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Tim Bishop

11-28-2012 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Fox (Post 25803)

If the seller is to be believed, all mods came straight from the shop. He claimed to have worked at KSB in the 1990's, and told me he had this bass built while employed there. His name is Scott He_ _ _ _d. It was sold without a case, btw.

The pics are interesting. First one is the lower bout: no jack plug hole ever drilled as far as I can tell.

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/...outresized.jpg

Next is the control cavity. Yes, jack plug goes through the rout usually designated for tone pot. Looks like pretty good work to me! And if anyone would like to chime in, I'd like to know whether this is the old 9v BT circuit, or if it's the BMT minus the mid.

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/...l--resized.jpg

And finally, here's the maker's mark.

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/...r--resized.jpg

So there you have it. I'd be interested to hear anything that Ken might recollect or have to say about the bass or the story that came with it. And I appreciate your eyes, Tim: I haven't spent enough time with enough different KS basses to be able to quickly discern something as noticeable as a jack plug where a tone pot should be!

Well, looks like this bass was ordered this way. Nice bass, very clean. I have a '92 BT5G Zebra. Looks similar to this one, except a neck-thru with same woods, however, 3 band pre. I LOVE it!

Tim Bishop

11-29-2012 12:00 AM

BTW- Looks like the original 2-band BT pre to me.

Chris Fox

11-29-2012 12:23 AM

Ken, Tim--wow. Thanks so much for the backstory and assessment. While conducting the transaction with Scott, he said repeatedly this was a special bass, and he couldn't have been more right. So glad it's mine.

Tim Bishop

11-29-2012 12:31 AM

Yep...

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Originally Posted by Chris Fox (Post 25807)

Yep, I hear ya. Looks and sounds like you got a keeper!

Ken Smith

11-29-2012 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Bishop (Post 25806)

BTW- Looks like the original 2-band BT pre to me.

Tim/Chris, this was the 9v BT/BMT 4 or 5 knob circuit that came out in late 1992.

Chris Fox

01-06-2013 05:42 PM

1993 Burner Deluxe 5

I wanted a production-level J-bass-ish 5 string, and after realizing how much I love my CR-5, I thought, well, duh. So I sold my EBMM Sterling 5, scoured the internet, and found this in Los Angeles. A bit of text messaging, Paypal, and Fedex, and here she is.

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_0743.jpg

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_0741.jpg

So now I have low and medium tiers covered. Next up: a high-end, neck-through. That one'll take a bit more time and marital finessing. But for now, I'm there.

Jason Wilson

01-06-2013 08:06 PM

Here is mine

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Loving my new bass. Feels lovely and sounds even better
I just like opening the case & looking at it for a while....... maybe I'm odd

Desmund Nichols

01-07-2013 01:47 AM

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A pic of mine

Desmund Nichols

01-07-2013 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason Wilson (Post 25907)

Im so jealous. But I have a Black Tiger, and I didn't feel the need to have two basses that produce the same tone.

Lou Laurenti

01-09-2013 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Faulkner (Post 80)

How could this forum be complete without a place to show off our beautiful instruments?

Let us see those Smith basses!!

Mine is a 2001 BSR4EG fretless and can be found on Ken's BSR Elite G page. It's the quilted maple BSR4EG fretless right in the middle of that row.

Direct link:
http://www.kensmithbasses.com/models...ss_quilmap.htm

And a more recent picture:

http://www.delusionalmind.com/equip/...seup072306.jpg

I love looking at Smith basses so show em off!

Super Nice bass Bob

Dave Ruiz

01-14-2013 05:19 PM

Hey guys,

I'm new to the forum, just though I'd show off my bass. It's a BSR5PE in Quilted Maple, Mahogany Core.

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps3756a226.jpg

Rory Lane

01-15-2013 12:08 AM

Very Nice!

Bob Faulkner

01-15-2013 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Lou Laurenti (Post 25924)

Super Nice bass Bob

Thanks!

That 5PE is also awesome!

Desmund Nichols

04-09-2013 02:16 PM

My new addition to the family

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my new BSR5EG. maple/maple with walnut laminates. This one may be my favorite.

This one is different because it has the 3-way switches Series/Single Coil/Parallel. Just gives me more options for sounds.

Roberto Zecchinelli

04-09-2013 02:25 PM

Stunning trio!

Andy Robertson

05-09-2013 11:40 AM

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I just picked up my new BSR7EG from Ken a couple of weeks ago......I absolutely love it! It is Western Maple Core and Tiger Maple top and back. It joins my 7 year old 6 String 'Black Tiger' in the set up! I'll post more pictures of the Black Tiger shortly! :D

Andy Robertson

05-09-2013 11:42 AM

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And here is the Black Tiger....

Nick Foster

06-02-2013 12:15 AM

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Various live shots...

ED LOZANO

06-10-2013 12:46 AM

Never get tired of playing mine!

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Have not posted my pic in a while. Better get to work on some action shots though.

