Show your Smith bass!

[Bob Faulkner]

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.

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

And a more recent picture:



I love looking at Smith basses so show em off!

[Richard Prowse]

Wow Bob!
I've only seen one KS bass down here... it was a 6 string and made my mouth water.
Mind you, I've just put strings on my '78 fretted jazz bass and it's really honking!

[Bob Faulkner]

I was originally going to get a Jackson custom fretless bass but they "lost my order" after 5 months of a projected 9 went by, even though I had a printed copy of the order and a fax copy of the design. They refused to budge and said I would have to reorder and look at another 9 months for delivery so I told em to forget it (hind sight being 20/20 I'm very happy this happened). When I was in Guitar Center that day they had a used Smith 5 string (forget the exact model) there and I played it for about an hour. It was an incredible instrument. I still can't fathom what someone traded it in for. Anyway, I went home and did some research on Smith basses and the 2 days later was on a conference call with Guitar Center and Ken discussing the details of my custom bass order.


He projected 7 months if I recall and delivered it in 5. When I went to pick it up there were a lot of salivating people standing around admiring it when I walked in.

And Ken, I see you edited my post to add Smith to the title. I assumed people would know I meant show your Smith Bass. And how about showing us some of your personal favorite basses you have produced or currently still play?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Bob Faulkner

I was originally going to get a Jackson custom fretless bass but they "lost my order" after 5 months of a projected 9 went by, even though I had a printed copy of the order and a fax copy of the design. They refused to budge and said I would have to reorder and look at another 9 months for delivery so I told em to forget it (hind sight being 20/20 I'm very happy this happened). When I was in Guitar Center that day they had a used Smith 5 string (forget the exact model) there and I played it for about an hour. It was an incredible instrument. I still can't fathom what someone traded it in for. Anyway, I went home and did some research on Smith basses and the 2 days later was on a conference call with Guitar Center and Ken discussing the details of my custom bass order.


He projected 7 months if I recall and delivered it in 5. When I went to pick it up there were a lot of salivating people standing around admiring it when I walked in.

And Ken, I see you edited my post to add Smith to the title. I assumed people would know I meant show your Smith Bass. And how about showing us some of your personal favorite basses you have produced or currently still play?

Well, that's a tough one. I play every Bass that goes out and once in awhile, a Bass hits me like real personally. It could be the feel, the sound, the looks or all of it.

I changed your title so there would be zero confusion about what we wanna see up here.

On the GC thing, just a friendly note, as we no longer do business with GC. Anyone wishing to buy a Smith, contact us directly so we can either steer you to a Smith dealer in your normal direct shopping area (your town) or sell you directly which we often do now as we have cut many of our dead-beat dealers in place of servicing our customers better.

Beautiful bass you have there by the way...

[Frank Richards I]

Hey Bob, I have to wonder myself when I hear of people getting rid of their Smith ... especially someone like Andrew Gouche, who recently sold his (older body style) 6 string on - believe it or not - his MYSPACE site ! On top of that, he endorses Tobias basses, and has about 5 or 6 of them.
I think I'm gonna throw up ...
I thank Ken for actually selling these things after finishing laboring for six months - hell, I would just keep them all for myself ! Which is exactly what I will do with this one ... Shame on you Andrew.

[Bob Faulkner]

pictures please!

[Alejandro Zorrilla]

This is my 92´ Burner, having good results from it.

[Bob Faulkner]

Nice. It looks brand new! Hard to believe that thing is 17 years old!

[Jason Mendelson]

My Smiths!

'96 BMT Elite G 6 String Fretted






'98 BSR Elite G 6 Frettless

[Bob Faulkner]

Wow.. Those are some beautiful basses man. The grain pattern on that BSR is incredible!

[Jason Mendelson]

Originally Posted by Bob Faulkner

Wow.. Those are some beautiful basses man. The grain pattern on that BSR is incredible!

Thanks I love it too! Was really pleased when I got it for the first time!

I like your 4 string... Ive been thinking of getting a lesser stringed smith

[Jeff Bollbach]

Gotta be brazilian lace wood, eh?

[Jason Mendelson]

I think the reason it looks different is since the wood is cut crossing the grain rather then along with it like on tobias basses and other lacewood tops ive seen...

[Jason Mendelson]

Beautiful quilted top you got there!

The 5 strings feel great! Would love to add that one to my collection

I have a new smith on the way... a KSD...

[Alejandro Zorrilla]

By the way, do any of you guys have problem with heavy heads? I mean, my 92´ burner´s got a huge head and when it comes to play this bass standing up, OMG, the neck goes all the way down.
If this ever happened to you how did you manage to control it?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Alejandro Zorrilla

By the way, do any of you guys have problem with heavy heads? I mean, my 92´ burner´s got a huge head and when it comes to play this bass standing up, OMG, the neck goes all the way down.
If this ever happened to you how did you manage to control it?

On the Basses with our original BT shape, most players rest their arm on the Body when playing.







And Stanley here;

Players shown above; Derrick Murdock, KC Hunter and Jimmy Ali.

[Vernon Craig]

Man, am I glad to see this!

Thanks for setting this kind of thing up, Mr. Smith.

I am a loyal Smith player. I've had MANY basses and yours are the ones I keep coming back to... I shall never stray from the fold again.

Here's my baby, It's a BSR-6 Elite G with a Morado top & back.

I'm not the original owener... I think I'm the 3rd. But in it's history, the finish is not perfect. I'm wondering if you do refinshes to give it back that "like new" appearance and feel?

Oh, and by the way...
I call dibs on the first
BSR7EG / MD7 or BB7FE25 that gets posed for sale on this (or any) website!!

[Ken Smith]

Yes, we do all sorts of restorations on our Basses unless it's been run over by a truck and then burned at the stake. If a Smith Bass can be restored, we will take the job.

On the 7-string, we had 2 of them in stock for quite a while and then in one week out of the blue, we get two separate calls and see them both..
Go figure..

[Vernon Craig]

But I'm partial to darker tops and ever since ebay changed their policy to hide the names of bidders when the price exceeds a certain amount, I don't even participate.... too easy to get taken advantage of...ebay is for sellers... NOT buyers. Plus, at that price, I will save for a new one instead of a 2 year old one.

However, that IS a really nice looking one. I bet it plays like BUTTA!! I've been saving for 6 months, by the end of this year, I should be ready to place my order. Hopefully, there'll be a stoopid curly piece of cocobolo laying around!!

[Bill Doss]

Mr. Smith,

I think that your instruments are awesome and I am glad that you offer the refurbishing services. I shipped my CR5GMW to you today. It is outstanding that in this day and age you can pick up the phone and speak to the craftsman himself about your instrument.

Thank you,

Bill Doss