Ksd

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Gerry Sivers

I just played one of these for the first time last week at Guitar Center over here (they finally got one) and found it to be a good Fender like instrument. It played as well as the American Deluxe 5 that I used to own.
I like the price on these basses because they sound as good as basses costing far more. My only issue is witj the B string sounding "boomy".
The other issue is with the store for not setting up the bass even though they have a "pro" in the store 3 days a week and with people that come in off the street and have a new bass looking dirty within days.
While that bass isn't my cup of tea, it was nice and sold in a week.

Guitar Center is THE LAST place I'd expect to find any bass with a decent set-up and/or with fresh strings: You most likely didn't get a good test drive with the bass because of this.

[Gerry Sivers]

Originally Posted by Tim Bishop

Guitar Center is THE LAST place I'd expect to find any bass with a decent set-up and/or with fresh strings: You most likely didn't get a good test drive with the bass because of this.

Overall, I still liked it. GC is notorious for defiling good instruments. They used to let me go in just to set up the Warwicks.
The clips I've heard of this bass even before trying one out were impressive as well. Like I said, I had more issues with the store than the actual bass.

[Bob Faulkner]

It was at a guitar center that I first found a Smith bass, played it, and made the decision to order one. I'm still amazed someone took a 5 string Smith and traded it in at GC.. That bass was beyond awesome and convinced me of the superiority of Smith's in 1 sitting. Mind you that was a real Smith, not a KSD.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Bob Faulkner

It was at a guitar center that I first found a Smith bass, played it, and made the decision to order one. I'm still amazed someone took a 5 string Smith and traded it in at GC.

Yeah, that's unusual, for sure. Sounds like you were at the right place at the right time and in the end it worked out well for you.