After 3 years of not having a Smith, I again own one/ Oh Happy days!

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Roy Diza

Tim, thanks time for posting. I decided to back out. The seller was not too cooperative. I asked him what the woods were, and the model, then answered me that he had no idea. Could you tell what wood the fingerboard is? It looks to be morado and not ebony which would mean it's not an elite model. He also refused to provide additional pics. Too weird, great price though at $2,600.00.

Given the sellers response and lack of knowledge of the bass, I'd back out too. Wise decision. While the fingerboard does look like a light redish color in the pic, it could very well be Pau Ferro (I don't think Ken had begun making the Elite (EG) models in '94). The top looks like it could be morado based on the pic and looks like a BT5G to me.

A few years ago I had two virtually identical BT5G's. One a '92 and one a '94. Both zebra top and back, mahogany core w/walnut laminate. The only difference was one had a Pau Ferro fretboard and the other had a very nice figured ebony fretboard. I kept the '92 with the ebony fretboard.

[Roy Diza]

What do you think of the price $2,600? Is that pretty good?

Originally Posted by Tim Bishop

Given the sellers response and lack of knowledge of the bass, I'd back out too. Wise decision. While the fingerboard does look like a light redish color in the pic, it could very well be Pau Ferro (I don't think Ken had begun making the Elite (EG) models in '94). The top looks like it could be morado based on the pic and looks like a BT5G to me.

A couple of years ago I had 2 virtually identical BT5G's. One a '92 and one a '94. Both zebra top and back, mahogany core w/walnut laminate. The only difference was one had a Pau Ferro fretboard and the other had a very nice figured ebony fretboard. I kept the '92 with the ebony fretboard.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Roy Diza

What do you think of the price $2,600? Is that pretty good?

Possibly. No way to know without knowing more about the bass or actually seeing it in hand.

[Roy Diza]

Tim,

The guy finally posted some additional pics. Could you tell what the wood is used on the fingerboard, or maybe Ken can also chime in on his thoughts. This guy maybe legit, hmm:

[Tim Bishop]

Well, the pics aren't that good, however, the fingerboard does look more like ebony in these pics (chances are good that it is ebony but I couldn't tell you for certain). Maybe Ken can better determine from the SN (if he can read it from the pic that is). If the pics were better and we could zoom in on the detail, it would be much easier to determine. These pics are simply not that good.

[Roy Diza]

These must be phone pics. The guy selling must not have a home PC, since he can only update his CL listing at his work. I can dechipher the sn to:

56412394E3

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Roy Diza

These must be phone pics. The guy selling must not have a home PC, since he can only update his CL listing at his work. I can dechipher the sn to:

56412394E3

Number is 5G 4123 94 FS(?figured Shedua?)

Fingerboard is Ebony; http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpages/ebony.html