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Bill Bernhard
08-02-2007, 08:32 PM
A Smith on a Country Session! Yep.
Not as cool as all that funk, jazz and hot playing that's been posted. But kind of a Smith on a "blue collar" day, LOL
Tracks 1 thru 9, my 1985 BT 4 string, passive, set neck
http://www.sparklingspirit.com/danj/ourmusic.htm
Bill
Dennis Michaels
08-03-2007, 11:27 AM
You guys sound good. Don't diss what you are doing in the name of perceived cool. You guys sound good and I am happy to hear a Smith in a traditional Fender arena.
Tim Bishop
08-03-2007, 12:36 PM
A Smith on a Country Session! Yep.
Not as cool as all that funk, jazz and hot playing that's been posted. But kind of a Smith on a "blue collar" day, LOL
Tracks 1 thru 9, my 1985 BT 4 string, passive, set neck
http://www.sparklingspirit.com/danj/ourmusic.htm
Bill

You guys sound good. Don't diss what you are doing in the name of perceived cool. You guys sound good and I am happy to hear a Smith in a traditional Fender arena.


Yep, works for me. Sounds great! Smith's are versatile enough for any type of music as far as I'm concerned.
Ken Smith
08-03-2007, 12:47 PM
Smith Basses have been used with Country artists for many years such as Reba McEntire, Aaron Neville (Country?), Lorrie Morgan, Tanya Tucker, David Allan Coe and many others. For awhile, we had a steady stream of Basses selling out of Nashville and Dallas.

If you have seen a Smith Bass in a Country venue, list it here for an inclusion on this thread.
Gareth Hughes
08-11-2007, 02:55 PM
The April 1998 issue of BassPlayer magazine features an article entitled: Cookin' Under Pressure - Playing Bass on a Nashville demo. The bass player is Jimmy Carter (not that one) and his main bass is a Ken Smith 5string. Doesn't state the model/woods but it looks liek the Chuck Rainey model.

Here's a few words from the article:

'Over the years Jimmy has stuck to a simple rig, a common approach for demo bassists. "Most people expect the bass player to plug in and sound right. They might have a little more time for the drummer to try a different head or the guitar player to try a different sound, but basically they want a nice, fat tone from you right away. After that, they really don't want to hear about it!I just bring the Smith and my old Music Man Stingray, which I've had forever. I like medium-gauge strings, Ernie Ball on the Smith and GHS Boomers on the Stingray. I run the bass and treble all the way up on the Smith and play on the front pickup most of the time for country stuff".'