![]() ![]() Tobias Guitars continued the repair and construction of custom instruments, (basses and guitars) with the help of long-time friend (and MTD family member) Bob Lee and Kevin Almieda.Ī year after the relocation to Hollywood (1623 Cahuenga Blvd.) Tobias Guitars was able to retire from the repair business and focus solely on the creation of custom instruments. Continuing on his creative journey, Michael Tobias relocated to Costa Mesa California, in May of 1981.Īfter several months of operating a repair shop in Costa Mesa, Michael Tobias relocated the business to Hollywood California. A short-lived endeavor, Sierra Guitars produced about fifty instruments before Michael’s departure. Opening Tobias Guitars in April of 1977, Michael Tobias sold instruments through his first business, known as The Guitar Shop. The first Tobias Guitar (serial number 0178), followed soon after in January 1978.įollowing the sale of The Guitar Shop in 1980, Michael Tobias relocated to San Francisco, where he partnered with manufacturing business, Sierra Guitars. Renowned for his passion, skill, and craftsmanship, MTD founder Michael Tobias began making guitars in the 1970s. The instrument must satisfy the creative and emotional needs of the owner and it must play in tune. Music has evolved over the years but there are still a few basic and fundamental constants- rules that must be dealt with. By using different woods for body and neck, I am able to offer a wide variety of speaking voices and tonal capabilities. By experimenting with different types and combinations of wood, I seek to get the best possible tone from an instrument. Throughout my career, I have tried to apply this principal to everything I build. If an instrument sounds weak acoustically, adding pick-ups will just amplify its shortcomings. The most important thing I learned is that, no matter what the instrument is, it is first and foremost acoustic. I worked on a great variety of instruments including Martin, Gibson, Fender, Kohno, Ramierez, banjos and mandolins, harp guitars, and even a few sitars.Īfter leaving Tobias Guitars at the end of 1992 and fulfilling my contractual obligations for consulting and non-competition with Tobias, I started building MTD (Michael Tobias Design) instruments at the beginning of 1994. Most of my early work was on acoustic instruments. I started in Washington, D.C., working in The Guitar Shop and doing repairs for a time, to learn about other luthiers' instruments and construction methods. And don’t forget to stay classy, San Diego.I am Michael Tobias, and I have been building instruments since 1974. PRE GIBSON TOBIAS SERIAL NUMBERS PROFESSIONAL(All apologies, Dewey Cox.) Given the high possibility of sidesplitting, you may wanna have a medical professional on hand. Culling this down was a tough call humor is a seriously subjective topic, and every one of our 19 writers weighing in had their own idea of what constitutes “hilarious.” But this list represents the best cross-section of screen comedy of our millennium, a collection that runs the gamut from droll to bladder-loosening.Īnd, since we’d originally published this list in early 2018, we’ve updated it and added 20 new entries - including several first-rate comedies that were regrettably left off the list. ![]() Or a dozen.Īfter a number of heated arguments and lots of name-calling and the occasional chaotic pie fight, we’ve narrowed down our choices for the greatest comedies of the 21st century. PRE GIBSON TOBIAS SERIAL NUMBERS CRACKEDBut they’ve all consistently cracked us up, in a two-decade-plus span in which - let’s be honest - we’ve need a laugh or two. Some of these movies have been gently witty, while others have displayed all of the subtlety of a dose of Sex Panther cologne. Since the turn of the century, we’ve giggled at the poignant and the perverse, rom-coms and raunch-coms, new-and-improved takes on singular comic types and loose, highly improvised ensemble pieces that spread the spotlight around. German father-daughter duos and goofy stoners? Bring ’em on! Headbanging teachers and backstabbing bureaucrats? Yes, we’ll take them too. Talking foxes, Huey Lewis-loving serial killers, world-saving marionettes, foul-mouthed political fixers and boisterous bridesmaids - all great as well. What’s so funny? If you’re talking about screen comedy in the 21st century, the answer is easy: bumbling manchildren, the more boorish and clueless and stuck in their stunted adolescence, the better. ![]()
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