The Official MTD USA Thread

[MMiller28]

Koa MTD 635-24 Super #8 | Michael Tobias Design | Reverb

Have you guys seen this? It's listed by MTD. Absolutely incredible, but I'm not in the market.

 

[PrimitiveMan]

Koa MTD 635-24 Super #8 | Michael Tobias Design | Reverb

Have you guys seen this? It's listed by MTD. Absolutely incredible, but I'm not in the market.

Gorgeous

I wonder if this was made for Winter NAMM that got cancelled

 

[MattLplaysBass]

Koa MTD 635-24 Super #8 | Michael Tobias Design | Reverb

Have you guys seen this? It's listed by MTD. Absolutely incredible, but I'm not in the market.

Agreed- smoking hot. Those pickup covers have a bit of wear/marking on them to be a NAMM piece, I’d think, but Barts scratch when you look at them, so who knows?

 

[MMiller28]

Agreed- smoking hot. Those pickup covers have a bit of wear/marking on them to be a NAMM piece, I’d think, but Barts scratch when you look at them, so who knows?

Well it does say Used - Excellent. With all those features I bet that would be close to $9k new.

 

[MattLplaysBass]

If you're in and around Chicago, ICYMI

US: Midwest - 2022 Chicago GTG Super Mega Official Thread (with poll!)

I doubt my 535 will be ready by then, but if it is, I'll bring it

(Sorry for the post blast, apparently signatures don't show up in mobile.)

 

[Nakoatron]

Why are the differences between the standard barts and the super 5 pickups? Are they pickups you can order from Bartolini or just through mtd?

 

[Nuage420]

Why are the differences between the standard barts and the super 5 pickups? Are they pickups you can order from Bartolini or just through mtd?

They're proprietary from what I understand.

 

[Nakoatron]

I wonder if anyone in this thread owns this bass. It’s my old one and would love to buy it back

 

[bassgrackle]

I wonder if anyone in this thread owns this bass. It’s my old one and would love to buy it back


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I think I also once owned this one. And also wouldn’t mind it back. It was a beauty.

 

[Nuage420]

@Nakoatron $435 for the pickups, preamp and knobs from MTD. I bought them for my Kingston. I think I got lucky and they were in stock at the time.

 

[Nakoatron]

I think I also once owned this one. And also wouldn’t mind it back. It was a beauty.

Yup I bought it from you and sold it back to you ahah. Funny how that works

 

[iplay5strings]

Why are the differences between the standard barts and the super 5 pickups? Are they pickups you can order from Bartolini or just through mtd?

Both sets are proprietary, but MTD seems more willing to sell the super stuff to people aftermarket. The standard MTD pickups are super low z, reverse p pickups that are run with a buffer into an MTD spec NS3 variant preamp. The super pickups are more traditional (no buffer) dual coil pickups wound to MTD specs and paired to an HR5.2 NTMB+F preamp.

 

[Nakoatron]

Very informative! Would you consider the stock Bartolini classic series soapbar to be a similar sound? I don’t know much about Bartolini as I primarily use emgs.

Both sets are proprietary, but MTD seems more willing to sell the super stuff to people aftermarket. The standard MTD pickups are super low z, reverse p pickups that are run with a buffer into an MTD spec NS3 variant preamp. The super pickups are more traditional (no buffer) dual coil pickups wound to MTD specs and paired to an HR5.2 NTMB+F preamp.

 

[red_rhino]

Both sets are proprietary, but MTD seems more willing to sell the super stuff to people aftermarket. The standard MTD pickups are super low z, reverse p pickups that are run with a buffer into an MTD spec NS3 variant preamp. The super pickups are more traditional (no buffer) dual coil pickups wound to MTD specs and paired to an HR5.2 NTMB+F preamp.

That makes sense, based on other basses I’ve owned that had the NTMB+F preamp. The 400/800 mid frequency control is a feature of that pre, I believe.

I really like the coil switching feature of the Super pickups. Does anyone happen to know if you can use the Super pickups with the standard pre with the 250/500/1K mid switch?

 

[Combinator]

That makes sense, based on other basses I’ve owned that had the NTMB+F preamp. The 400/800 mid frequency control is a feature of that pre, I believe.

I really like the coil switching feature of the Super pickups. Does anyone happen to know if you can use the Super pickups with the standard pre with the 250/500/1K mid switch?

Sure you can - you'd just bypass the separate stereo buffer module and use 250k blend pot rather than 25k. Or just use the buffer and stock blend anyway and have a high output bass with active blend. No passive bypass though.

 

[iplay5strings]

Sure you can - you'd just bypass the separate stereo buffer module and use 250k blend pot rather than 25k. Or just use the buffer and stock blend anyway and have a high output bass with active blend. No passive bypass though.

Or you could just add a 3rd switch to the super preamp if all you're after is the 3-way mid control.

 

[iplay5strings]

Very informative! Would you consider the stock Bartolini classic series soapbar to be a similar sound? I don’t know much about Bartolini as I primarily use emgs.

Daniel wanted the MTD Super pickups to have more of (what he calls) a "throwback" tone while still sounding in brand with MTD, so the Super pickups are made a bit different than the stock Bart stuff. The EMG HZ pickups are honestly a more similar sound to the super pickups IMO.

 

[bassclef04]

Hi, what is the nut width on a 534-24?

 

[MMiller28]

Hi, what is the nut width on a 534-24?

1.875” but they can do narrower or wider on a custom.

 

[Dioscuri]

Did anyone tried Dimarzio jazz pickups on their MTD bass? I hate the Aguilar 5J-HC/CL on my Saratoga