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MTD is a successor to Tobias Guitars, established in Orlando, Florida, in April 1977 and sold to Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1990. 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.
Among the 'special' colors available for the 480 series guitars, AutumnGlo (AUTUM) and Walnut (WAL) are often mistaken as being the same. AutumnGlo on the 480 series represented a flat matte finish, where Walnut designated the same color and burst, but in a traditional lacquered finish.
They can be electric bass or acoustic bass. In many genres, it has largely replaced the double bass. As with its electric guitar and acoustic guitar counterparts, music from the mid-20th century has led to various instrument manufacturers producing signature models that are endorsed by an artist.
Tobias Guitars was established in Orlando, Florida in April 1977. The vast majority of Tobias instruments are of neck-through construction, a style of neck-body assembly where the neck of the instrument is a single piece of wood that extends through the body and had the sides of the bass glued to it rather than being bolted on.
The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar but with a longer neck and scale length and most usually four strings. This is a partial list of Wikipedia articles about companies (past and present) under which electric bass guitars have been sold.
An example of an S.D. Curlee Fretless Bass electric bass. S.D. Curlee is a guitar manufacturer originating in Matteson, Illinois [1] and presently in central Texas. Peak years were 1977 to 1981 before ceasing production until 2011. For a while its electric basses were popular, much more so than their guitars.
German bass luthier Warwick built several custom fretless seven-string Thumb NT basses (F# 0 –B 0 –E 1 –A 1 –D 2 –G 2 –C 3) for Jeroen Paul Thesseling. [5] [6] Subsequently, other luthiers built instruments with up to twelve strings, adding both lower strings (such as F# and C#) and higher strings (such as F and B♭) to the six ...
Bass guitars designed by Kubicki are distinguished by a unique tuning module located in the body of the bass guitar rather than the headstock, as seen on most bass guitars today. The design criteria are based on human factors, or ergonomics , and the belief that a musical instrument should be inspirational to the player.