Reviewer	Steve Bergeron
Experience	12
Email	steve.martine@sympatico.ca
Review date	August 03 2001
Manufacturer	Tobias (Distributed by Gibson)
Model	Renegade 5
Price	1650$ Can
Item owned for	2-5 years

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Bass type	5 string fretted
Neck join	Bolt-On
Neck construction	3 pieces maple neck
Fignerboard	maple fingerboard, 24 frets
Body	2 pieces alder body
Finish	Handrubbed oil finish
Pickups	two bartolini hambucker
Hardware	Gotoh tuners and Tobias bridge
Electronics	Bartolini TC-7 active preamp

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I own many basses, and that's the most amazing piece of wood i ever seen in my entire life. This bass i well done and it sounds like a ton of brick! The bolt-on maple neck provide the bass a rich bottom and the pickups give some unbelieavable sweet highs. The low B is really powerful through my amp witch is a eden wt-400 and eden 210XLT. However, the finish on the bass could be more nice that is it actually. That is an handrubbed oil finished but the wood could be sanded a little more, the bass have some kind of scratches under the oil finish. would be better with a polyurethane finish and with some color. Anyway, that's the best bass i ever played on, sounds great, looks great and gots a real great feel.

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Construction	98%
(Some scratches under the oil finish)
Appearance	95%
(Nice piece of wood.)
Playability	98%
(Amazing how that bass can be fast)
Sound	100%
(More jazz than a fender jazz bass, lots of low, sweet highs and the lowmids a
re amazing)
Value	98%
(Best bass ever had)
Overall	98%
(If you see one, buy it!)

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