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The Official MTD USA Thread

#4,241
ok I had practice with my new 8 piece band tonight usually I have to fight a bit to cut through unless it was one of my us spectors

but this USA MTD is a whole new can of worms .. why did I wait so long

I mean the imports are nice but it is just no comparison , the US MTD in a band situation it the bees neez ...

now I sorta wish I was not going to namm I think I would rather sit there nd play the bass!!

I have a feeling a few more of my basses might be leaving soon :)
 
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superflybass said:
now I sorta wish I was not going to namm I think I would rather sit there nd play the bass!!
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You're gonna' be at Summer NAMM? When/where? I'm only gonna' be there Friday and Saturday, and prolly have a lot to do, but I always love to meet a TB'er if I can when I'm out on the road. :)

PM me. :)
 
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Congrats Superfly.

Just for fun, here are some pics from The Perfect Bass. Gorgeous Walnut!!:help:
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Justin
 
#4,246
vic, I will be at snamm from wed -mon I am working the Hal Leonard booth Tom B. has my cell number if not pm me yours



I got this bass 2nd hand from a connection in the music industry as for the wood combos it has a walnut top with matching headstock, alder body, rosewood board on a maple neck. Near mint, showing light playing wear. Probably weighs under 8.5 pounds. I got it used

man I never payed so much for a bass but I am overjoyed with it thus far
 
#4,248
superflybass said:
I got this bass 2nd hand from a connection in the music industry as for the wood combos it has a walnut top with matching headstock, alder body, rosewood board on a maple neck. Near mint, showing light playing wear. Probably weighs under 8.5 pounds. I got it used

man I never payed so much for a bass but I am overjoyed with it thus far
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Oh man that sounds great! Alder/walnut with a maple/rw neck. That's got to have a little more of the classic Fender character blended in with all the MTD goodness. Yeah, I bet that bass delivers big time. :)
 
#4,249
Vic said:
Oh man that sounds great! Alder/walnut with a maple/rw neck. That's got to have a little more of the classic Fender character blended in with all the MTD goodness. Yeah, I bet that bass delivers big time. :)
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it does have alot of bottom but that MTD zing is still there man this thing sounds so good slapped IMO my usa spectors sound good but a different type of good !
 
#4,250
Vic said:
Oh man that sounds great! Alder/walnut with a maple/rw neck. That's got to have a little more of the classic Fender character blended in with all the MTD goodness. Yeah, I bet that bass delivers big time. :)
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I just picked up an alder/maple burl/maple/RW 535 and it's wonderful. Lots of pseudo-Fendery goodness in there with a lot of authority and growl. The tone when set flat is versatile in and of itself. I'm lovin' this thing.

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Justin Beck said:
Congrats Superfly.

Just for fun, here are some pics from The Perfect Bass. Gorgeous Walnut!!:help:
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Justin
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XavidmanX said:
I just picked up an alder/maple burl/maple/RW 535 and it's wonderful. Lots of pseudo-Fendery goodness in there with a lot of authority and growl. The tone when set flat is versatile in and of itself. I'm lovin' this thing.

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Stop it!

Thank God they're both missing a string...

Welcome aboard the every-other-bass-in-the-world-sucks club...it'll be quite a while till you find anything good in anything else; it'll be "this is nice, but my MTD ______".

Cheers,
Cameron
 
#4,253
VroomVroom said:
Tony's alder/rosewood 535 may very well be my favorite MTD. I'm so glad he bought it...preventing me from selling semi-vital organs to do so myself. TONS of Fender goodness in there to go along with the inherent MTD sparkle and bite. As much as I love my walnut beasts, they're nowhere as versatile as this one.
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So you actually checked that one out at one point?
 
#4,255
VroomVroom said:
Oh, youbetcha. This bass was the catalyst for Tony and I meeting, starting a great friendship, and driving each others wives absolutely nuts. :D
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With Tony, a great friendship is automatically a given. :)

Oh, and I'm jealous of you both on that bass. I've always said, if I were to get another MTD, it'd be one more along these lines. In fact, my specific choices would be an alder body, figured maple top, maple neck, and a rosewood board. Not even sure if I'd go 24 fret on it or not. Thing is, my Marilyn has a decent amount of that mixed in. Despite the chambers and the ebony board, the fact that it has an alder body and a softer top (water cured redwood) it has a bit more of that classic character built in. Still not the same, but enough I don't need to suffer bad GAS... :)

This one...

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#4,256
Vic said:
With Tony, a great friendship is automatically a given. :)

Oh, and I'm jealous of you both on that bass. I've always said, if I were to get another MTD, it'd be one more along these lines. In fact, my specific choices would be an alder body, figured maple top, maple neck, and a rosewood board. Not even sure if I'd go 24 fret on it or not. Thing is, my Marilyn has a decent amount of that mixed in. Despite the chambers and the ebony board, the fact that it has an alder body and a softer top (water cured redwood) it has a bit more of that classic character built in. Still not the same, but enough I don't need to suffer bad GAS... :)

This one...

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that top is SICK!!
 
#4,258
superflybass said:
that top is SICK!!
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Sterling_Bass said:
Vic, your Marilyn was one of the MTDs that ignited my GAS for one of Mike's creations. I'd love to own a bass like yours or Tom's Marilyn.
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Thanks guys! :)

Yeah, you don't see many WCR tops like that. In fact, to this day, it's still one of only three I've ever known about, and all three were MTD's... at least two of which were 535's. Our own Jonathan Starr got one, but his has a piezo in the upper chamber. The other went to a personal friend of Mike's. In fact, I think JS got one on the inside track because he also knows Mike from outside the bass arena as well. In fact, I think mine is the only one that was intended to go to a dealer after the NAMM show it was built for. Well, needless to say, it never actually got to the dealer OR the NAMM show. :D I'm super lucky to have it. It's hard to tell, but the ebony is also very tiger stripe flamed as well as blistered. You can kinda' see it in a couple of the other pics.
 

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