Not-Too-Late Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 What's the connection with Epiphone and Michael Tobias? Michael Tobias Design (MTD) are high end bass guitars. How did Epiphone come about having a lineup of inexpensive Tobias guitars? http://www.mtdguitars.com/ http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Electrics/Bass.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelake07 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Tobias Guitars was sold to Gibson in 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-Too-Late Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 Tobias Guitars was sold to Gibson in 1990. Interesting, yet TBS is still manufacturing under their own name. Did Gibson just buy the rights to use their name then? A little confused, but then again, it doesn't take much for me to enter that space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Gary Kramer did the same thing. He now goes by Gary Kramer Guitars. Though, his guitars are vastly different from the original Kramer designs. If it is anything like band names, they can still use the names Tobias and Kramer as long as there are so many extra syllables in the the official name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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