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NOBD: 2004 Fretless 5-string Ken Smith BSR5J
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Author:  belinmad [ June 28th, 2017, 5:19 am ]
Post subject:  NOBD: 2004 Fretless 5-string Ken Smith BSR5J
In the continuous quest to find perfect specimens, I ran into this baby on reverb.

I had been looking for a Ken Smith with J bars for about 5 years now, since the time I played a righty friend's model and was blown away by the sound. I would run a search every couple of months and come up empty handed. Until a couple of weeks ago, when this baby popped up.

I just took delivery, the bass is super comfortable and has killer looks. Will see about the sound once I get home and can plug it to the amp.

Apparently its a 2004, with a swamp ash body and a maple finish. The controls I believe are balance, low/mid/treble, vol, with a push/pull passive option. I've emailed KS to see if I can get more info

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Author:  tim [ June 28th, 2017, 5:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: NOBD: 2004 Fretless 5-string Ken Smith BSR5J
Congratulations!
Author:  paulo [ June 28th, 2017, 6:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: NOBD: 2004 Fretless 5-string Ken Smith BSR5J
Nice grain
Congrats!
Author:  gravesbass [ June 28th, 2017, 9:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: NOBD: 2004 Fretless 5-string Ken Smith BSR5J
Nice belinmad... I was watching and communicating with the seller for near a year. I really wanted that bass but had to pay off 2 incoming basses at the time. great score. Hope its a good one. Did you get in under 2k Euro's? That can also be upgraded with Ken's newer 18v electronic package with switches.
Author:  fivebass52 [ June 28th, 2017, 4:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: NOBD: 2004 Fretless 5-string Ken Smith BSR5J
Very nice! :o
Author:  ezstep [ June 29th, 2017, 5:06 am ]
Post subject:  Re: NOBD: 2004 Fretless 5-string Ken Smith BSR5J
Looks great! I have always wanted to play a KS, and fretless is even better.
Author:  belinmad [ June 29th, 2017, 5:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: NOBD: 2004 Fretless 5-string Ken Smith BSR5J
gravesbass wrote:
Nice belinmad... I was watching and communicating with the seller for near a year. I really wanted that bass but had to pay off 2 incoming basses at the time. great score. Hope its a good one. Did you get in under 2k Euro's? That can also be upgraded with Ken's newer 18v electronic package with switches.


Thanks! It did come a bit under 2k, yes, so pretty happy about that as well. I'm on my way home and I hope to test it during the weekend, so I'll report back.
What is the 18v package w switches? I briefly opened the back (I emailed Ken to get some more info on the bass so I needed the serial number), and I noticed its 18v.
Author:  AzWhoFan [ June 30th, 2017, 7:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: NOBD: 2004 Fretless 5-string Ken Smith BSR5J
Congrats!!
And unless someone has messed with the electronics, you are correct, they should be MV, blend, bass, mid, treble.
Author:  gravesbass [ June 30th, 2017, 10:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: NOBD: 2004 Fretless 5-string Ken Smith BSR5J
You have 18v. Great! Ken's MIDs are killer. actually the switches were for the series/parallel switching of the soap bars. That might not work with singles. Your good :)
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