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Andrew Gouché joins LAMA

Andrew Gouche and Mike Tobias

 LAMA Bass Department Chair Jerry Watts Jr. today announced Andrew Gouche will join Juan Alderete, Abe Laboriel Sr. and Lee Sklar as Artists-in-Residence at LAMA, effective immediately. Gouché, considered to be a premiere gospel bassist (who also plays across many other genres), has more than 30 years of experience. He is best known for playing or recording with Reverend James Cleveland, Prince, Chaka Khan (also music director), Madonna, Destiny’s Child, Whitney Houston and many others as well as for his production work on Kelly Clarkson’s Grammy-winning album Thankful.

We’re ecstatic to have Andrew on board.

-LAMA Staff

Read the entire press release on LAMA’s site .

 

Maintain Your MTD

This is a friendly reminder to keep your fingerboard oiled when you change strings. This will keep your board from cracking and will also help to maintain the look of the board and prevent the wood from shrinking. Mike recommends and swears by the Dunlop #65 Lemon Oil. It’s a great product because it includes a tip designed for rubbing over the fingerboard to let the oil seep out directly onto the fingerboard thus preventing the need for yet another rag to wash.

View our detailed setup page here

Oiling the Board

The Toby Instruments by Epiphone

Michael Tobias' Design Table

 

MTD Friends,

While the Toby instruments being marketed by Epiphone/Gibson today are likely based on the Killer B that I did design while at Tobias(Gibson) in the early 90′s, they no longer bear my fingerprints. I have had nothing to do with the choice of component selection, quality standards, or manufacturing tolerances. There are certainly no “classic Tobias Design” pickups (the original Tobias round top pick up shells were suggested by me but the coil forms and winding/voicing was by Bill Bartolini. The pickups on the Toby bass appear to be “Fender” style J bass shells). I have had no relationship or collaboration with Gibson or Epiphone since the end of my agreement with them at the end of 1993.

Sincerely,
Michael Tobias

535-24 Figured Myrtle / Mahogany

535-24figured myrtle

Options As Shown

  • Figured myrtle top
  • Mahogany body
  • Maple neck
  • Bubinga fingerboard
  • Matching peg head
  • Truss rod cover
  • Matching control knobs
  • 35″ scale length

Available Options

  • “10″ Top (Price depending on choice of wood)”
  • 24 Fret Fingerboard
  • Bird’s Eye Maple Fingerboard
  • Black Limba Body
  • Chambers (semi-hollow body)
  • Ebony Fingerboard, Honduran rosewood, Rose of the Mountain, other exotic woods.
  • Epoxy Fingerboard (for lined or unlined fretless)
  • Korina Body
  • Laquer Finish
(Sunbursts, See-through’s, Fades: red, coral blue, amber, tobacco, cherry)
  • Lined Fretless
  • Maple Fingerboard
  • Matching Peghead Veneer (matches face of instrument)
  • Matching Trussrod Cover (matches face of instrument)
  • Matching Trussrod Cover (matches fingerboard)
  • Piezo Bridge System (Ghost Piezo system in Hipshot A bridge with matching Bartolini preamp)
  • Rubbed Oil Stain
(Sunbursts, stains, Fades:chianti, amber, tobacco)
  • Walnut Body
  • Wenge Neck/Fingerboard (very limited supply)

Download full price list here.

 

Saratoga 5 Spalted Alder

Saratoga 5spalted alder

Options As Shown

  • Spalted alder body
  • Maple neck
  • Madagascar rosewood fingerboard
  • Matching peg head
  • Truss rod cover
  • 34″ scale length

Available Options

  • “10″ Top (Price depending on choice of wood)”
  • 24 Fret Fingerboard
  • Bird’s Eye Maple Fingerboard
  • Black Limba Body
  • Chambers (semi-hollow body)
  • Ebony Fingerboard, Honduran rosewood, Rose of the Mountain, other exotic woods.
  • Epoxy Fingerboard (for lined or unlined fretless)
  • Korina Body
  • Laquer Finish
(Sunbursts, See-through’s, Fades: red, coral blue, amber, tobacco, cherry)
  • Lined Fretless
  • Maple Fingerboard
  • Matching Peghead Veneer (matches face of instrument)
  • Matching Trussrod Cover (matches face of instrument)
  • Matching Trussrod Cover (matches fingerboard)
  • Piezo Bridge System (Ghost Piezo system in Hipshot A bridge with matching Bartolini preamp)
  • Rubbed Oil Stain
(Sunbursts, stains, Fades:chianti, amber, tobacco)
  • Walnut Body
  • Wenge Neck/Fingerboard (very limited supply)

Download full price list here.

 

535-24 Pistachio / Walnut

535-24pistachio

Options As Shown

  • Pistachio top
  • Walnut body
  • Flamed ash neck
  • Pistachio Fingerboard
  • Matching peg head
  • Truss rod cover
  • Matching control knobs
  • 35″ scale length

Available Options

  • “10″ Top (Price depending on choice of wood)”
  • 24 Fret Fingerboard
  • Bird’s Eye Maple Fingerboard
  • Black Limba Body
  • Chambers (semi-hollow body)
  • Ebony Fingerboard, Honduran rosewood, Rose of the Mountain, other exotic woods.
  • Epoxy Fingerboard (for lined or unlined fretless)
  • Korina Body
  • Laquer Finish
    (Sunbursts, See-through’s, Fades: red, coral blue, amber, tobacco, cherry)
  • Lined Fretless
  • Maple Fingerboard
  • Matching Peghead Veneer (matches face of instrument)
  • Matching Trussrod Cover (matches face of instrument)
  • Matching Trussrod Cover (matches fingerboard)
  • Piezo Bridge System (Ghost Piezo system in Hipshot A bridge with matching Bartolini preamp)
  • Rubbed Oil Stain
    (Sunbursts, stains, Fades:chianti, amber, tobacco)
  • Walnut Body
  • Wenge Neck/Fingerboard (very limited supply)

Download full price list here.

535-24 Flamed Red Narra / Ash

535-24flamed red narra

Options As Shown

  • Flamed red narra Top
  • Ash body
  • Flamed ash neck
  • Bird’s eye maple Fingerboard
  • Matching peg head
  • Truss rod cover
  • 35″ scale length

Available Options

  • “10″ Top (Price depending on choice of wood)”
  • 24 Fret Fingerboard
  • Bird’s Eye Maple Fingerboard
  • Black Limba Body
  • Chambers (semi-hollow body)
  • Ebony Fingerboard, Honduran rosewood, Rose of the Mountain, other exotic woods.
  • Epoxy Fingerboard (for lined or unlined fretless)
  • Korina Body
  • Laquer Finish
(Sunbursts, See-through’s, Fades: red, coral blue, amber, tobacco, cherry)
  • Lined Fretless
  • Maple Fingerboard
  • Matching Peghead Veneer (matches face of instrument)
  • Matching Trussrod Cover (matches face of instrument)
  • Matching Trussrod Cover (matches fingerboard)
  • Piezo Bridge System (Ghost Piezo system in Hipshot A bridge with matching Bartolini preamp)
  • Rubbed Oil Stain
(Sunbursts, stains, Fades:chianti, amber, tobacco)
  • Walnut Body
  • Wenge Neck/Fingerboard (very limited supply)

Download full price list here.