Gibson Tobias Serial Numbers
I was under the impression that the serial #'s ran in sequence, but that would mean they made 6,000 basses in 3 months. And I know that's not the case. Maybe once Gibson took over after serial # 2044 they changed the way they issued serial #'s.
The two basses have some differences that makes me think they were made further apart though. The bridge is different (the 2364 bass bridge is much nicer), the tuning keys are a little different (both grovers, but the 2364 bass has the Tobias logo on it where as the other bass has the Grover name on it), the electronics are different, but that could have just been a custom order, and the bodies are shaped a little different (8115 is more rounded than 2364). Food for thought, I once had a Gibson Nashville-era Tobias Classic 5 string that was built by an employee who scavenged the parts out of the factory, completed the basses at home, and stamped his own serial numbers on it, passing it off as a 'real' Tobias.
Mike Tobias sold Tobias Guitars to Gibson in January of 1990. The first Gibson. Tobias serial number was 1094. Actually, this date is not particularly important, because nothing changed at Tobias after Gibson bought them -- at first. The California-made basses, whether pre-Gibson or post, were all made under Mike Tobias's. Lollipop Chainsaw Download Tpb. Gideon Gibson and Mary O'Connell had the following children: 23 i. William2 Gibson was born in South Carolina September 16, 1743. William died 1785 in Tennessee,.
Apparently, the body/neck had a slight cosmetic defect and it was set aside as a quality-control reject. The employee periodically left work with various parts in his pocket, and completed several of these instruments at home, and sold them as used. The serial number on mine wasn't even on record with Tobias as a Classic 5, it was made up. I no longer have the bass, and made the buyer aware of its questionable history... I have #2833 Killer B 5 string.
I bought it brand new from GC San Jose in mid to late 1995. The body is not rounded like the standards, but rather squared off. Mine is natural swamp ash. It was my main axe for 10+ years and has seen 2-3 thousand gigs. As I was gigging 300+ gigs a year then. I know a lady here that has a bass almost exactly 200 numbers lower than mine and she bought hers around the same time as me.
Hers is a 6st KBee and looks identical to mine except for the considerable wear on mine. I was thinking about it recently as I'd been playing mostly 4 strings for the last few years until recently. I pulled it out and it feels as great as ever. I was surprised when I realized it was a 34' scale as I'd been thinking it was 35'. I mainly stopped playing it because I reinjured my back a few years ago. But it's going back into rotation. Your bass is most certainly older than mine, maybe 94', just a guess but that's probably close.