Having said this, there are a lot worse guitars out there, and as well as being historically important, the 1820 bass can certainly provide the goods when required. Swamp ash tonewood is characterized by huge, open pores. Starting with its solid, multi-piece swamp ash body, the Tobias Growler is one of the most resonant basses ever made by Gibson USA.
#Tobias bass models series
Over the course of the 70s, the Japanese output improved dramatically, and in many ways these early 70s models are a low point for the brand. 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. These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration. The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. The back page of this catalog, shows the same image as the other catalogu in this series: a guitar player with a Les Paul Deluxe guitarīy the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price).
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#Tobias bass models full size
Click on the images for full size versions, or click on the model names below to go directly to that page Basses: Gibson EB1 Michael Tobias designed the neck to help your fretting hand technique and were sleek, smooth and fast. The 1970 Gibson bass guitar catalog featured the following guitars. Fender American Original 60s Precision Electric Bass (with Case) 1,709.00. This model features a thunderous Pure Vintage 63 pickup for meaty tone. One other bass appears in this series, although it is in the 1970 Les Paul brochure, rather than the Bass brochure - the Gibson Les Paul bass Fender American Original 60s Precision Electric Bass (with Case) Found on nearly every stage and studio, the Fender P-Bass needs no introduction. This is also the last US catalog appearance of the EB2 bass. This could perhaps be considered as a precursor to the Gibson SB bass range. This model was never manufactured in large numbers, and was more likely included to gauge public opinion to a cheap non-mahogany bass. One interesting bass shown here is the Gibson EB. The slotted headstock EB series now included long scale versions, which proved popular, despite never outselling the shortscales.
Gibson offered several new bass models and sales were pretty good. America was in recession, and guitar sales were continually dropping from their peak just five years earlier. Parent company CMI had been bought out, and was now run by Norlin. The precise date is not listed, but somewhere between the printing of the two Gibson price lists of that year March and September.ġ970 was a key year for Gibson. The 1970 mini-catalogues were printed in early-mid 1970. Dimensions: 9" x 4" - 8 full colour pages.
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