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

[Roy Diza]

[Roy Diza]

[Ronen Tat]

Beautiful!
If you ever want to sell the fretless drop me a note...

[Roy Diza]

It's going to be awhile I'm afraid. It's such a super awesome fretless.

Originally Posted by Ronen Tat

Beautiful!
If you ever want to sell the fretless drop me a note...

[Roy Diza]

Hello Ken,

Could you tell what grade of walnut top my bass has? Is there a rule of thumb in grading the quality of wood?

Thanks,
Roy

Originally Posted by Roy Diza

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Roy Diza

Hello Ken,

Could you tell what grade of walnut top my bass has? Is there a rule of thumb in grading the quality of wood?

Thanks,
Roy

http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...tchwalnut.html

Black Walnut grades on my scale; http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...lnutgrades.htm

Claro Walnut samples; http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...arowalnut.html

The bass shown is a Claro variety I believe and within the standard grade for that model. The picture looks to be a 3a or so.

[Roy Diza]

Thanks Ken. You are the true Guru of woods

IHMO your 3A grade woods equals to other builder's 5A grade woods because you set your standards so high.

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...tchwalnut.html

Black Walnut grades on my scale; http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...lnutgrades.htm

Claro Walnut samples; http://www.kensmithbasses.com/woodpa...arowalnut.html

The bass shown is a Claro variety I believe and within the standard grade for that model. The picture looks to be a 3a or so.

[Roy Diza]

KS Obsession

[Roy Diza]

[Allan Padmore]

Any difference in sound? Describe. Thanks.

[Roy Diza]

The BT Black Tiger is a bit more compressed sound and the Maple topped beauty a bit more open sounding.

Both are somewhat a ying yang of each other and l love both of them equally

Originally Posted by Allan Padmore

Any difference in sound? Describe. Thanks.

[Roy Diza]

2014 and another Smith in the stable