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Old 05-06-2007, 09:05 PM
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I just bought Custom 6 from a friend what do you think about this basses?
Are there any major diffrences these pickups and 'M' Series pickups?

http://www.kensmithbasses.com/models/bsrb/bsrb.html

This is my first Ken Smith bass and I hope this wont last .


Note: I'm sorry about my english
The main difference is the String spacing at the Bridge being 16mm and not 18mm like the USA made Smith Basses. The PUs have internal Poles spaced at 16mm. A mistake at the factory but a blessing for this Bass. It cost me about 7k for tooling and wanted to use these for all the Smith Bolt-ons. The factory wanted 2k more to fix the tooling mistake so I just left them as they were. If they didn't have the Poles they would have been like our Flat tops.

All other features are of equal quality to any USA model as the circuit IS the same but without the Mid board. Enjoy, we only made a few in that Charcoal color. Might be the only 6 like it!
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