The Name Says SUPER, But Is It? // MTD Super 5
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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Missed opportunity to say you're tobiased
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DAMMIT! That’s amazing 😂
@@Therealchuckbailey 😂
Underrated comment!
Mtd are legit. They sound great. I must also say when i emailed them they were very helpful and professional.
I thought it sounded great in the mix. It sounds like a nice grinding tone.
The MTD body style is awesome. The pickup configuration and placement on this one is perfect in my opinion. Sounds so tight. I love it.
Love their body shapes!
@@Therealchuckbailey I liked the tone. What was it that turned you off about it? Just curious.
From an audience perspective, it sounded the most subdued. The Kingston had the most punch, the 534 (video coming soon) seemed to sit the best with a big tone, and this one was kind of “meh” in a rock mix from where I was sitting.
@@TheBassChannel that's a fair point.
@@t.j.meechan682it just wasn’t a punchy or have enough of that low hitting evenness that I’ve come to love from my other custom MTD. It wasn’t bad again by any means but I have preferences they offer that just suit my needs better is all!
I've been a fan of Mike Tobias' basses since I was a teenager-- my first "Bass Crush" was a 4-string Tobias Classic (yes, Gibson-era) at the local music store. It was heads-and-shoulders above everything else my newbie-bassist hands had ever touched up to that point, or since!
The Super model is a perfect choice if you wanna have really present in a mix bass: lots of growl, punchy mids, crispy high. Maybe not a huge bottom low but you can fix that fix eq. For rock stuff I'll recommend to switch it to single coil mode or neck pickup in parallel. I have 2 Super basses (Kingston one and custom Headless) - both of them can reach any style of music, you just need to figure out the options which are plenty. I have dozens of videos with those on my channel =)
I think it’s more of a preference thing. Any bass can be used for any style but ultimately I feel MTD other custom options can perform more for what I want and need for tone. Again to preface I don’t think this bass is bad at all. Quite the contrary. But if you give me the choice to use this or my 534 MTD… the 534 is getting picked every time. To be fair tho I had a choice in everything that bass was made to specs on and this one MTD was just kind enough to send to us to review. I would be curious to try one closer to wood and electronics specs that I use and see the difference.
You're the first person I thought of when he mentioned rock and metal! Your tones are what first lead me to the Super 5 Model
@@rl-ub9hx thanks 💚
@@ZlatoyarBass I'll be there Sunday in ATL man, excited to see y'all rock out live
@@rl-ub9hx see you soon buddy!
Honestly, you know as a bass player. A lot of tone is where your hand is placed. I'd assume it would sound a tad thin. With 2 back pickups
*compared to a neck pickup
Another great-sounding bass from MTD. I think this bass would work for anything. I think you are missing the 35" scale and a neck pickup. Basses like this one are one-trick-ponies, but that one sounds deeper than standard MM type basses.
Clearly one of the Bass of all time.
The color is so bad ass!!! I dig it for sure!!🤘🏼🤘🏼
Also, I feel like the pick up configuration, and then tone, are attempting to mimic a music man style a bit, and for some one who has a tendency to play closer to the bridge if I'm using a pick, might click a bit 😅
It’s a unique sound for sure and not a bad one by any means! I just like the lower lows personally but man it’s got it’s one tone. I guess it’s closest to the MM by its pickups positions but even then they’re very different
@@Therealchuckbailey it didn't sound terrible, and that's kind of how my cort is w the MM in the back, and a J bybthe neck that I can kick on to help with the lows you kinda lose from that position/pickup/ what ever causes the boom to drop out. So I get what your saying in that sense I think. It's def gorgeous and well built, I'm sure it's amazing, but the lows not being there unless heavily EQd sounds familiar, and makes sense now that you said that 🤔
Great bass, sounds really good, but I'd swap bartolinis, never liked them. I'd put some ceramic pickups to unleash the true treble of the bass.
Interesting! I’m not huge on ceramic pickups but hey man maybe you got something there!
