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It is matched with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard without inlay markers or binding.įor more information, please visit This is a Press ReleaseĮpiphone Limited Edition Jack Casady Signature Bass The neck is constructed from pure maple with purple heart laminate for a creamy feel and comfortable playability. The neck and body function as a single unit, resulting in better tone and longer sustain. Gluing the 34”-scale length neck to the body of the bass ensures an exact “wood-to-wood” contact, leaving no air space in the neck cavity to ensure maximum contact between the neck and body. Still another key feature of the Tobias Growler is the change from using a bolt-on neck to gluing it in place. Every fret is accurately aligned, and the bass is properly intonated, leaving the instrument “Plek’d” and amazingly playable. The Plek is a German-made, computer-controlled machine that carefully measures each fret, along with the fingerboard height under each string, and then automatically dresses each fret, eliminating string buzz and improving overall playability. The new, fully adjustable “Quad Bass” truss rod allows players to adjust the Growler’s neck in both directions, a feature that integrates well with what is arguably its best overall enhancement - the revolutionary Plek system setup. First, Gibson improved the Growler’s truss rod by making it bi-directional. The new Tobias Growler features two key differences. Additional controls include the volume knob, and separate bass, mid and treble controls. A separate pickup-blend control lets you sweep between all four of its coils for unlimited tonal possibilities. The pickup is cast in epoxy to remove any unwanted feedback and microphonics. A quad-coil, 5-string bass pickup from Bartolini delivers an extended and more resonant frequency range, along with more air and definition at the top end without sacrificing its lows and low mids. The Tobias Growler gets its power from one of the best bass pickups in the business.
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Each one comes with a black Gibson hardshell case and a special Limited Run Series certificate of authenticity. Like all the guitars from the Limited Run Series, only 350 will be produced and distributed. Swamp ash tonewood is characterized by huge, open pores and soft layers, which give each new Growler a deep reverberation and fullness of sound across the entire frequency spectrum. Starting with its solid, multi-piece swamp ash body, the Tobias Growler is one of the most resonant basses ever made by Gibson USA. Thirty-plus years later, the quality and precision of a Tobias bass has reached new heights in the new 2009 Limited Run Series Tobias Growler from Gibson USA. I don't like "stock" and needed something special.Started by famed luthier Michael Tobias in the mid ’70s, Tobias basses have always found their way into the hands of world-renowned bassists like Bootsy Collins, Jimmy Haslip, Dave Pomeroy, Dave Baumberger, David Bonk, Dean Back, Mario Guini, Vernon Heard, Duane Propes, Kern Brantley, Del Atkins and Volley Craig. I wanted a bass which can be played from my daughter but I didn't liked what is on the market for shortscale basses (in a low to medium price range). The E is very sloppy if using thin strings. I have to recommend to use special short scale strings (the thicker the better) to get a good string tension. But I can say it plays very well, very nice attack and really growling sounds.
It was a fun build and I was not sure what I will have to expect from this. It's a modified Tele bridge with 18mm string spacing. The pickup is a Thunderbird pickup from David Barfuss (Germany). Not the highest quality but correct specs for the neck pocket to fit the neck which has same specs like Fender. The body is a relative cheap body I got from second hand. They are very light what is good for the balance (only minimal neck dive).
The tuner machine came also from Retrovibe. George with Michael Tobias at Bass Player Live with the MTD 535 Maple/Brown Burst.
It's a neck from Retrovibe (UK) which converts a Telecaster guitar into a 4-string short-scale (30,6") bass. The neck is 20 fret-34' scale, 1.5' nut with a 10' radius.