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The Official MTD USA Thread

#3,221
Vic said:
Actually, I'm down to one Zon now, and as much as I'm generally moving away from the 17mm spacing that one still speaks to me a lot... plus, it holds extra meaning to me because it was part of a special deal I had with Adrian Garcia. Every time I play that bass I think of him. :) That said, you know, it's not inconceivable I'd go through a gear thinning at some point that might raise some eyebrows, but at this time, at least those two are safe. :)
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darn...you know,one of the basses i regret selling most was an mtd 535 that i bought from adrian...that was a sweet bass
 
#3,225
Vic said:
You bought his 535??? Woah! He never stopped saying how great that one was, and we all know his taste for tone! :eek: :)
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well, i bought one of the couple of them that he had...it was serial #28, korina body, wenge neck with a gloss lacquer seafoam green finish...that bass had the mojo, man...had to sell to get the family out of a temporary apartment into a house on my last military transfer...you have no idea the suck factor of that sale, and it still aggravates me to this day :hmm: here it is with my lefay and spectors, which were also unfortunate victims of my wife's demand for something or another :bawl:
 
#3,227
i never thought pictures did it any justice...that was the most commented upon bass i've ever owned, only once or twice on tone (though i thought it had some serious mojo in the tone department) and about a zillion times on the color...everyone that saw it loved it...talkbass is the only placed i've ever heard a sniffle at the thought of a seafoam green mtd
 
#3,228
neptoon said:
well, i bought one of the couple of them that he had...it was serial #28, korina body, wenge neck with a gloss lacquer seafoam green finish...that bass had the mojo, man...had to sell to get the family out of a temporary apartment into a house on my last military transfer...you have no idea the suck factor of that sale, and it still aggravates me to this day :hmm: here it is with my lefay and spectors, which were also unfortunate victims of my wife's demand for something or another :bawl:
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Ahh, ok, no, that's not the bass I was talking about... I was talking about a 535 that Adrian gigged with as his main instrument before he got into F basses. I do remember that one, tho... not my thing, but I'm sure it was a great bass. :)
 
#3,237
Visirale said:
Well, I've never really gotten into the MTD sound or anything, but I just heard Andrew Gouche play a solo in a Chaka Khan performance on TV and WOW that thing sounds amazing. He did it on a 6 string neck through model... So sexy.
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I saw it!

Thank God for DVR!

I watched it, my wife watched it with me.

When it was over she said, "play it again!".

So we watched it again.

Drew is off the charts (as usual)...
 
#3,238
neptoon said:
well, i bought one of the couple of them that he had...it was serial #28, korina body, wenge neck with a gloss lacquer seafoam green finish...that bass had the mojo, man...had to sell to get the family out of a temporary apartment into a house on my last military transfer...you have no idea the suck factor of that sale, and it still aggravates me to this day :hmm: here it is with my lefay and spectors, which were also unfortunate victims of my wife's demand for something or another :bawl:
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Hey, sad to hear! I am the happy new owner of that bass. I tried to buy this bass several times but every time someone grabbed it just before me. Now it's safely in my studio and I am very happy with this bass. It really has some kind of mojo. It sounds great and feels great. And I like it's Seafoam Green color (normally I don't but it suits perfectly the 535)

By the way, you're welcome to Tallinn, Estonia whenever you'll have time. You'll always have a possibility to play that bass, well, in my studio of course. :smug:
 
#3,239
hey, margus, thanks for chiming in! you bought it from the guy that bought it from me...he had it for like a week before deciding that he wasn't a '5 string guy.' gee, i woulda thought that that mtd would be the bass to convert anyone who was curious...i'm glad it's being taken care of by a top notch guy...i couldn't have wished it would land in a better place ;)
 

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