@@Therealchuckbailey yeah, I've been told that Alnicos are IT when it comes to pickups, that they feel like home, but I've always liked to hear the treble on bass without it sounding piercing or harsh and I've had about 12 and I didn't like the sound of any of them and started doing research on pickups and found out that alnicos tend have less treble. So I looked to see which basses had alnicos and to my surprise almost all of them had them. I went and bought the cheapest Jackson bass because they have ceramic pickups and man the sound was amazing to my ears, it definitely beat any other bass I had.
Subdued or dull highs seems to be a fairly common critique of Bartolinis in general. I've put a set of their soap bars in my Kingston Z5 and set flat they often sound a bit dull, but play really nicely and come alive with a little bump on the high end from the Delano preamp. I wonder how this one would sound with brighter pickups like Nordstrand Big Splits.
Ooooh nordy pups in an MTD!? I’ve seen and heard a set of Big Blades in an MTD SARATOGA and I was not mad at it at all!
I don't like the Barts i have heard, for those reasons.
This bass here sounds good, though.
Would much rather put Nords or EMG if we are going soapbar.
This is a cool and honest review!!! Did you try the Kingston Super 5? That bass sounds amazing and more in the StingRay realm with serious bite, growl, and punch to my ears(at least it does on UA-cam). I'm seriously considering getting one to see how it compares to my StingRay 5 HH Special.
That bass is a beast!
And just like that, a MTD endorsement was lost. Lol
No way man! It didn’t work FOR ME! It works for a lot of others! Keep an eye out for more MTD reviews! You’ll see my favorite MTD up soon! Thanks for watching
Also Mike and Dan appreciate Honesty and I didn’t say this bass was trash or anything 😂 I said it wasn’t for me. I own 2 of their custom models (534 and Saratoga) and I love them both. I’m not a fan of the overt brightness ash brings and this bass was all ash! Even the neck… so that coupled with the pickups positioning just wasn’t for me. I wouldn’t want to lie to you guys cause I am an endorsing artist… that would be wrong and kinda lame to shill to that cause of that reason. Anyways the bass IS DOPE and people like zlatoyar and Bubby make them smack BUT they had a say in their build so different woods, requests, etc so naturally they will be advocates for this model. Since it was a blind test I didn’t love the tone but I wasn’t mad at it per say. Just not one I would reach for if my other customs were choices that’s all. 👍🏼
@@Therealchuckbailey Hey man, no worries I know MTD build a great bass. I have an old K5 Kingston and love it to death. I’m just having a little fun with ya.
You guys are honest with your opinions and I respect that a lot.
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Love mine even though I have noticed the d string is a little quiet.
1 or 2 piece ash body maple neck ebony fret board. hipshot A style bridge. get rid of the dirt. get the boss eq 200. now we're talking. stomp box eq. thats programable.
👍👍👍. just my thought. just saying.
Cool thought and thanks for saying!
You guys have to be in my head... I was just looking at that bass this weekend...
Really?!?!
@@Therealchuckbailey Yeah but then I always come back to the Warwick Streamer LX 5 ^^
@@valendis hey man to each their own!
I've been playing my MTD Reign for something like 20 years. Glad to see more being made and may have to get a new one to throw into live rotation!
I don't think the bass was EQ'd to its strengths. If I use a similar EQ that I use on my Jazz bass on my Warwick Thumb, it's not gonna sound good.
CHUCK!!!!
Torrey! #SquadGang
I can appreciate this review. The bass sounded great in the mix to me, but I’m still not a fan of their prices compared to what else is out there for a little less.
It sounds awesome just not the awesome I want is all! Hard to explain but you just know sometimes you know?
Also custom instruments aren’t cheap anywhere. What brand are you feeling is better as far as price goes with respect to a completely custom instrument?
@@Therealchuckbailey there are a lot smaller custom builders that offer more options for less. For instance Cliff Bordwell is my choice.
@@Therealchuckbailey by the way, the new video format is really helpful. Great work.
@@scottm7720gotcha! Glad you found a luthier to support!
Are you Tobiased? ;)
Fuzz and distorted bass sucks