AndreAlmeida

04-02-2014 09:52 PM

New member here. Found this beauty literally abandoned in a long time closed to public second hand musicstore. Burner Custom Red. Hope you enjoy!
Amazing how the red turns into orange against the light... sexiness...

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Luis Carrasco Torres

11-08-2014 06:04 PM

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My Ken Smith bass (the photos are not very good):

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Thank God, at last I have the bass of my dreams, the sound I was looking for. Thank you very much to Ken Smith for this masterpiece. God Bless you.

Greetings !!

:)

Ronen Tat

12-24-2014 03:01 AM

BSR4WT. Best bass I've ever had. Maple over Walnut core. Perfect.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u...ont%2Bfull.JPG

Frank Graveyard

12-24-2014 11:36 AM

What a beautyfull bass! That's the one I want! :eek:

Frank Graveyard

12-24-2014 04:49 PM

Perhaps you could tell me what the neck feels like. How would you describe the neckprofile at the first fretpositions? Thanks.

Ronen Tat

12-24-2014 05:16 PM

Can't send you a private message. Check your email. I'll give you all information but it's not for this thread...

Got your PM but it wont let me reply. You need to allow incoming PM's.

Frank Graveyard

12-24-2014 05:45 PM

According to the CP information, private messages should now be possible.
Thanks.

Frank Graveyard

12-24-2014 06:30 PM

For some strange reason my settings don't get "saved" when I clic the box.:confused:

Frank Graveyard

12-24-2014 06:44 PM

It's almost midnight on this side of the ocean. Time for Christmas Eve. ;)

Franck Callebert

03-22-2015 08:42 AM

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8720/...94307212_b.jpg

Franck Callebert

03-22-2015 08:48 AM

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7591/...3bc5cd47_b.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8579/...68b6b09a_b.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8728/...77318da6_b.jpg

more here : my 4-strings on Flickr

Ronen Tat

03-22-2015 04:51 PM

Oh! What a beauty! Show the back..

Franck Callebert

03-22-2015 09:20 PM

Here we are ! A nice "old school Vinnie type set neck" ;)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7626/...895830b0_b.jpg

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Ken Smith

03-22-2015 11:17 PM

Gears..

FYI, those are NOT the Gears we/I put on those basses. Those are Shaller and they are also Upside Down. The screw hole goes on the bottom, not th top.

We were using Gears made by Gotoh for several years before I produced this model.

if you look at the end of the fingerboard and on the label, you will see the serial number. It will be 2xx, made in 1985-87 or so. The date is on the label as well.

Wait, let me think.... Ok, your serial number is ... 268 and made in 1987. The date is in the back plate. I don't have date records from that far back.

Also, you need TCRM strings to sound its best. Be good to your bass! :)

Franck Callebert

03-23-2015 04:25 AM

hi Ken, thank you for the informations !
This bass is unchanged till it has been purchased ... guess it was an old stock of machine head when you built this wonderfull BT4 :) (date 9/19/86)

Here the serial number : 86 268 at the end of the fingerboard
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8568/...d29d44e6_b.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/153.../p1110860r.jpg

Chris Fox

12-26-2015 04:23 PM

Ebay purchase--1995 5G in lacewood and mahogany

Saw this on Ebay for $1700 BIN, got a good credit offer, and pulled the trigger. It very much needs a setup and came from a smoker. None of that matters: it's incredible. Very light, and that neck heel--oh my God. I've really liked my 1995 CR-5, but this is a whole lot more bass. Any tips on getting rid of cigarette odor?

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/...psuevxkqhr.jpg

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Jose Luis Robles

05-24-2016 07:22 AM

Mi Smith...

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Son los bajos más elegantes que hay en el mercado; con personalidad. Y Ken es un GENTLEMAN

Gerson Lazo

10-12-2016 06:07 PM

In the oven, almost finished...

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I just don't have words to describe, but my congratulations to everybody at the factory.

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Ednelson Guerra

11-13-2016 08:28 AM

My BSR5TNE BLACK TIGER ELITE 2013

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This is my Ken Smith, I have other basses as Sadowsky, Fodera, Fender, Music Man, and are very good instruments, but the "Smith" has a plus !!! I can not explain exactly what I mean, but this low is unique, has a different mechanical, it is more enjoyable to play, I can make things easier with him than with the other basses, and the timbre is the highlight ... wonderful, not lump together with kick drums, very definite notes, just fantastic !!!! Congratulations mister Ken, you reinvented the way to build an electric bass !!! Thank you for being born.

Ednelson Guerra
Brasil

Gerson Lazo

11-14-2016 08:12 PM

Mulato - 24 days old...

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So yesterday I took this beauty to give it a little polishing and these is what came up.

Enjoy the beauty of "Mulato".

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Hernan enrique Herrada Araya

06-22-2018 05:37 PM

My ken smith

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hello everyone .. this is my new ken smith BSR5EG
Quilt maple top and back
western tiger maple core and walnut veneers
ebony finguerdboard
wait 25 years to have a ken smith ..
I really love this bass !!!
thanks Mr. Ken Smith for these bass

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