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Old 12-25-2010, 02:20 PM
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Ronen, am really diggin' your photography, especially Your bass in front of those cushions. It really brings out the beauty of the bass, which in turn makes me realize the importance of a good background in my pictures. Thanks.
Hey Ed,
Thanks! I also think it came out pretty nice but it's pure luck, I wasn't thinking about it. On the other hand, you really need to make a big mistake for a bass like this to look bad

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The back is beautiful too... last shot from the same session:


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Old 01-12-2011, 10:56 PM
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Default Got my 1995 CR-5. Wheeeeee!

Landed myself this here lovely '95 CR-5 in Zebrawood, mahogany core, and ebony board. Sounds fab!
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Old 02-03-2011, 05:26 PM
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Here's a pic. of a CR5M I owned for a while together with my BSR5M.

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Old 02-08-2011, 02:44 AM
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Default The Smith is part of the Family

My smith is part of my family. If my house were burning, besides my family, there are two things I'd run back in for: My Smith Bass for obvious reasons and my laptop, way to much info on it.

Here are a few family pics.
















This last pic doesn't quite show how great the exhibition grade quilted maple top pops.

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Old 02-08-2011, 09:16 AM
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Great pics, Mike!
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Old 02-08-2011, 10:52 AM
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awesome pics man.. Nice family there!
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Old 03-18-2011, 12:04 PM
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Just arrived today.. Enjoy


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Old 03-18-2011, 12:08 PM
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wow!

that's incredible looking! Congrats!
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Old 03-18-2011, 06:44 PM
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Old 04-24-2011, 05:35 AM
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Some photos from last Thursday gig.







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How could this forum be complete without a place to show off our beautiful instruments?

Let us see those Smith basses!!

Mine is a 2001 BSR4EG fretless and can be found on Ken's BSR Elite G page. It's the quilted maple BSR4EG fretless right in the middle of that row.

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http://www.kensmithbasses.com/models...ss_quilmap.htm

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I love looking at Smith basses so show em off!
Hello I am new in Forum and this is my Ken Smith Bass!!!!
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Default My 5-string - CR5G

I have a CR5G (89897 S) that I purchased from Huber/Breese in '98. I remember buying this and having a MTD bass shipped on inspection at the same time. Though the body style for the MTD was more similar to what I was used to with my Charvel, the tones of the Smith won out hands down. I'm having trouble uploading the image, so I'll do that later.

I am curious as to what the woods are in it, and what style is most similar to today's models?

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Old 06-03-2011, 01:01 PM
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Hey Frederick, if you have pics and if you'd like, send them to my email address and I'll try and upload them for you.
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Old 06-03-2011, 02:58 PM
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The following pic is from Frederick T Schurger for view on this thread.

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Old 06-03-2011, 03:05 PM
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....I am curious as to what the woods are in it....
Based on above pic: Looks like the core body wood is black walnut with maple laminates. The center block is maple. The top wood I am guessing is Shedua or a species of walnut? With the serial number you provided, Ken would be your best resourse in identifying the woods with certainty.
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Old 06-03-2011, 03:14 PM
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....and what style is most similar to today's models?
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The bass you show in the pic would be similar to the "BT" body-style of today.
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Old 06-03-2011, 03:27 PM
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Cool Cr5g (89897 s) ..

The 'S' in the end is for Shedua so that is the Top. I can't see what the side laminations look like in that pic but if 5pc, the thin light wood would be Maple laminate or veneer as we used then. The Core looks dark but so does the picture. I would guess that the core is Mahogany, African species.

The '97' in the end is the year made. There should be a completion date on the label inside the back plate.

We made several body wing sets back then used on Bolt-on's and Neck thrus in 4, 5 and 6 string model basses. The theme was basically 'The African model' using all african woods for the Top, back, core and most of the feature woods bordering the wings and center, mainly in contrasting colors using Bubinga, Shedua and Zebrawood. That's what comes to mind. I have bought a small load of African Mahogany to try out as an alternative to the traditional tropical mahogany. The load yielded about 40-50 core sets so I just made these up with African Top woods and dubbed it 'African model' body wings.
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Old 06-05-2011, 11:48 PM
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I finally got my dream bass, the old mighty BMT6. I had the privilege to play it today at my church and I was blown away. Amazing instrument, truly a work of art and craftsmanship.
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Old 06-05-2011, 11:56 PM
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I finally got my dream bass, the old mighty BMT6. I had the privilege to play it today at my church and I was blown away. Amazing instrument, truly a work of art and craftsmanship.
This is the Hybrid between the BMT and BSR but basically a BMT with the BT point instead of the scoop which is sort of how the BSR was born. Beautiful Bass.
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Old 06-09-2011, 09:52 PM
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Here are two that I own. You can never go wrong with a Smith bass

BSR5EG:



BSR6P:


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