See Jon’s blog, with key takeaways from this interview, here. The guitar is a Tobias, but a post-Gibson Tobias made somewhere between 97 and 99. One day, this thing showed up on ebay and I made an offer, received it a week later. Watch our interview with Michael and Daniel here! As an original owner of a pre-Gibson Tobias bass, I keep a watch on the market for a deal I cannot pass up.
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MTD also sells a Kingston series of basses, made in China to Tobias’ specifications, and offers its consulting and development expertise to other manufacturers.ĭuring a meet up at the 2020 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California, FBPO’s Jon Liebman spoke to Michael and his son about plans to have Daniel take over the business end of MTD, rare woods, acoustic ambitions and other topics. Whats special about this item Feature: What it does: Figured maple top. A bass with incredible low end and easy playability The MTD Kingston Z6 bass offers a fretless design and an ultra-stable Buzz Feiten tuning system. Tobias is a brand of bass guitars originally made by luthier Michael Tobias starting in the 1970s, and later bought out by Gibson. With the assistance of his son Daniel and long-time friend and associate Charlie Knicely, he builds 10 instruments to order each month at his shop in New York state. MTD Kingston Z6 Fretless Electric Bass, 6-String. The brand, known for its neck-through construction approach to building basses, was purchased by Gibson in 1992. In the late 1970s, he founded the electric bass guitar company Tobias Guitars. At the beginning of his career, he focused mostly on acoustic instruments, working on Martins, Fenders, Kohnos, Ramierezes, banjos, mandolins and harp guitars, and even a couple of sitars. It had a bunch of stickers on it and one. I'm really not a bassist but I know Tobias isn't a cheap brand.
This bass is in excellent condition and has light playwear. I found this bass today at a local pawn shop.
Tobias got his start as a luthier working at The Guitar Shop in Washington D.C. Heres a Tobias Pre-Gibson 6 string bass guitar in a factory original finish. The Tobias Toby Standard-IV Electric 4-String is an outstanding and extremely comfortable bass to play, which has been a result of over ten years of innovation and design, and that’s not all The Tobias Toby Bass is at an extremely affordable price point and will appeal to players of all levels and this bass will fit any music genre. Michael Tobias and his company MTD (Michael Tobias Design) are known for making custom basses and guitars of the highest quality. Famed electric bass luthier and son talk on what’s next for MTDĮxclusive video interview with FBPO’s Jon Liebman
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