Yes, you can rawk/rock out on a Smith Bass...
It's really too bad this forum has slowed so much. I've spent hours like a lot of enthusiasts looking at Smith "data". But it is the era of Facebook and instant gratification... Currently I play in a Kinks tribute band and tonight I played my fretless BSR4GN through an early 1980s Ampeg SVT rig (basically the St. Louis Music rendition of the Magnavox SVT amps) -- the most midrangey thing on the planet. It was a "white glove" gig and I'm not going to complain about not having to bring an amp. With so much mids, you can't cover up mistakes so easily, and you can really hear it when you do mess up! People dug it a lot even if it didn't look the part. We forget that music is subject to interpretation, and I love playing fretless everywhere possible. And yes, you can rock out on a through-neck Smith fretless to great effect. No doubt one can rock out on a fretted Smith, too.
In case you were wondering.
Last edited by John Tompson; 02-27-2016 at 01:09 PM.
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