Show your Smith bass!

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Chris Fox

If the seller is to be believed, all mods came straight from the shop. He claimed to have worked at KSB in the 1990's, and told me he had this bass built while employed there. His name is Scott He_ _ _ _d. It was sold without a case, btw.

The pics are interesting. First one is the lower bout: no jack plug hole ever drilled as far as I can tell.



Next is the control cavity. Yes, jack plug goes through the rout usually designated for tone pot. Looks like pretty good work to me! And if anyone would like to chime in, I'd like to know whether this is the old 9v BT circuit, or if it's the BMT minus the mid.



And finally, here's the maker's mark.



So there you have it. I'd be interested to hear anything that Ken might recollect or have to say about the bass or the story that came with it. And I appreciate your eyes, Tim: I haven't spent enough time with enough different KS basses to be able to quickly discern something as noticeable as a jack plug where a tone pot should be!

Well, looks like this bass was ordered this way. Nice bass, very clean. I have a '92 BT5G Zebra. Looks similar to this one, except a neck-thru with same woods, however, 3 band pre. I LOVE it!

[Tim Bishop]

BTW- Looks like the original 2-band BT pre to me.

[Chris Fox]

Ken, Tim--wow. Thanks so much for the backstory and assessment. While conducting the transaction with Scott, he said repeatedly this was a special bass, and he couldn't have been more right. So glad it's mine.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Chris Fox

Ken, Tim--wow. Thanks so much for the backstory and assessment. While conducting the transaction with Scott, he said repeatedly this was a special bass, and he couldn't have been more right. So glad it's mine.

Yep, I hear ya. Looks and sounds like you got a keeper!

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Tim Bishop

BTW- Looks like the original 2-band BT pre to me.

Tim/Chris, this was the 9v BT/BMT 4 or 5 knob circuit that came out in late 1992.

[Chris Fox]

I wanted a production-level J-bass-ish 5 string, and after realizing how much I love my CR-5, I thought, well, duh. So I sold my EBMM Sterling 5, scoured the internet, and found this in Los Angeles. A bit of text messaging, Paypal, and Fedex, and here she is.





So now I have low and medium tiers covered. Next up: a high-end, neck-through. That one'll take a bit more time and marital finessing. But for now, I'm there.

[Jason Wilson]

Loving my new bass. Feels lovely and sounds even better
I just like opening the case & looking at it for a while....... maybe I'm odd

[Desmund Nichols]

A pic of mine

[Desmund Nichols]

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Loving my new bass. Feels lovely and sounds even better
I just like opening the case & looking at it for a while....... maybe I'm odd

Im so jealous. But I have a Black Tiger, and I didn't feel the need to have two basses that produce the same tone.

[Lou Laurenti]

Originally Posted by 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!

Super Nice bass Bob

[Dave Ruiz]

Hey guys,

I'm new to the forum, just though I'd show off my bass. It's a BSR5PE in Quilted Maple, Mahogany Core.

[Rory Lane]

Very Nice!

[Bob Faulkner]

Originally Posted by Lou Laurenti

Super Nice bass Bob

Thanks!

That 5PE is also awesome!

[Desmund Nichols]

my new BSR5EG. maple/maple with walnut laminates. This one may be my favorite.

This one is different because it has the 3-way switches Series/Single Coil/Parallel. Just gives me more options for sounds.

[Roberto Zecchinelli]

Stunning trio!

[Andy Robertson]

I just picked up my new BSR7EG from Ken a couple of weeks ago......I absolutely love it! It is Western Maple Core and Tiger Maple top and back. It joins my 7 year old 6 String 'Black Tiger' in the set up! I'll post more pictures of the Black Tiger shortly!

[Andy Robertson]

And here is the Black Tiger....

[Nick Foster]

Various live shots...

[ED LOZANO]

Have not posted my pic in a while. Better get to work on some action shots though.

[AndreAlmeida]

New member here. Found this beauty literally abandoned in a long time closed to public second hand musicstore. Burner Custom Red. Hope you enjoy!
Amazing how the red turns into orange against the light... sexiness...