subsidiary industry musical instruments founded 1977 ; 39 years ago 1977 founder michael tobias headquarters orlando florida united states area served worldwide products bass guitars parent gibson website tobias home page tobias is a brand of bass guitar originally made by luthier michael tobias starting in the 1970s and later bought out by gibson guitar corporation . tobias guitars was established in orlando florida in april 1977 . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit the basses are of neck through 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 . 1 the first serial number was 0178 instead of the usual 0001 as a reference to the month the first bass was completed january 1978 . 2 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 michael tobias design 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 . 3 products edit growler 4 5 renegade 4 renegade 5 toby standard toby deluxe iv toby deluxe v references edit tobias basses the classics . gibson.com . 2008 06 24 . retrieved 2012 02 03 . mtd history . mtdbass.com . retrieved 2012 02 03 . mtd history . mtdbass.com . retrieved 2012 02 03 . external links edit tobias home page michael tobias designs home page a history of tobias guitars by employee bob lee v t e gibson guitar corporation established 1902 founder orville gibson key figures orville gibson lloyd loar ted mccarty seth lover les paul henry juszkiewicz david harvey guitars electric current gibson eds 1275 es series explorer firebird flying v l 4 l 5 les paul moderne sg super 400 discontinued byrdland blueshawk citation corvus futura l6 s little lucille marauder nighthawk rd sonex spirit 335 s acoustic current j series dove hummingbird discontinued advanced jumbo b series chet atkins sst l 1 basses current grabber les paul bass thunderbird discontinued eb 0 eb 1 eb 2 eb 3 g3 mandolins f5 f5 g f5 l f9 doyle lawson sam bush amplifiers atlas medalist atlas iv bass amp discoverer duo medalist eh 150 explorer falcon ga series keh les paul junior medalist 4 10 mercury medalist power stealth skylark super goldtone subsidiaries cakewalk cerwin vega epiphone esoteric integra kramer maestro onkyo 16.5 % stanton steinberger teac corporation tascam 54.4 % tobias brands chickering and sons dobro original orville slingerland website gibson.com this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tobias bass guitar company & oldid 730529132 categories bass guitar manufacturing companiesunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 july 2016 at 15 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view