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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 EDIT - The back is beautiful too... last shot from the same session: Last edited by Ronen Tat; 12-26-2010 at 12:11 PM. |
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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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Here's a pic. of a CR5M I owned for a while together with my BSR5M.
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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. Last edited by Mike Jenkins; 02-08-2011 at 09:39 AM. |
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Laptop?
Great pics, Mike!
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awesome pics man.. Nice family there!
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wow!
that's incredible looking! Congrats!
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Spledid!
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That is a beautiful thing! Congrats! |
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Some photos from last Thursday gig.
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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? Frederick |
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Need help?
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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Frederick T Schurger - CR5G
The following pic is from Frederick T Schurger for view on this thread.
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Well...
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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What style?
The bass you show in the pic would be similar to the "BT" body-style of today.
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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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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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the Hybrid..
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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