is lower mids (250), center is middle (500) and up is upper mids (1000). When the mid pot is at center click, the switch has minimal effect. This eq has 2 batteries and is a +/- 9 volt system. Be especially careful not to change the batteries when the bass is plugged in. There is a trim pot inside the control cavity to adjust the gain.
There is great variety in the settings of the EQ. The basses can be made to sound very traditional by cutting the mids all the way at 1000, and boosting the bass and treble to 10 with the blend pot at center. To me, this is the best slap tone. Boosting the mids at 250, with bass at 16 and treble at 9-10 with the blend pot on the bridge pick up gives the early Bartolini TCT tone. This offers a very percussive finger tone."
Not willing to ship outside of continental US.
DISCLAIMER: I will be traveling for my kids spring break and not arriving home until 3/12. If someone agrees to purchase while I'm gone I will try to ship on 3/12. Otherwise, I will ship on 3/16 which is the next date that I'm not working as my work shifts are too long to allow me to ship during business hours.
Description from MTD:
"This is an MTD 435. This is the 372nd bass of my kew MTD series . The serial number is 39209298. The body is swamp ash with a maple burl top. The neck is wenge with a wenge fingerboard. This bass is 35" scale with 21 frets. The neck is hand finished with an epoxy base coat, oil and urethane topcoat. This should make a great feeling and durable finish. Upkeep on the finish is simple. Periodically, you will need to replenish the oil finish. This can be done with "Butchers Wax" (follow the directions on the can) or by using a few drops of lemon oil on a rag and wiping down the instrument. If the bass is lacquered, it can be cleaned and polished with any high quality guitar polish. The fingerboard should also be oiled regularly with a good quality wood oil or mineral oil. Be sure to wipe off the excess.
The truss rod is doubled square steel, adjustable with the 5/16" wrench supplied with this package.
The strings are MTD strings gauged: .045 .065 .085 .105. They are available through your dealer.
The new, active pick ups and electronics are custom made by Bill Bartolini. The controls are: master volume and a pan pot, treble, mid, bass cut and boost, with center click (from neck to bridge). The three position switch selects the mid range cut and boost point. Down is lower mids (250), center is middle (500) and up is upper mids (1000). When the mid pot is at center click, the switch has minimal effect. This eq has 2 batteries and is a +/- 9 volt system. Be especially careful not to change the batteries when the bass is plugged in. There is a trim pot inside the control cavity to adjust the gain.
There is great variety in the settings of the EQ. The basses can be made to sound very traditional by cutting the mids all the way at 1000, and boosting the bass and treble to 10 with the blend pot at center. To me, this is the best slap tone. Boosting the mids at 250, with bass at 16 and treble at 9-10 with the blend pot on the bridge pick up gives the early Bartolini TCT tone. This offers a very percussive finger tone."
Not willing to ship outside of continental US.
