Controls include Master volume with push-pull Slap Tone, Pan-Pot, Bass, Mid-range, and Treble. Original black-finish hardware Grover tuners, 5-saddle adjustable bridge, active Bartolini Quad Coil pickup. Natural satin finish in excellent condition. Swamp Ash body with extended upper horn for balance while on a strap. 34 inch scale length, 1.75 inch nut width. Maple neck with Purple Heart center strip, unbound rosewood fingerboard with no markers. $1,150.00 CND with original hardshell case. This is one of the less expensive quality 5-string basses!ġ1319, built around 2006 at the Gibson plant in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Michael Tobias was a consultant to Gibson for these has bartolini. While the original Tobias bass design is neck-through, the Growler is a bolt-on neck, which makes service and adjustment much easier. Tobias Killer B 5 String Natural Bubinga US Made Electric Bass, Excellent. The neck’s profile is slightly assymetrical – this was pioneered by Tobias – with the treble side a bit slimmer and the bass, where the thumb rides, a bit thicker. The swamp ash body provides good tone with only a moderate weight, and the body design balances well. This 2006 Tobias Growler 5 String Bass is in excellent condition.
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Though a few transition basses were made in California, all after serial 2044 were made in Nashville. In 1990, Gibson purchased the Tobias company and moved production to Nashville, while Tobias himself moved to California as Michael Tobias Design. Originally working in Orlando, Florida during the late 1970’s, Michael Tobias became well know for top-quality neck-through basses.