Tobias makes some beautiful instruments. I don’t know anything about them, though.
Old school bass maker since the '70s, was bought by Gibson in 1990. Michael Tobias stayed on for a few years then left to form Michael Tobias Design (MTD) which are themselves some really nice basses.
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Not really familir with them myself. TheBassChannel on YT is praising them. I like the neck thru and am curious about the asymmetrical neck profile. They have good components (Gotoh tuners, Babicz bridge and American made Bartolini’s).
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Thanks for that. I did do some research too. Wish I could find one in a store.
My buddy had a fretless MTD he picked up while he was waiting for his Roscoe to be built. He was going to sell it to me when he took delivery of the new one, but ended up liking it so much he decided to keep it. Great looking bass and played quite nicely!
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Sick, that is awesome
Dude! Welcome back!
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Yeah, I was looking at the Mike Herrera bass cuz well it’s ORANGE, but so I am worried about the pick up with two dummy knobs looks awesome, but need some reviews.
Love the matching headstock and white pickup.
Thats gonna have to wait a while tho
Um thats orange, if it were not a whale, I would take em both down
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Yes, I saw that review on YT. My concern is all the online stores that have them in stock have “re-stock” units. Makes me think a lot of returns.
YMMV but seems to a a somewhat regular occurence for different manufacturers and online stores though.
Mayones Jabba Custom Hadrien Feraud Signature Fretless
Spruce top wood
Swamp Ash body
Pau Ferro fretboard
Hipshot Ultralite tuners
Mayones Big Foot bridge
Delano JMVC 5 FE/M2 (Jazzbass Twincoil Humbucker set)
Mayones-Nitoryu 3-band active/passive EQ preamp
Weight: ~8.5 lbs
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Don’t know those specific Delano pickups, but the Delanos I have on my Lignum Spring fretless are outstanding. I like the preamp a lot (on both of my Mayones basses).
Only 8.5 lbs? For a 5 string? I’m impressed!
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The weight is based on an average. It depends on the relative density of a particular Swamp Ash wood body per build.
The Maple neck is also roasted (torrefied), which removes moisture and contributes to its overall lighter total weight.
Plus, frets don’t weigh a lot, but not having them sheds a little tonnage. 
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Whoever that muscular dude is, he stole @joergkutter’s bass!! 
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Zzsounds has them for $450
Nvm, thought you talking about the MH Stingray
Ooh, ooh! From Bass Freaks in Belgium. Got 8.33K €?
Dingwall Custom Shop ZS 5 - Smoke Veil Natural Burst - Specs :
Woods & Construction
Weight: 4kg / 8.80 Lbs
Body: Dual-Density Swamp Ash
Top: Premium-Select Maple Burl X-Top
Neck: 5-piece Maple, matte finish
Fretboard: Wenge
Number of frets: 24, banjo frets
Fret system: Novax fanned-fret
Inlays: Speedo Bars, White Pearloid
Side dots: Blue Luminlay
Scale: 37"-34" multiscale (940-863.6 mm)
Number of strings: 5
Color & Finish
Top finish: Smoke Veil Natural Burst Gloss (Bass Freaks custom name for Dingwall’s official “Charcoal to Natural Reverseburst”)
Back finish: Continued top-edge colour onto back
Headstock: Matching
Headstock inlay: White Pearloid
Hardware colour: Black
Electronics & Hardware
Pickups: 3x Dingwall FD3 (Neck, Middle, Bridge)
Pickup configuration: 3 pickups (Config 3)
Preamp: Darkglass 3-band
Controls: 3x Rotary
Bridge: Dingwall custom, 18 mm string spacing at bridge
Tuners: Hipshot/Dingwall
Additional Equipment
Made in Canada
Deluxe Gigbag included