This old Tobias Standard bass??

[RealBK]

Got hold of a Very nice Tobias Standard from Ebay from the early 90's and i feel like getting a Pro paint job done on it
Im pretty sure Trujillo is using a Tobias Standard in this photo and i love the blue finish. Question is can anyone find a better photo of a Blue Tobias standard bass on the net? I can't seem to find one :-( Would be nice to send the shop that is doing the custom work a photo of the colour i want.

 

[Fealach]

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=480608&highlight=tobias+standard

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

Tobias Basic's were also available in colors if I remember correctly... the US made they were

 

[infectiphibian]

The first photo is of Robs new bass on tour. Doesnt look the same as the Old tobias he played with suicidal.
Check out some suicidal photos at [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

 

[Fealach]

That first pic looks like a Toby Deluxe, the bolt on model Musicyo bass. Bottom of the barrel offering from them. You'd think he could afford something better, a Peavey Foundation or something.

 

[CrashClint]

It is not a Toby, the first true tail sign is the truss rod access is at the bottom of the neck. All Toby basses had the truss rod adjustment at the headstock.

 

[Fealach]

Didn't realize that. What the heck is it then? With Jazz pickups and the diamond knob configuration, it doesn't match any model I'm familiar with. Some obscure Gibson thing?

 

[CrashClint]

The bass in the first picture is not the same bass as in the third picture. In the first picture the knobs are in different positions. I also noticed the truss rod cover is on in the first. When you look at the third picture the knobs are in different places and there is no truss rod cover. Maybe he damaged the body on the original then picked up a Toby deluxe and put his old neck on the Toby deluxe and routed the area for the truss rod.

In the original picks, it looks as though the original pickups have been removed and some double wide "J" pickups were added.

 

[Ian Perge]

From a Bass Player cover story on Rob in the July/August 1994 issue:

Infectious Gear
Robert Trujillo has been playing Tobias basses for years. His arsenal includes a Tobias Classic 5-string made of bubinga, wenge, and alder; a Basic 5-string with a blue-finish flame-maple body; a custom-painted Basic 6-string called "Uno Mas"; and a fretless Basic 6-string. He also uses a Fernandes 8-string and a Music Man StingRay 5-string. All of his basses are strung with light-gauge Dean Markley Magnum Roundwounds with a heavy B (.130). Trujillo's tech, Scott Uchida, installs his own preamp in all of Robert's basses, and he's also fitted the Tobias instruments with EMG pickups (Q: possibly the change in pickup sizes noticed, as the vast majority of Tobias' came with Bartolini pups?) and rewound the pickup in the Music Man.

For live work, Robert uses a Nady wireless and feeds the signal into a T.C. Electronics chorus pedal. Next comes a dbx 160X compressor (modified by Uchida for a smoother high end), then a BBE 411 Sonic Maximizer, and finally an Uchida splitter box, which feeds up to six Ampeg ST-III heads. Each head powers one Ampeg SVT810DL 8x10" cabinet.

In the studio, Trujillo uses a variety of Ampeg and SWR amps for clean miked-amp sounds; he gets his dirty sounds with a Peavey 5150 guitar amp. He also takes a direct line, blending it with the miked-amp tracks for the final mix.

I'm very sure Robert had no connection to the Gibson-led "Toby" line of Tobias Basses - by the time I saw him at OzFest '98 as part of Ozzy's band he was using his Fernandes Basses exclusively live. I believe that was due to his former tech Scott Uchida, mentioned in the above article as having a good amount to do with Trujillo's basses and sound, taking a position at Fernandes as their Artist Relations Director and being able to "pass along" his knowledge of what Trujillo likes from his basses to their endorsee shop. Interestingly enough, Uchida was also working for Michael Tobias in 1990 and after Fernandes moved on to Dunlop, which Robert also uses. It would seem that Robert endorses Scott Uchida more than any other product!

 

[infectiphibian]

Yeah i'd say Scott Uchida is the connection between his Fernandes endorsement and his Dunlop endorsement.
The New blue tobias he is using is definately not the same as the old one with the Infectious sticker, the old one is a 'Basic' as it mentions in the '94 issue of bass player. That one and his other 5 - the red classic are both fitted with the EMG -J's leaving the gap from where the bartolini's were.
Not sure what the deal is but Mike Tobias must have done a couple of basses for him because Rob has a black tobias same as the blue. You can check them out here.... http://www.bassplayer.com/article/extra-inside-look/oct-08/87919

 

[BARMALEY :(=]

Dude! 1st photo is TOBIAS STANDARD 5. Not Basic. I have the same, know a lot about it.

 

[Tupac]

Awesome thread, deserves another bump.

 

[neptoon]

just dug up this zombie, what's the story on the black and blue basses? those ain't tobies, but they aren't production tobias basses either, i don't believe...anyone? bueller?

 

[neptoon]

these ones

 

[neptoon]

No one has any scoop on those? Dang...Just curious