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Old 02-04-2007, 08:10 AM
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Beautiful quilted top you got there!

The 5 strings feel great! Would love to add that one to my collection

I have a new smith on the way... a KSD...
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Old 02-04-2007, 12:28 PM
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By the way, do any of you guys have problem with heavy heads? I mean, my 92´ burner´s got a huge head and when it comes to play this bass standing up, OMG, the neck goes all the way down.
If this ever happened to you how did you manage to control it?
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Old 02-04-2007, 12:50 PM
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By the way, do any of you guys have problem with heavy heads? I mean, my 92´ burner´s got a huge head and when it comes to play this bass standing up, OMG, the neck goes all the way down.
If this ever happened to you how did you manage to control it?
On the Basses with our original BT shape, most players rest their arm on the Body when playing.







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Old 12-16-2007, 12:10 PM
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I had the late Gary Emmons of Crackerbox Music install a third straplock round about where the old gibson strap buttons went on the EB1 (sg model). I then went to a two strap system which was kinda like a harness that keeps my bass in an upright position so I could concentrate on playing and not holding the neck up all the time- I'm pretty small with small hands and I dont have enough energy for all that.
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