Hey Ed,
Thanks! I also think it came out pretty nice but it's pure luck, I wasn't thinking about it. On the other hand, you really need to make a big mistake for a bass like this to look bad ;)

EDIT -
The back is beautiful too... last shot from the same session:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Zr1xVqvwb2U/TM...0/DSC_4135.JPG

Got my 1995 CR-5. Wheeeeee!
 

Landed myself this here lovely '95 CR-5 in Zebrawood, mahogany core, and ebony board. Sounds fab!:)

Here's a pic. of a CR5M I owned for a while together with my BSR5M. :)

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...sar/BSRCR2.jpg

The Smith is part of the Family
 

My smith is part of my family. If my house were burning, besides my family, there are two things I'd run back in for: My Smith Bass for obvious reasons and my laptop, way to much info on it.

Here are a few family pics.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...6_465843_n.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._6930837_n.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._7552387_n.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._6896946_n.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._3294320_n.jpg

This last pic doesn't quite show how great the exhibition grade quilted maple top pops.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._3730126_n.jpg

Laptop?
 

Great pics, Mike!

awesome pics man.. Nice family there!

New 25th
 

Just arrived today.. Enjoy


http://www.flickr.com/photos/2313849...7626294190880/

wow!

that's incredible looking! Congrats!

Spledid!
 

That is a beautiful thing! Congrats!

Some photos from last Thursday gig.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_Z...M/DSC_5278.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_Z...0/DSC_5236.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_Z...g/DSC_5285.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_Z...Y/DSC_5367.jpg

Hello I am new in Forum and this is my Ken Smith Bass!!!!:)

My 5-string - CR5G
 

I have a CR5G (89897 S) that I purchased from Huber/Breese in '98. I remember buying this and having a MTD bass shipped on inspection at the same time. Though the body style for the MTD was more similar to what I was used to with my Charvel, the tones of the Smith won out hands down. I'm having trouble uploading the image, so I'll do that later.

I am curious as to what the woods are in it, and what style is most similar to today's models?

Frederick

Need help?
 

Hey Frederick, if you have pics and if you'd like, send them to my email address and I'll try and upload them for you.

Frederick T Schurger - CR5G
 

The following pic is from Frederick T Schurger for view on this thread.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...kTSchurger.jpg

Well...
 

Based on above pic: Looks like the core body wood is black walnut with maple laminates. The center block is maple. The top wood I am guessing is Shedua or a species of walnut? With the serial number you provided, Ken would be your best resourse in identifying the woods with certainty.

What style?
 

The bass you show in the pic would be similar to the "BT" body-style of today.

Cr5g (89897 s) ..
 

The 'S' in the end is for Shedua so that is the Top. I can't see what the side laminations look like in that pic but if 5pc, the thin light wood would be Maple laminate or veneer as we used then. The Core looks dark but so does the picture. I would guess that the core is Mahogany, African species.

The '97' in the end is the year made. There should be a completion date on the label inside the back plate.

We made several body wing sets back then used on Bolt-on's and Neck thrus in 4, 5 and 6 string model basses. The theme was basically 'The African model' using all african woods for the Top, back, core and most of the feature woods bordering the wings and center, mainly in contrasting colors using Bubinga, Shedua and Zebrawood. That's what comes to mind. I have bought a small load of African Mahogany to try out as an alternative to the traditional tropical mahogany. The load yielded about 40-50 core sets so I just made these up with African Top woods and dubbed it 'African model' body wings.

the Hybrid..
 

This is the Hybrid between the BMT and BSR but basically a BMT with the BT point instead of the scoop which is sort of how the BSR was born. Beautiful Bass.

Here are two that I own. You can never go wrong with a Smith bass :)

BSR5EG:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...0Elite/006.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...0Elite/004.jpg

BSR6P:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...0Elite/026.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...0Elite/024.jpg

Wonderfull pics Mike !

Crv_s
 

Just purchased this, needless to say Im very happy playing it, I love the 5 piece body also, The quality is tangible.....

Does the "S" at the end of serial stand for Shedua? Also what model is this exactly?

one more....
 

one more....

Hi all,

I have actually had some dummass say to me; "hey dude, nice Carvin" at which time I told him that he was mistaken. I informed him that the bass was really a "Sears", couldn't he plainly see the big "S"?

Gotta love a wiseass!!

Later, Kirk

My Ken Smiths
 

A couple of photos of my basses, I am a very happy man...:D

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Wow, a MD7 and BSR6EG. Now,, that's a totally heaven pair of Smith's. What year are they respectively?

Hey Roy

The Cocobolo/Walnut MD7 is a 2001, 9 volt pre-amp and Ebony/Tiger Maple is 2011, 18 volt pre-amp that I just received. Two very different instruments for tone, there is nothing similar in the way that they sound.
The Ebony to my ear is really brilliant across the tonal spectrum with lots of punch. The Cocobolo is very smooth and deep on the low end with crystal like highs, mids are very complex which I roll off quite a bit. The Maple/Mahogany that I just sold had a very classic Smith sound that was warm and punchy with strong mids that Smiths are known for and sat well within the mix when playing live.
I am probably giving you more information than you need but I really enjoy these instruments and thought this might be info that you are others could use if looking at something similar in a Smith bass. :cool:

Rory

tones
 

Rory, good information here and description of sounds. Thanks for sharing.

I was the one who bought the BSR6EG mahogany and maple bass from Rory what a great bass

Juan, I am glad you are enjoying the bass. :)

Rory

My KenSmith basses
 

Hi!all.
from tokyo.japan.

Please see my KenSmith BASSES.
All are the highest sounds.
KenSmith BASS is great!!

BSR7EG Quilt Maple(red Maple?) top&back Western Maple core
BSR6EG Tiger Maple top&back mahogany core
BT6EG Ash top&back Tiger Maple core

and BAGEND S12-B & Acoustic Image CLURUS

Hey Hiroshi!

Beautiful basses. Anxiously awaiting the arrival of my
first Smith bass. The woodworking is so impressive.

Thank you.Steven.

It is arrival pleasure of the first base.

Woodwork is very wonderful and the accuracy of a neck is also the highest.
Although Japan is humid, for the moment, it has not curved.

Please enjoy Ken Smith LIFE.

Thank you. Someday I hope to visit. My sister in law is
from Yokohama originally. My brother has been there and
has shown pictures. Someday.

Take care and please post up again.

Steve

Looks very much like mine!
 

That bass you just got looks almost identical to mine. I'm curious if they're twin's, built around the same time.

Series/Parallel Switches......
 

Hi Rory! I was watching your Smiths, they are really beautiful basses, but seeing the setup of your series/parallel switches I noticed you use the neck pickup in series (switch up) and the bridge pickup in parallel (switch down), and see that configuration in both of your basses; so my question is, why you like this setup? I ask because I have had this doubt for some time and also because I have noticed that other Smith players use that configuration too.

Thanks for sharing! :)

Newly aquired BSR6EG Walnut
 

I just got this and I'm totally blown away. It plays just like buttah with
looks that kills :)


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...0Elite/KS1.jpg

Hmm...
 

Hmmm, nice back of the neck! :rolleyes:

Weird. I guess I have to post one per:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...0Elite/KS3.jpg

Some neck shots