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Forum: Woods, Electronics, & Components

11-16-2021, 02:03 PM

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Slight difference in the 3/5 pc bodies.. I prefer...

Slight difference in the 3/5 pc bodies.. I prefer the 3 for a more organic sound. the 5 is slightly brighter as the extra laminates divide the woods that much more like an extra thin wall between...

Forum: Woods, Electronics, & Components

11-15-2021, 06:55 AM

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Posted By Ken Smith

Ok, well, your description doesn't quite meet my...

Ok, well, your description doesn't quite meet my ear here. It is the Walnut that gives the maple the mids and definition and not that other way around. As fa as Cocobolo goes, new regulations for...

Forum: Woods, Electronics, & Components

04-14-2009, 11:03 PM

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Posted By Ken Smith

questions..

Humm.. depending on who you ask the answers will differ. I have never graded my Morado Top woods or the Fingerboards for that matter. It either works or it doesn't. Not being a figured species by...

Forum: Woods, Electronics, & Components

04-07-2008, 08:38 PM

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Posted By Ken Smith

Well.,,..

Not exactly. My point is that the sound of the Bass is not necessarily the recorded sound but rather the unrecorded sound.

Forum: Woods, Electronics, & Components

04-07-2008, 05:19 PM

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Posted By Ken Smith

well..

Besides Bubinga there is Shedua. We happen to have a nice quantity of it in stock that is well figured. Our Bubinga stock is nearly gone and we will not re-stock until the Shedua has been mostly used...

Forum: Woods, Electronics, & Components

05-28-2007, 07:20 PM

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Posted By Ken Smith

sound and aging

All of our woods are aged for several years before going into our Basses. I still have some wood that was 5-10 years old when the Ash came in.

The 'Core' is the center or a 3, 5, or 7-piece...

Forum: Woods, Electronics, & Components

05-28-2007, 06:06 PM

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Posted By Ken Smith

narrower pieces?

Do you mean 'wider' pieces? No, currently all the Ash we have is cut into body wings and center blocks. We bought this lot of Ash in 1997 even before we moved into this building. It was about 500...

Forum: Woods, Electronics, & Components

05-28-2007, 05:49 PM

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Posted By Ken Smith

-A?

The '-A' stands for Black Hardware in our code system. The only woods we do in 2-piece bodies without the center block is Walnut, Avodire' and Tiger maple. The Maple in the wider widths is as...

Forum: Woods, Electronics, & Components

04-24-2007, 08:19 AM

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Posted By Ken Smith

afford figured walnut?

Most of our GNs and even some MW Bolt-ons have figured Walnut. It is the degree of Figure that sets the price in my Basses at least.

On the sound, Figure is usually more molecules of wood brunched...

Forum: Woods, Electronics, & Components

04-23-2007, 11:27 PM

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Posted By Ken Smith

Ebony?

Ebony is not from Europe. It is imported from Africa and India mainly. Many countries but wood form others for centuries including the USA. How about the Bow woods? Those are from Tropical America...

Forum: Woods, Electronics, & Components

01-20-2007, 09:21 AM

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Posted By Ken Smith

Wood Etc. as it relates to Smith Basses..

Over the years we have offered our parts and sometime woods for Sale on and off depending on availability as well as policy. To get the ball rolling I will post a few related links from our website...

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