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Old 04-18-2007, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Knell View Post
If I'm correct, the KSD 5 strings are all 35" scale. I believe your Ken Smith Basses are 34" scale in 5 & 6 string models (correct me if I'm wrong here...) so my question is why did you go with a 35" scale on the Jazz basses?

This is my first post and I am happy that I found your forum.

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Mark
This was a request from the Brooklyn Gear team during the early design stages. They thought it would be good marketing perception to make it 35". I agreed to let it fly as it was their Bass and not mine. We still have a 34" scale KSD with 9-18mm spacing on the drawing board for down the road sometime. The final decision is that of Brooklyn Gear and not mine. I can only suggest, not demand.

Thanks for posting and welcome to the Forum.