Show your Smith bass!

[Tim Bishop]

The Eden WT-550 is one of Eden's best, if not the best, bass heads ever made; period. So, if your are looking for a bass head that can handle the job, congratulations, you've got it. Now it's up to you to learn how to use it; whether its the DI out and/or with the appropriate cabinets and speaker configurations.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Juliano Mourao

....Then I had an idea of searching on the web for somehow to met Gerardo Lalo Carrillo (another vip of Ken Smith list), bass player of Luis Miguel, to get more information about his rig. So, I found his page on Facebook and I left there my question. He answered a few days later but did not clarify nothing. His answer was basically this: "El sonido que usted busca esta en tus dedos y en tu corazon" (The tone that you are serching for is in your fingers and in your heart).
Unsatisfied with this answer....

"Unsatisfied with this answer"?.... Sorry to hear you are "unsatisfied" with this answer. There's much truth in this answer and spoken with experience to back it up. You should keep this in mind as you develop your ear, playing style and experience.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Juliano Mourao

....I left another message asking if in that show (LIVE) he was using some effects module. He said no, that connects his bass directly to mixer (console).
....

Not surprised at this answer.

In the end, what you are hearing is both an experienced bass player and sound engineer: It's a great mix for sure, however, it takes both individuals and experience to make it happen.

[Ken Smith]

Looks like that re-finished Bass has the wrong strings as well. Also, what finish is it if re-done? The finish has a sound too! If not my finish, it will not have all of my sound.

[Bob Faulkner]

I hate to say it, but the answer you got is not far off from the truth. While the bass definitely has a major role in the tone, the same bass sounds very different based on who is playing it. My bass sounds totally different to me when someone else plays it.

Tone is a product of the bass, the amp/effects, and the bassist. The clip you provided did seem to have a tube compressed sound to me, but a tone similar to that is definitely alive somewhere in that bass you have. I can get pretty close to that with my fretless Smith, and he's playing with frets, so it's living somewhere in those EQ knobs. I also play through a Peavey Firebass 700 amp which is solid state just like your TNT, and the tone is in there.

[frederic vidal]

It's time to show you my love









It' a 92 BT6

I bought this bass to a guy who change the preamp to a 4 knob glockenlang preamp...

I decided to buy and install the real and the only one Ken Smith 3 knob one and a luthier behind my place worked on it.

He had to make a little peace of wood and add on the hole.

Tell me what do you think...





To Ken,

what do you think about the work on it ?

[David Wolliston]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2313849...7623500694357/

[Bob Faulkner]

on both accounts!

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by frederic vidal

It's time to show you my love









It' a 92 BT6

I bought this bass to a guy who change the preamp to a 4 knob glockenlang preamp...

I decided to buy and install the real and the only one Ken Smith 3 knob one and a luthier behind my place worked on it.

He had to make a little peace of wood and add on the hole.

Tell me what do you think...





To Ken,

what do you think about the work on it ?

The repair from 4 knobs back to the original 3 look to be very well done.

[frederic vidal]

Thanks Ken, i was afraid about that but i'm very happy now, a very good job by an excellent french luthier.

[Saul Hurtado]

Hi to everybody. This is my first time posting here. I started playing bass when I was 12 years old, and when I turned 15 I heard the first Ken Smith bass and I was amazed at the sound it produced! Since that age I've been obsessed with a Ken Smith, I will say it's the bass of my dreams!!! I started playing at church, so by the age of 17 I played with a Christian band down in Mexico so the director of the band bought a Ken Smith bass for me. I was so excited but I didn't enjoy it for the simple fact that it wasn't mine. Lets fast forward that 12 years later and now I own my Ken Smith that I have always wanted, here are the spec.

Model: BSR6GN
Walnut Top & Back/Tiger Maple Core, 5pc Neck through/Macasar Ebony Fingerboard w/Mother of Pearl Top & Side dots, series/parallel switch.

Like I said I haven't not picked up a bass in 12 years so today I received my brand new Ken Smith bass and I practiced for about an hour, my fingers are hurting. The muscle memory is still there but not the agility. I'm very happy with my Ken Smith I finally have my dream bass and it sounds amazing.

I stopped playing bass because I joined the military so I didn't have time to practice and I just left it. But now that I'm settled in I plan on playing again, and even better why not start playing with your dream bass. Ken what do you do to your basses that sound amazing!!! I'm a VERY VERY VERY HAPPY CUSTOMER!!! I'm new here so I don't know how to post pictures of my bass, so here are the links to my facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...1&id=754271116

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...d=410104601116

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...d=410104611116

[Tim Bishop]

Hey Saul,

Not able to view your Facebook. Could be a Facebook permissions issue. You should try and use Photobucket as your source for pics. From there, you can post those links here on the Forum. Photobucket is a free image hosting site.

[Tim Bishop]

Here's the link to Photobucket:

http://photobucket.com/

Just sign-up and start uploading your pics and you'll be good to go.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Saul Hurtado

I stopped playing bass because I joined the military so I didn't have time to practice and I just left it.

Thank you for your service!

[Saul Hurtado]

Thanks Tim for the link, I created a photobucket account hopefully it'll work this time, here are the links. By the way I bought my Ken Smith thru Bass Central down in Florida and those guys are amazing, they were very helpful and military friendly. Here are the links to my new bass, hope this time it works.

http://s828.photobucket.com/albums/z...t=CIMG1488.jpg

http://s828.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg&newest=1

http://s828.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg&newest=1

http://s828.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg&newest=1

http://s828.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg&newest=1

[Tim Bishop]

Yes! Works great and your bass looks beautiful!

[Saul Hurtado]

Thanks Tim I still have to settle in my mind that I own a Ken Smith, just received it today so I'm still a little shocked! Ken I will say that I have played a lot of basses, example (Michael Tobias, Modulus, Pedulla ect) and they sound good, but they tend to imitate the sound of a Ken Smith. I can't stop saying how happy of a customer I am!!! Now my next goal is to get a nice amp.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Saul Hurtado

Thanks Tim I still have to settle in my mind that I own a Ken Smith, just received it today so I'm still a little shocked!....

I've been playing Smith basses now for 12 years and counting and don't think I could be any more satisfied.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Saul Hurtado

....Now my next goal is to get a nice amp.

There's allot of nice light-weight amps out there on the market that can put out around 500W at 4 ohms and weigh around 4lbs.

[Saul Hurtado]

moderator please feel free to direct me to the correct forum. Tim, for the past 12 years I've been a fan of SWR and DAVID EDEN. I have played with many basses and different type of transducer amps. When I was playing that Ken Smith at the Christian band I played with a 4X10 Hartke cabinet and a 200w head. I was not impressed and that's is probably why I didn't not enjoyed the Ken Smith. On the other hand I've played a Ken Smith thru an SWR and a DAVID EDEN and OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH my GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD it sounds amaing. Completely different sound!!!!