Gibson Tobias Serial Numbers
Serial Number SearchGibson Serial Numbers 1975-PresentThis section is designed to assist in dating and/or identifying instruments manufactured or distributed by Gibson Guitar Corp. Please note that most of this information relates to serial numbers used from 1975 to present. For more details on Gibson Serialization prior to 1975 and historical product specs, use your Gruhn's Guide or view the following PDF files:.PURCHASE YOUR BLUE BOOK NOWIf you do not have the Adobe Acrobat reader,.Corrections and additions to this section will be made as necessary.Gibson USA, Gibson Acoustic, Gibson Memphis- From 1975-1977 the number is typically found on a decal on the back of the headstock.
Contents.HistoryThe basses are of 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. Tobias basses also were among the first to feature an asymmetrical neck, a design where the neck is thinner on the lower side than the upper.The first serial number was 0178, instead of the usual 0001, as a reference to the month the first bass was completed, January 1978.In 1990 Gibson Guitar Corporation purchased Tobias and moved production to Nashville. The first Tobias bass under Gibson ownership bore the serial number 1094. Michael Tobias left the company in 1992 to found which produces a line of hand-made basses similar in spirit to the older Tobias basses. Basses below the serial number 2044 were built in the California factory headed-up by Michael Tobias; serial numbers after that were produced by Gibson with a transition period in which Tobias worked with Gibson and continued to produce basses. Products.
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