Gospel Players Corner

[Bob Faulkner]

For me the difference is mostly feel. With a neck thru, the bass feels much more like a single entity. When you run your hand up to the higher registers and feel that heelless joint it's a beautiful thing. From 1st fret to 24th they just don't fight or impede you. The action on my neck thru is awesome, but I'm not going to stress that too much because you can get awesome action on a bolt-on as well.. I will say I can get some incredible sustain as well.

[Albert Smith]

Originally Posted by Bob Faulkner

For me the difference is mostly feel. With a neck thru, the bass feels much more like a single entity. When you run your hand up to the higher registers and feel that heelless joint it's a beautiful thing. From 1st fret to 24th they just don't fight or impede you. The action on my neck thru is awesome, but I'm not going to stress that too much because you can get awesome action on a bolt-on as well.. I will say I can get some incredible sustain as well.

Absolutely Bob, feel-tone-craftsmanship-balance-reliability-structural fortitude the list goes on and on. I've played on Modulus-Ibanez-Fedora-Gibson-Fender-Washburn-Ernie Ball-Ario Pro-OLP-Tune-Specter-Scheter and a few others that I don't care to mention and none of them give me the overall pleasure, and feels as you eluded to in your message as a Ken Smith Bass, I have a neck through model my WBT-5-EG 5 string and a bolt on CR6 6 string. Both give me extreme pleasure and that undeniable Smith tone, of course your bass has to be matched with a compatible amp, that's why I play through a all Ampeg rig.

[Albert Smith]

Well it looks like the New York kid is trading in his season tickets for the Mets to head over o good Ole St. Louis. That's right my family and I are moving. I've accepted a job offer that is relocating my Smith Bass collection out to the Mid-West. So I hope all of the Gospel Smith Bass players out there in St. Louis will welcome the Ole city boy and introduce me to some great churches out there. St. Louis here we come!

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Albert Smith

Well it looks like the New York kid is trading in his season tickets for the Mets to head over o good Ole St. Louis. That's right my family and I are moving. I've accepted a job offer that is relocating my Smith Bass collection out to the Mid-West. So I hope all of the Gospel Smith Bass players out there in St. Louis will welcome the Ole city boy and introduce me to some great churches out there. St. Louis here we come!

Uh oh! Al's getting closer to Tx! Remember Ronson, I'm still the closer beneficiary! LOL!

[Ronson Hall]

Well it looks like the New York kid is trading in his season tickets for the Mets to head over o good Ole St. Louis. That's right my family and I are moving. I've accepted a job offer that is relocating my Smith Bass collection out to the Mid-West. So I hope all of the Gospel Smith Bass players out there in St. Louis will welcome the Ole city boy and introduce me to some great churches out there. St. Louis here we come!

Originally Posted by Tim Bishop

Uh oh! Al's getting closer to Tx! Remember Ronson, I'm still the closer beneficiary! LOL!

Tim, I said the same thing about "gettting closer to the South & Texas" to Al not long ago, and I have put extra security around my Smith!!

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Ronson Hall

Well it looks like the New York kid is trading in his season tickets for the Mets to head over o good Ole St. Louis. That's right my family and I are moving. I've accepted a job offer that is relocating my Smith Bass collection out to the Mid-West. So I hope all of the Gospel Smith Bass players out there in St. Louis will welcome the Ole city boy and introduce me to some great churches out there. St. Louis here we come!



Tim, I said the same thing about "gettting closer to the South & Texas" to Al not long ago, and I have put extra security around my Smith!!

LOL! You got that right.

[Albert Smith]

Listen I have enough Smith's for now to keep me satisfied, besides neither one of you guys are ready to part with any of your babies. But if you are let a brother have first dibs.
Al