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Forum: Welcome To SmithBassForums 01-08-2015, 03:51 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 43,150
Posted By Ken Smith
Lightbulb First one done..

http://www.kensmithbasses.com/models/custombolton/bsr5m_walnut.html
Forum: Smith Basses, Handmade 01-08-2015, 01:23 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 14,939
Posted By Ken Smith
Arrow 5M-P (new model version)

Here's a sample of the new 5M-P model. Basically it looks the same as a 5M but it has graphite in the neck like the P model does. We can make any version of the M or MW model that we already offer...
Forum: Smith Basses, Handmade 12-31-2014, 11:06 AM
Replies: 0
Hny
Views: 12,212
Posted By Ken Smith
Thumbs up Hny

Happy New Years to all. We will be closed on the 1st and open on the 2nd. Too busy here to close for more than a day. I am up to my Eyeballs in Lumber! :)
Forum: Welcome To SmithBassForums 12-31-2014, 11:05 AM
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Hny
Views: 33,084
Posted By Ken Smith
Thumbs up Hny

Happy New Years to all. We will be closed on the 1st and open on the 2nd. Too busy here to close for more than a day. I am up to my Eyeballs in Lumber! :)
Forum: Double Bass Talk in General 12-28-2014, 07:59 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 17,364
Posted By Ken Smith
Exclamation Fake label..

Totally Fake..

Hopefully it was cheap as you just have a German bass with a bad re-varnish.

My opinion.
Forum: Double Bass Talk in General 12-28-2014, 02:57 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 17,364
Posted By Ken Smith
Cool Italian?

Looks like a German bass that was re-finished. I would guess later 1800s to early 1900s but leaning more towards post-1900.
Forum: Smith Basses, Handmade 12-27-2014, 06:37 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 26,248
Posted By Ken Smith
Lightbulb sales@kensmithbasses.com

sales@kensmithbasses.com
Forum: Smith Basses, Handmade 12-26-2014, 05:57 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 26,248
Posted By Ken Smith
Lightbulb It is a very comfortable bass that Pro's PAY for....

It is a very comfortable bass that Pro's PAY for. You can play 100 of them and they will all sound and feel slightly different but with the same timeless quality built into each one. Anyone can make...
Forum: Smith Basses, Handmade 12-26-2014, 05:22 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 26,248
Posted By Ken Smith
Question Afraid to measure one? :confused:

Afraid to measure one? :confused:
Forum: Smith Basses, Handmade 12-26-2014, 04:42 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 26,248
Posted By Ken Smith
Lightbulb Plenty of radius. See one in person and measure...

Plenty of radius. See one in person and measure it.
Forum: Smith Basses, Handmade 12-22-2014, 05:22 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 35,947
Posted By Ken Smith
Lightbulb Specs button, homepage

http://www.kensmithbasses.com/options.html
Forum: Smith Basses, Handmade 12-21-2014, 08:36 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 35,947
Posted By Ken Smith
Cool ??

Hi, I am sure that you will find more than one opinion but I would like to give a bit of insight on our model levels. First off, Smith Basses with its options and models rank from the Top and go down...
Forum: Double Bass Talk in General 12-19-2014, 09:04 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 23,260
Posted By Ken Smith
The Quivers come with Lacing. Beside my 20 year...

The Quivers come with Lacing. Beside my 20 year hand made Quiver I had way back, I have been using Kolstein's quivers for the past 12 or so years.
Forum: Luthier's Corner 12-16-2014, 12:00 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 23,869
Posted By Ken Smith
Exclamation ??

This is a difficult task and not something to be easily taught on the internet. If you are serious, contact them.
Forum: German/Czech Shop Basses 12-15-2014, 11:28 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 58,800
Posted By Ken Smith
Lightbulb Framus

Made by Framus after WWII in Bavaria West Germany where they moved to from the German Czech border. You can Google their history.

A bass like this was about $200 in the 1960s so its ok. Same...
Forum: Luthier's Corner 12-15-2014, 11:20 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 23,869
Posted By Ken Smith
Exclamation I would ask the 3 main luthiers that work for me,...

I would ask the 3 main luthiers that work for me, Arnold Schnitzer, Jeff Bollbach and Mike Magee. These are the experts this side of the Pacific, and Atlantic! ;)
Forum: Double Bass Talk in General 12-05-2014, 03:45 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 23,260
Posted By Ken Smith
Cool ok..

I have never had a problem with with or without bow on any bass or quiver and have not noticed a BUMP when I PUT (not throw) my 5 ounce, 140gram bow in the quiver.

In my earlier days, I had a 300...
Forum: Double Bass Talk in General 12-04-2014, 03:57 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 23,260
Posted By Ken Smith
Arrow I do not totally agree on your quiver theory..

Have you weighed tailpieces before of various woods? Many basses over 100 years old with original tailpieces are stained boxwood or maple stained black and not ebony. With the quiver added,...
Forum: Classical and Symphony Bass Playing 11-25-2014, 06:49 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 51,915
Posted By Ken Smith
Thumbs up Frank, use the book and follow the fingerings,...

Frank, use the book and follow the fingerings, positions and bowings. When you get past 2-flats (#16), come back and report. I am sure you will have things to say earlier!

I don't know what you...
Forum: German/Czech Shop Basses 11-25-2014, 06:19 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 65,336
Posted By Ken Smith
I think my bass was either from Benedict Lang (I)...

I think my bass was either from Benedict Lang (I) or Karl Hofner, both from Schonbach at the German/Czech border.

I am pretty sure these basses were exported fully made and varnished but the...
Forum: Luthier's Corner 11-23-2014, 08:54 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 20,810
Posted By Ken Smith
The center leg over the bar places the outer foot...

The center leg over the bar places the outer foot edge closer to the f-hole eye. For healther basses I think this is ok but some like the bridge foot edge just over the inner edge of the bar or half...
Forum: Classical and Symphony Bass Playing 11-21-2014, 10:41 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 94,912
Posted By Ken Smith
found one more..

I found the on the FB page of The Orchestra Society of Philadelphia. This is a reading orchestra only. This shot was from October 11, 2013. We did the Verdi Requiem that night and I played the solo...
Forum: Italian Bass School 11-21-2014, 08:29 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 106,282
Posted By Ken Smith
Arrow New Marcucci page..

Ok guys, the new Marcucci web page (http://www.kensmithbasses.com/doublebasses/marcucci/) is now up. I can add information that is written in books and on-line sites but I can also just answer...
Forum: Classical and Symphony Bass Playing 11-16-2014, 04:27 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 51,915
Posted By Ken Smith
Wink This is the Etude book that I probably used the...

This is the Etude book that I probably used the most when I was younger and it wasn't till recently that I learned it was NOT a Trombone book that you could play on bass but rather a Bass professor...
Forum: Classical and Symphony Bass Playing 11-09-2014, 11:58 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 94,912
Posted By Ken Smith
Cool from today..

Today's Concert, (the first with the Marcucci bass after being restored) with the Lower Merion Symphony (Mark Gigliotti of the Philadelphia Orchestra conducting).
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