First KSB - BSRJ5 MW

[Terry Takahashi]

I'm very excited to have received my first KSB, a 1997 BSRJ5 MW. Within hours of opening the FedEx package, I was giggin' it and what a great sound! I set everything flat on bass and preamp and tweaked in tiny increments to dial in the tonality very precisely. The controls are intuitive and responsive, the bass is lighter than expected (I'm used to Alembics), and hangs very comfortably on the strap. You'll notice in the pics that it's got recessed straplocks, which, I guess weren't stock on the bolt-ons.