Ken Smith Design (KSD) 70s 6-string Jazz - PRICE REDUCED £599 - now with video demo £750

[therealting 869]

For sale: my beautiful 70s-style Ken Smith Design (KSD) 6-string J bass in very good condition. I’d wanted a six-string jazz for a very long time, but they are few and far between! When I first got this the stock pickups had a weird narrow magnetic field which meant the B and C strings weren’t balanced with the rest. I’ve had pricey and highly regarded Basstec pickups (from Schack) put in, as well as a nice ME 2-band boost-only preamp installed (lovely work as usual by Feline Guitars). Little tone monster now, but I have my eye on a medium scale so needs must.

Ash body in natural finish, bound maple fingerboard on maple neck, white pearloid pickguard and block markers. Grover tuners, Hipshot bridge, recessed Dunlop strap locks. I’ve ultrasonically cleaned the strings (but as they’re well-played in I’d expect any buyer to want to replace them, especially if you like zing).

Now just £599 collected in SE London (Greenwich, Bromley, Croydon).

Edited October 24, 2020 by therealting

[therealting 869]

Respectful offers considered for collection. 

[therealting 869]

Price reduced to £700 collected for this rare six string Jazz. Try me with offers!

(ideally a medium scale Precision or DC45 sized Nordstrand six-string pickups)

Edited March 4, 2019 by therealting

[therealting 869]

Now down to just £649 collected. 

[therealting 869]

Reasonable offers considered. 

[therealting 869]

Reduced to £625 collected from SE London.

[roceci 45]

Lovely bass. What's the string spacing at the bridge and does it do passive?

[BringdafunkBradley 0]

Hey thats an amazing bass would you consider shipping to edinburgh? 

[therealting 869]

I’m happy to pack it up if you’re happy to pay for and arrange collection.

[roceci 45]

Hi mate. I messaged you about this bass back in April! Still very interested. Are you picking up your PMs? 😀

[roceci 45]

Hellllooooo

[therealting 869]

Sorry for the radio silence, @roceci and all. I’ve finally managed to put together a little demo of the bass. Please ignore the buzzing at the beginning - I think there is a ground connection issue with my Ditto looper pedal - and also my sloppy playing, but it’s not the bass!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0nensch7v4i4fjh/KSD6 Looper Demo.mov?dl=0

[TheGreek 5,404]

Did this sell?

[therealting 869]

@TheGreek Nope, still here

[Hellzero 3,915]

One sixer out of 38 for sale on BassChat !!!

[therealting 869]

Six string jazzes are rare. You want this 🙃

[alex_1_2_3 28]

Is this still available? How much does it weigh? 

[slapierro 0]

HI can you answer please for the strings spacing at the bridge?

Can you send by shipping too?

[therealting 869]

2 hours ago, slapierro said:

HI can you answer please for the strings spacing at the bridge?

Can you send by shipping too?

String spacing is 18-18.5mm adjustable. I’m happy to pack the bass for shipping if you pay in advance and arrange a courier to collect. 

[therealting 869]

Shipping is available if you’re happy to arrange it (really easy, economical and fully insured via EuroSender)!

[therealting 869]

Best value six string Jazz!

[therealting 869]

70s-style six string Jazz!

[k-sad 34]

Weight? 

[therealting 869]

6 minutes ago, k-sad said:

Weight? 

It’s 5.5kg so definitely no featherweight, but not ridiculous for a six string version of a Jazz - those heavier ash bodies are a part of what makes that 70s Jazz sound (many of the original late 70s Jazzes around around 5kg for a four string).

[k-sad 34]

Yup, I have a 5 string version and it weighs in at 5 kilos!!! 

Very nice sounding, loads of bass for the money!!! 

Glws

BTW mate, it's 35" scale right? 

Edited September 5, 2020 by k-sad