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Originally Posted by Dennis Michaels
All I know is you build the perfect basses "for me". I play them and don't really care who else does. Thank god many do tho or you may not be here today.
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I'm totally with you Dennis and I've always said that: "Ken makes a bass that is perfect for me and there just happens to be an
S on the head-stock". Never have given "a rip" less about what magazines and/or endorsements show (unless of course it's Eden's and Smith's
).
A recent experience I'll attempt to keep short.......
I recently (and reluctantly) sold one of my favorite Smiths (a '97 Tiger Maple 5GN) to an acquaintance and bassist. Wonderful individual and player and I was totally wanting to help him out by fixing him up with THE bass.
Understand, he was accustomed to a bolt-on neck feel (
there's another thread on this topic, so, don't want to get into that debate here), so, a neck-thru would be a new experience for him.
I set the bass up perfectly for him (
as we discussed set-up beforehand) before I shipped. At any rate, when he received the bass and played it, he later decided it was not the bass for him....
....come again....say what! This was the first time I EVER ran across
anyone that wasn't pleased with a Smith. His decision was totally based on feel as I clearly understood and prepared him for that beforehand. So, I asked him "did you change anything"? To my dismay, he responded, "yes, I changed the strings from Taper Core Mediums to Lights" (which changed the set-up as we had initially discussed) ....
.... errghhhhh!!! .... I said to myself: Take a deeeeeep breath in, now breeeeathhhh out......repeat.....ok.....
Yeah, I know, another lesson learned. Just goes to prove, you cannot please everyone (particularly those that don't understand the importance of set-ups). Had I anticipated this, I would have NEVER sold that bass. I'm hoping, as I've discussed with him, he will give it more time to work out the "feel thing", otherwise, I will be working toward getting that bass back ASAP!