Tobias ... No wait, MTD ... GIBSON ... HUH?

[Brad Johnson]

Actually, no. I need to ask Mike about that as well.

Where did you find it? These old omega cuts are very rare.

 

[tombowlus]

Where did you find it? These old omega cuts are very rare.

ebay, believe it or not.

 

[Basboeg]

Can't YOU take a joke?

Yes, that's why I said it cracked me up

 

[Brad Johnson]

Yes, that's why I said it cracked me up

Then what's your point?

 

[Basboeg]

I have none?

Can I still be part of this thread?

 

[Brad Johnson]

I have none?

Can I still be part of this thread?

Of course. If points were required around here, we'd be up to our headstocks in *crickets*.

 

[Bassistcool]

As far as the Gibson Tobias basses, the pre-Nashville basses made while Mike was still involved were great basses, really just as good as the pre-Gibsons IMHO. They moved production to Nashville from Cali in in 1992. The Gibson Tobias basses built in Nashville after that point are kinda hit and miss...some are great, some are just okay. As of right now, Gibson is making Tobias basses in Arkansas, and those new basses are overpriced and MUCH lower quality than the Nashville Gibson Tobias basses.

The Toby's are a lower level line built overseas...they are good basses for the money though.

MTD's are all built by Mike himself and are GREAT basses.

I don't know, where you have this information from. Did you ever had a Arkansas Tobias in your own hands? I did with a Tobias Classic Four, and it was along Alembic and Status one of the best bass I ever held in my hands. Selection of woods, workmanship and sound are brilliant, sustain comparable to a graphite material and playability better than Alembic. May I have an alien - what dou you think?

 

[foal30]

I don't know, where you have this information from. Did you ever had a Arkansas Tobias in your own hands? I did with a Tobias Classic Four, and it was along Alembic and Status one of the best bass I ever held in my hands. Selection of woods, workmanship and sound are brilliant, sustain comparable to a graphite material and playability better than Alembic. May I have an alien - what dou you think?

Welcome aboard

Official Tobias Club
The "Official" MTD (non-US made) Club Part 3

 

[Bliff Curton 2]

One of the things Mike has always done, that many here consider voodoo (to put it kindly), is check the acoustic properties of the wood before building. He builds the instruments as acoustic instruments first, meaning if they sound good unplugged, chances are very high that they'll sound good plugged in. Some people also treat that as voodoo.

There's nothing "magic" about the wood Mike used, it was how he used it.

I can attest to this.

My buddy in college had a Tobias and never had an amp with him in college - he only played his Tobias acoustically.
His father was a very successful upright bassist and told his son to learn how to play the electric bass acoustically first.

To this day, that's the one bass I've heard sing accoustically like that.
Usually I just hear clacking and buzzing, but with that Tobias I heard actual notes and articulation.