Tobias (bass guitar company)
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Tobias is a
History
Tobias Guitars was established in
Tobias basses also were among the first to feature an asymmetrical neck, a design where the neck is thinner on the lower side than the upper.[4] The first serial number was 0178, instead of the usual 0001, as a reference to the month the first bass was completed, January 1978.[5]
In 1990, Gibson Guitar Corporation purchased Tobias and moved production to Nashville. The first Tobias bass under Gibson ownership bore the serial number 1094. Michael Tobias left the company in 1992 to found Michael Tobias Design which produces a line of hand-made basses similar in spirit to the older Tobias basses. Basses below the serial number 2044 were built in the California factory headed-up by Michael Tobias; serial numbers after that were produced by Gibson with a transition period in which Tobias worked with Gibson and continued to produce basses.[6]
Products
- Toby Standard
- Toby Deluxe IV
- Toby Deluxe V
- Toby Pro 4
- Toby Pro 5
- Renegade 4/5
- Growler 4/5
- Killer B 4/5/6
- Basic 4/5/6
- Classic 4/5/6
- Signature 4/5/6
See also
References
- ^ Tobias bass guitars on Epiphone website, retrieved 30 Oct 2019
- ^ "Tobias Killer B Bass". Gibson.com. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- ^ "Tobias Growler Bass". Gibson.com. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- ^ "Tobias Basses - The Classics". Gibson.com. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ^ "MTD History". Mtdbass.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ^ "MTD History". Mtdbass.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
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