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Old 03-30-2009, 09:19 PM
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Sorry, I have dibs on the sweetest sounding Smith 4 you will ever play.. Nice Smith's though!
Hey Bob, i dont know about that. This 90 BT 4 is sounding real sweet on this end. Dont sleep on this old guy.

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Old 03-31-2009, 11:55 AM
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Let's just agree they're equally sweet then!
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Old 04-01-2009, 01:15 PM
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I agree. Have you seen a Smith with the Dunlop bridge Bob?

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Old 04-03-2009, 07:12 AM
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Hi guys,

I'm new at the forum.
I'm a young belgian bassplayer and this is my 1989 Ken Smith BT5EG with Morado top, Walnut back, Mahogany core and ebony fretboard.
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I love this bass, I wanted one ever since i saw my teacher's BT6EG.
It plays great, and sounds great.
There's just a little problem with the electronics, it's playable but i get this hum when i play passive (so i don't ) but all this should be sorted out when i buy a new electronics retrofit from Ken Smith.

(sorry for the greasy fingers! i took these pictures after playing for a while)
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Old 04-03-2009, 11:38 AM
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That's a nice old beast you have there!

And nope, never seen a Smith with a dunlop bridge.
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Old 04-07-2009, 11:19 AM
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Hi guys,

I'm new at the forum.
I'm a young belgian bassplayer and this is my 1989 Ken Smith BT5EG with Morado top, Walnut back, Mahogany core and ebony fretboard.
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I love this bass, I wanted one ever since i saw my teacher's BT6EG.
It plays great, and sounds great.
There's just a little problem with the electronics, it's playable but i get this hum when i play passive (so i don't ) but all this should be sorted out when i buy a new electronics retrofit from Ken Smith.

(sorry for the greasy fingers! i took these pictures after playing for a while)
Hey i love this bass, i am a 3 knob junkie. Good luck with the repairs, but i would send it to Ken and let him do the repairs. Cant go wrong that way.

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Old 04-07-2009, 01:13 PM
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thx Michael,

I would love to just send my bass to Ken so that he could check everything out.
But as i said i'm young and from belgium so the cost for the shipment and the inssurance alone would be to costly for me. I worked in weekends and hollidays just to pay for the bass. And i'm pretty broke now so with UPS it would be to costly.

Someday ,

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Old 04-07-2009, 03:53 PM
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I totally understand. Good luck with the bass, i know its going to sound outstanding.

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