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SOLD -- FS Tobias Basic 5 Pre-gibson -- Price Drop 1550£ (1850€) on hold
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Hi,

For sale only my beautifull Pre-Gibson Tobias Basic 5 serial number is 1485.
Very good condition for a 20 years old bass, some scratches here and there, nothing too evident as you can see in photos.
Original Pickups Tobias Bartolini.
Original electronics Tobias Bartolini (Vol/Vol/3 band eq + switch A/P).

Bass is located in south of France.

asking 1550£ (or 1850€) plus shipping

FS only
[s]Trade possible only with :
- MTD 535
- MTD Kingston ZX 5 plus cash
- MTD Kingston Andrew Grouche 5 plus cash[/s]





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some soundclips , sorry for the quality I did it fast , one take but not good take !

[url="https://soundcloud.com/etbba/tobias-basic-5-pre-gibson-2"]https://soundcloud.c...-5-pre-gibson-2[/url]
[url="https://soundcloud.com/etbba/tobias-basic-5-pre-gibson-2-1"]https://soundcloud.c...-pre-gibson-2-1[/url]

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You can have a warmer sound you just need to cut a little bit treble and bridge pickup, everything is possible with this bass.
If I can I will try to make others soudclips with differents sounds.
But the sounds I had recorded are typically the Tobias sound , punchy with nice tones.

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[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1383291366' post='2262563']
Very nice bass!

I had a Tobias Classic 5 about 20 years ago and it sounded very much like this one; to my ears, a full, throaty kind of sound - it was a very funky bass..

GLWTS.
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Thanks ;-) and I agree it's really a funky bass !
For others sounclips I will do it later, I'm going to be dad for the second time in few times (hours or maybe days but prefer hours !)

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Again congrats on your little girl!!
I love to make an offer to, but I'm affraid a full maple body wont give me what I need.
I own an mtd 535 myself iTS an ash body plus maple/maple neck and I need something like that but a bit warmer deeper
Less agressive as the mtd can be a bit much, altho there is nothing else that is more impressive then those basses they rip
In rnb and gospel there isn't anything that comes close...
Anyways GLWTS

Take care,

Bram

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[quote name='Brams77' timestamp='1383687252' post='2267786']
Again congrats on your little girl!!
I love to make an offer to, but I'm affraid a full maple body wont give me what I need.
I own an mtd 535 myself iTS an ash body plus maple/maple neck and I need something like that but a bit warmer deeper
Less agressive as the mtd can be a bit much, altho there is nothing else that is more impressive then those basses they rip
In rnb and gospel there isn't anything that comes close...
Anyways GLWTS

Take care,

Bram
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Thanks Bram.

Price drop 1550£ (or 1850€) plus shipping

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Ok please stop sending me PM to say "it's not a pre-gibson"...

Everyone knows the story of Tobias if you don't : [url="http://www.mtdbass.com/mtd/beginnings/"]http://www.mtdbass.com/mtd/beginnings/[/url]
I agree that the last serial number is 1094 but untill serial number 2044 it was made by Michael Tobias himself and his crew , so every person who have one before 2044 used to say it's a pre gibson !
You can watch it on every US forums (talkbass for exemple)
My serial number is 1485 , in fact before Michael Tobias stopped , Gibson did not build it.....that is what is important!

Thanks

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I know quite a bit about these basses this is without a doubt a pre Gibson tobias that Mike and a small crew built in California. These are highly regarded and sought after basses one of the first true beautique basses on the planet.
With this for sale price it's really a steal to be honest! Have a bump!

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[quote name='Brams77' timestamp='1383930399' post='2271006']
I know quite a bit about these basses this is without a doubt a pre Gibson tobias that Mike and a small crew built in California. These are highly regarded and sought after basses one of the first true beautique basses on the planet.
With this for sale price it's really a steal to be honest! Have a bump!
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Thanks Brams77

One more information , weight of the Tobias : 4,4kg
Hardcase 7kg

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