SOLD: 1988 Ken Smith BT5 Custom Quilted Curly Maple (3 Knob Pre, black Headstock, Teardrop Case, Paperwork, Strap, 3 Sets Ken Smith Strings) £2600

[green]

I have to put this beauty up for sale.
It’s a BT5 Custom from early 1988 with beautiful quilted curly maple top and back, mahogany core, 5 piece maple/mahogany neck with graphite carbon fiber inlaid on both sides of the truss rod.
It has the rare 2band preamp with 3 knobs and the black headstock.
Comes in its original teardrop case, with original Smith strap, Paperwork documenting the quality queck, delivery date and serial number, and [s]three new sets[/s] two new sets of Ken Smith strings (40-58-80-102-120) - I did restring the bass today, so the third set is on the bass. Man, it sounds great with fresh strings !
It’s the complete package, so to speak.

The bass sounds incredible and has very low action. It’s just a dream to play. Over the decades, it has seen some playing. The bass has quite some mojo, there are dings and dongs here and there, buckle rash and some wear a bass gets while being played for 27 years, but everything works fine of course.

Specs:
- quilted curly maple top and back
- mahogany core
- 5 piece maple / mahogany neck with carbon reinforcement
- ebony fingerboard
- 9V 2band preamp (3 knob layout)
- gold hardware
- including paperwork, original teardrop case, original strap, 3 sets of Ken Smith strings
- weight: only 4.0 kg / 8.9 lbs !!!

[size=5]The price I'm asking is £ 2600 or 3500 €. Picking the bass up in Germany is no problem either.[/size]
[size=5]By the way: no trades. Sorry for that.[/size]

If there are any questions or price quotes, just drop me a message.

Edited October 17, 2015 by green

[White Cloud]

Oh my....breathtaking. Somehow these are so much nicer than the new breed Smiths imho.

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[rogerwilliamsen]

Wow. Love it.

[green]

thanks

[littleal]

Just what I'm looking for, if my one sells I'll be on this,,

[green]

sounds good. hope it sells, then ;-)

[basspro557]

Beautiful!!! Love those Old Smith's they Sound Great!

[green]

thanks, basspro557
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i put new strings on the bass today and did a proper setup. sounds amazing.[/font][/color][color=#141414][font=Georgia,]
grab it while you can![/font][/color]

[georges]

hi,
what is original the bridge (gold) or tuning machines (black)?
regards

[green]

both read "smith", so i would say both.
i seem to be the third owner of this bass. the preowner had it since the early 90s and he said it's all original.

[green]

let me tell you: i was never able to set the string action SO low on any instrument before! the strings are so low, they're virtually under the frets! ;-)

sounds amazing for finger funk, and tapping would be so easy (but i can't taphaha).
slapping feels great.light strings, low action, massive tone!

[green]

still for sale

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[grooveit]

Hi,

bass is located in Germany (Cologne), right? I live about 150km from there. Still for sale? I'm really interested in your KS, beautiful bass.
Details via pm?

[green]

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[Kiwi]

It's a little more than the BSR models, but these BT versions have a lot more growl in my experience.

[green]

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[green]

on hold

[green]

for sale again.
don't let the chance pass to get this vintage beauty.
you know, these rare vintage instruments are like classic cars: the price will always go up, not down over time ;-)

[green]

feel free to make an offer

[green]

SOLD