Lower-priced Chinese-made MTD Kingston bases include the Precision Bass-inspired CRB (or "classic rock bass") and the Kingston Saratoga bass, billed as "a modern re-imagining" of the classic Jazz-style bass.
All currently manufactured MTD basses, including Kingston basses, employ the Buzz Feiten Tuning System. Pickups and active electronics are a proprietary design for MTD made by Bill Bartolini. MTD bodies and necks are ergonomically carved to allow access to the instrument's extended scale and feature an asymmetrical neck, a design where the neck is thinner on the lower side than the upper. Wood bodies are made from medium weight ash, domestic tulip wood (aka Eastern yellow poplar), alder, and mahogany. Necks are made from maple or ash with a rosewood fingerboard. MTD handmade American basses come in 35 inch-scale 4-, 5-, 6-, and 7-string models and are available in a variety of configurations. Following the sale, Tobias moved to Kingston, New York, where he began building basses under the Eclipse name before settling on "MTD" (Michael Tobias Design) for the company name and trademark. MTD is a successor to Tobias Guitars, established in Orlando, Florida in April 1977 and sold to Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1990. Tobias also designs and develops electric and acoustic basses in collaboration with musical instrument makers that have included Lakland, Modulus, Alvarez, Brian Moore, and American Showster. MTD's Kingston, Heir, and Saratoga basses are manufactured in China to Tobias's specifications.
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Recorded into an AxePort Pro into GarageBand with no effects. Michael Tobias began his career by doing repairs in The Guitar Shop in Washington D.C in 1974. Solo - boosted mids at 500, cut treble moderately, bridge pickup, played over bridge pickup. Blues - boosted mids at 250, boosted bass slightly, cut treble slightly, neck pickup. Tobias, along with two part-time helpers, currently builds about 10 electric basses per month at his shop in Woodstock, New York. Michael Tobias Designs 545-24 is a top-notch instrument for discerning bassists. Shipping is additional, and the bass is located in Norway.Michael Tobias Design (MTD) is a Kingston, New York-based manufacturer of electric bass guitars founded by luthier Michael Tobias in 1994. Link to Norwegian classified ad site, w/photos: Toby basses have a focused, 'finished' sound that combines the punch of an upright bass with all the clear detail of an electric. I bought this bass in 1996 and I'm the only owner. Tobias (bass guitar company) Tobias is a brand of bass guitar originally made by luthier Michael Tobias starting in the 1970s and later bought out. The original Toby Bass was designed by Michael Tobias and featured the classic ergonomic body shape that bassists find so easy to play. These basses were also sold in Uk under the name "Stadium"? There's a stacked bass/treble boost/cut, and a mid-range switch. Hipshot (made in US) tuners and bridge, and Bartolini (also made in US) pickups and preamp.
Unlike the later mtd Grendels, this bass has a 34" scale length, 24 frets. It's got a very tight and responsive B-string. According to Michael Tobias, these first runs of the mill Grendels were extraordinary good instruments, and I can attest to that. Though a few transition basses were made in California, all after. In 1990, Gibson purchased the Tobias company and moved production to Nashville, while Tobias himself moved to California as Michael Tobias Design. The neck is a one-piece maple neck with Mike's renowned assymetrical profile, and a wenge fingerboard. Originally working in Orlando, Florida during the late 1970’s, Michael Tobias became well know for top-quality neck-through basses. This particular bass has a poplar body, with a beautiful flame maple top. It was built in the Czech Republic, and they turned out such a success that Mike took them in under the mtd brand later on, as the mtd Grendel. Selling this 5-string Grendel bass that was designed by Michael Tobias.
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