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Gospel Instruments => Bass Guitar => Topic started by: 6stringapprentice on February 11, 2010, 05:22:17 AM
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Ladies and Gentlemen and Bassist, There is a reason why you should be up at 4 in the morning surfing the deep recesses of ebay. GAS is something extremely powerful. More powerful than you could ever believe.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160402773030&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160402773030&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT)
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Your fast too!!! I just saw that last night.
Looks like a very nice acquisition. Congratulations
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Ladies and Gentlemen and Bassist, There is a reason why you should be up at 4 in the morning surfing the deep recesses of ebay. GAS is something extremely powerful. More powerful than you could ever believe.
[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160402773030&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT[/url] ([url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160402773030&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT[/url])
Notice that the item has ended. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
dude, when i was lookin for mine i started noticing SOOO many people buying these and NOT liking them and selling them for a huge discount, some with upgrades (their loss, our gain). Talkbass alone had 5 string MTDs a-plenty and a few 6'ers. GAS is powerful, so powerful that i almost bit the bullet about 5 or 6 times on that model, before the Lord made that cherry and maple one that longed for available. Didnt regret or second-thought that purchase not once, which was a first for me. I was gonna make some mods, but i'll hold off on that for now, just probably an Aguilar pre before the musical i gotta play at the end of March.
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I was thinking to get this as my next bass....when I get a job of course, but congrats looking forward to hearing it in videos
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Sweet man!! Now hurry up and make a video so we can see/hear it....
congrats! The Lord be working it out!!!
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that thing right there is amazing my man, and you got a nice deal on it for only a G, those kingston's in my opinion can easily compete with the american made mtds
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I see you transplanted the smith pickups!
What preamp is in that joint?
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I see you transplanted the smith pickups!
What preamp is in that joint?
If I'm not mistaken, it was purchased that way. They seller had made the mods.
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If I'm not mistaken, it was purchased that way. They seller had made the mods.
you're correct. I just looked at the ebay add in depth.
The only thing i would change is that obp-3...lol
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Yeah I'll see how long it lasts in this bass. It made it a couple of months in the brice. I've been running passive for a while now some I'm just getting used not having to reach over to my outboard pre to change eq. Had to throw on the pointer knobs give it a bit more american look.
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Hey nice bass...I did see that on Ebay when I was surfing around for a Kingston 5. I have a question for you. With the Ken Smith pickups, how close are you getting to that Ken Smith sound? I noticed when I was bass shopping that the Ken Smith site now sells their electronics. I was thinking about modding a bass with their electronics.
Browntree
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. I Chronicles 15:16
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Yeah I'll see how long it lasts in this bass. It made it a couple of months in the brice. I've been running passive for a while now some I'm just getting used not having to reach over to my outboard pre to change eq. Had to throw on the pointer knobs give it a bit more american look.
where did u get the knobs from. been thinking about changing the ones on mine.
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Hey nice bass...I did see that on Ebay when I was surfing around for a Kingston 5. I have a question for you. With the Ken Smith pickups, how close are you getting to that Ken Smith sound? I noticed when I was bass shopping that the Ken Smith site now sells their electronics. I was thinking about modding a bass with their electronics.
Browntree
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. I Chronicles 15:16
you can get the exact same "Smith pickups" from Kent Armstrong for like $150 cheaper then what ken sells them for. Ask me how i know ;) ;D
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you can get the exact same "Smith pickups" from Kent Armstrong for like $150 cheaper then what ken sells them for. Ask me how i know ;) ;D
LOL...I see great minds think alike...
Browntree
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. I Chronicles 15:16
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you can get the exact same "Smith pickups" from Kent Armstrong for like $150 cheaper then what ken sells them for. Ask me how i know ;) ;D
i would like to know what u mean. are the pickups made by the same people? (so in other words "How u know?")
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Actually as crazy as it seems I was never after a authentic smith sound. I just wanted a better high end after the barts. A bunch of the smith sound comes from two places the pickups themselves and the placement. Both pickups on a smith are much closer to the bridge than a standard bass. Now this is where I actually like the distinction. With smith pickups in a standard pickup placment you can get the signiture smith upper-mids and highs while mantaining the more natural sounding acoustic lows of the bass. This means its much easier to eq out the smith sound than it is on a smith. Overall it resulsts in more versitility IMO.
On kent armstrong. Yes kent armstrong has been making smith pickups for a long time. How do you know. Well trade secrets don't stay that too long and the pickups look the same are the same texture and use the same tab wiring system. Kent just like bartolini has his custom line which you have to order from him and a much cheaper line that sell at warmoth and places like that. Ken smith 6 string flat tops are $345
Got the knobs from effectsconnection for $5 shipped
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i would like to know what u mean. are the pickups made by the same people? (so in other words "How u know?")
kent armstrong is who makes the ken smith pickups. Ken just slaps his name on them. Call up kent and ask him :-)
With that being said I put them in the stank nasty.
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With smith pickups in a standard pickup placment you can get the signiture smith upper-mids and highs while mantaining the more natural sounding acoustic lows of the bass. This means its much easier to eq out the smith sound than it is on a smith. Overall it resulsts in more versitility IMO.
I wholeheartedly agree. I can get back to a thick, but rich tone or to a very modern hi-fi tone without that "thick" low end. It's really nice.
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kent armstrong is who makes the ken smith pickups. Ken just slaps his name on them. Call up kent and ask him :-)
With that being said I put them in the stank nasty.
which one is the stank nasty? and is it stankier or nastier?
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yo all since you got dat mtd, will you be selling that beautiful brice bass anytime soon....lol
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kent armstrong is who makes the ken smith pickups. Ken just slaps his name on them. Call up kent and ask him :-)
With that being said I put them in the stank nasty.
how do i get in touch with kent?
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I am not sure what I am going to do with the brice yet. It's not really in selling condition right now. I need to get a preamp and the pickup switches back in there. If I do sell it I will probably sell the rogue also.
Here's a clip of kent's custom pickups. My ears tell me he proably winds smith's custom pickups a little differently but you can here the similarties.
kent armstrong soapbar ks6 and kent armstrong mm3 preamp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmuiiwLKEzs#)
Also here's a link to kent's handmade line of pickups. http://www.kentarmstrong-handmade.com/ (http://www.kentarmstrong-handmade.com/)
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you think those pickups will fit my peavey grind?
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you think those pickups will fit my peavey grind?
You would probably have to email him to check his 5 string sizes.
Finally got around to recording some samples. I was waiting for my preamp to arrive. I didn't think anything could trump getting a new bass but my new preamp may have done it. I got my hands on an old out of production trace elliot GP12 smx preamp. It has dual blendable front ends 1 High Q FET solid state and 1 High Q full 150V tube channel. 12 band graphic eq and dual band compression and more connections than you will ever need.
TR-Bump (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ofwjV-3DQw#)
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how do i get in touch with kent?
Call him: 802-843-1065 (or email...don't have the email addy in my phone).
I've got a set of his "ken smith" custom pup's in one of my basses. Jeremy is right tho, Kent does make the Smith pups....Ken Smith just puts his name on them. The tone (to my ears) does sound slightly different in my bass but I think that's due to different wood combinations than the Ken Smith basses but as for the pickups go, they're identical (again, to my ears).
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nice mtd4lyfe cover! im assuming that's you, and im assuming its w the smith pickups and aggie pre. im about to grab a Z6 myself, and i was gonna go with bart quad coils and a bart 3 band, but that clip has me thinking about kent armstrong pickups