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Alors voici ma BT custom de 88 avec sa superbe touche en ébène de Macassar Autant dire que c'est un avion, quel son!!!!!  

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Séance photos prévue très vite... Vu la belle, c'est péché de mettre des photos de portable, surtout vu la qualité de mon portable... Sitôt que c'est fait, je post !... ;-)

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Voici le détail et les réponses de chez Ken smith en ce qui concerne les Burner et KSD. ça aura le mérite de clarifier quelques approximations lus ça et là.

Ok, I had the Burner first made in 1989 in Japan, copied from a BT 5G bass and the models were then made with woods we supplied and completed all the basses in our shop. We did them thru 1998 and then made the BSR Burner for 2 years ending in 2000/Y2K. That was the USA/Japan Burners that say Ken Smith on the head.

A few years ago as the KSD's were in full swing (from about 2004) I suggested to Brooklyn Gear (the old KSD producer) to start making BSR-Burners in Korea (where they were then made) along with the KSD J-copies. This was due to a possible lawsuit by Fender trying to stop the world from using the Jazz body shape. Having a design of my own already and quite popular I had BG send my samples to the Factory to make in either case, win or loose. In the process, a new Factory in China was hired as the Koren Factory was not delivering as well as before, possibly due to the competition from China. The other companies that only copy would have had have a tougher time surviving if Fender were to win their case. For me, I wished Fender the best as I would prefer all companies make original designs.

Anyway, Fender lost that fight and BG was in the process of turning over the KSD project to their fulfillment house at the time, D'Andrea co. who was doing the actual importing already from Korea and then China as the making of the basses were switched to a more reliable shop.

At this same time, Sleek Elite in Japan had already been making higher end handmade J-models for the Japan market with my blessing and some of my design work as well. I also supplied them with some wood parts and hardware or electronics as needed. Sleek Elite (SE) was on their own to use whatever parts they thought necessary. It was their bass, not mine and it was called KSD Brooklyn, no affiliation with the former Brooklyn Gear company at all.

Then SE started making the Burner models again with my blessing and help but made only a very high end model for Hadrien Feraud. This is the HF KSD Burner.

So, you have the old KSB produced/imported Burners (BT and BSR) from 1989-2000 from Ken Smith Basses, the KSD line now produced by D'Andrea in both J-models and BSR models and the handmade basses by Sleek Elite under the name KSD Brooklyn in both a J-model and the original Burner/BT-bolt-on as used by Hadrien Feraud.

What was the question again?.. lol

Oh, an contrary to erroneous belief as displayed on some pages over at TalkBass by the misinformed, I was and still is the consulted designer as well as the Licensor of all KSD (Ken Smith Design) products. I consult regularly on KSD matters with both Sleek Elite as well as D'Andrea (and Brooklyn Gear in the past) on both design, materials and even marketing of the KSD products. I never left or severed my relationships with any KSD produced product and have been paid Royalties from the start as well as currently and going forward. I own the name KSD/Ken Smith Design and have no intention of disassociating myself with a product and name that is now world recognized and accepted in various price points and markets worldwide.

For those of you that also chat on TB, please tell them to disregard false rumors to the contrary. The truth is the truth and the horses mouth has just spoke..wink.gif
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gargouill Grand Master

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2300 euros mon ex KS :mf_depressed:

http://www.leboncoin.fr/instruments_de_musique/700318734.htm?ca=21_s

Achetée 1900 euros sur Basschat et échangée contre une Roscoe Beck sur ce forum ( plus jamais de braderie )

Soit elle a changé depuis moi, soit les photos sont très réussies.

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laumiles Proficient

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Hello,

Je pense vendre ma Ken Smith! Elle est quasiment neuve... Besoin d'argent :mf_fart: sinon je la garderai.

Voilà c'est celle ci:

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