Yes, you can rawk/rock out on a Smith Bass...

[Ken Smith]

Yes, FB is the new media over forums BUT, Forums are easier to search and follow than a FB thread. Both have their use I think.

On playing, the touch of the player on his bass, how soft or hard, action etc. will make the sound respond faster or slower. A lot goes in to the different sounds people get.

[Chris Fox]

And that is it exactly. I played my 1995 BT5 at a honky-tonk country VFW dance gig last week. By confining my picking hand to the space between the front pickup and the end of the fretboard, and using a gentler attack than normal, I produced a sound that carried the band perfectly under two guitars, pedal steel, and fiddle. My 1965 Precision never left its case.