* White Tiger models are now in stock *

NOTE:*Street Prices (actual price) as of April, 2013*

Note: The pictures you see on the website are NOT the exact Basses that we have in stock. They are only pictures of Basses that were previously made and shown as examples only. Please contact us with any questions you might have about options, wood species or grades.
The Tiger Elite Series
Black Tiger and White Tiger Elite models

 
      Many of the former GN, MS and Elite models sold in the last few years are basically the same wood combinations as used in the Black Tiger models as well as its new sister version, the White Tiger. The White Tiger is basically the reverse of the Black Tiger model in the wood mixing and combinations. We have decided to make a combined 'Series' of models called 'The Tiger Series'. These are available in the same combinations as before with the addition of the 3-pc Maple/Walnut and Walnut/Maple MS series basses we have been making for the last few years. The MS version will be called the Black Tiger Standard or White Tiger Standard coded as TNS or WTS. The Black Tiger code has always been in Latin 'Tigre Negro' aka TN so as not to be confused with out older BT model which stood for Bass/Treble when it first came in in 1981 and now called our Vintage BT shape. Putting the prefix letters TN in reverse in Latin instead of BT has helped to avoid confusion.

NECK 5-piece Laminated Aged Hardrock Maple & Ovankol/Shedua with Graphite Inlaid Bars and matching wood or Ebony Headstock overlay. Now Standard with Reverse 2/3 Gears on 5-String Models.
FINGERBOARD Macassar Ebony with Mother of Pearl Top & Side Dots (Optional Abalone)
BODY WINGS
(5-Piece Laminated Bookmatched Top & Back with contrasting Laminates)

Black Tiger Elite: Highly Figured *4A Grade Figured Walnut Top & Back with Tiger Maple Core and Contrasting Laminates

White Tiger Elite: Highly Figured *4A Grade Tiger Maple Top & Back with Black Walnut Core and Contrasting Laminates.

* for more available options see our 2013 Price & Options List
FINISH Classic Hand Rubbed High Gloss Catalyzed Lacquer (opt. Hand Rubbed Dutch Varnish over Stradivari Gold Oil, "Ken's Secret Sauce")
HARDWARE Gold Smith Hardware & Dunlop "Flush Mount"  Straploks. (Dual SL opt)
ELECTRONICS Smith B.M.T. 3-Band 18-Volt EQ Circuit with internal adjustable DIP Frequency Switches for Bass, Mid. & Treble with Pickup Blend and Master Volume Control (Made in U.S.A.) & Smith Custom Bass Humbucking Pickups with Series/Parallel Switches.
(BT)5WTVE (BSR)4TNE
Fretless		 (BSR)5TNE (BSR)5TNE (BSR)6TNE (BSR)6TNE
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Model

'STREET' $

4TNE & 4WTE or VE(BT Vintage)

$5,900

5TNE & 5WTE or VE(BT Vintage)

$6,000

6TNE & 6WTE or VE(BT Vintage)

$6,200

Note: All $ Include Smith Hardshell Case

~OPTIONS~
Options Available on Tiger Elite Series Models  'STREET' $
7-Piece Body Wings w/Contrasting Laminates $300
7-Piece Maple/Shedua (Ovankol) Neck  $500
Fretless Ebony Fingerboard (*Blank or Lined, Side Dots Only)
$100
Left Handed Model   
$200

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