SOLD MTD 635-24 crotch walnut top, birds eye maple fingerboard

Wow! Very nice and not an every day sight!

 

Ok, I got to say something. I just acquired this same exact model with identical wood combo recently. I have put it through its paces. OMG! This particular bass and wood combo is in my way of expression...RIDICULOUS! This is my 3rd MTD. I had a Norm Stockton Saratoga and a 535 I believe alder with wenge neck and board. This blows them out of the water. Still toying with the preamp to know what to do for for finger style vs slap. Oh did I just mention slap...thought so....well anyway, I just so happen to be a slapper. GOOD GOLLY MS. MOLLY! When it comes to slap, this thing is totally sinister!! My bass weighs around 10.2 lbs but balances perfectly. I absolutely love it! Action? Insanely low. This six plays easier than my fives. Sorry OP, didn't mean to take over you thread, but what needs to be said, needs to be said! Hey...that rhymed. The end.

 

Must be a bright mofo with that wood combo

 

Not necessarily

 

I love ash maple for slap but ash ash must be killer ...

 

I can be super bright and aggressive yet can be tamed down to mellow and warm with few minor adjustments.

 

As Malcolm Hall so wisely put it regarding this particular combo: "It cuts through the mix like a chainsaw through a wedding cake"
And yes, the slap tone is just nasty! I try not to slap my when there are women and small children near by. Haha.

 

On MTD's you can set them to sound like whatever you want, if you know what you're doing. If you want a bright tone, then you can get it, but if you want something different you can get that too. You can't just take them out the box and just expect it to sound the way you want it to, but you have to adjust the preamp for all the capable tone options.

 

True... It's like a best friend. Once you get to know each other, you become inseparable. Put it this way, of the many hi end basses that I've had in my possession this is only the 2nd one I deem as a TRUE KEEPER!! I can't ever see myself parting with it. The other is my Fodera Monarch Deluxe 5 which is my 3rd Fodera. If more people really knew what the MTD listed here was all about, it would not still be here.

 

What happened on the headstock?

 

I definitely could use some ash in my MTD stash. Humm!

 

From a clip on tuner maybe? I'm just spitballing'... Gorgeous bass, BTW!

 

I wonder if it could be buffed out or something.

 

YES!!

 

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