Fred Hammond's Ken Smith

Nice post Dr.Cheese ! Is that available on DVD ?

 

to answer that question: yessir!!! look for "purpose by design live"...you have to hear the intro...Fred is a genius!!!!

 

Thank you sir ! I'm on it !

 

I totally agree, it's a shame the lack of clips of Fred Hammond playing.
Thank's for posting this one

 

Thanks for the link, Dr. Cheese - his tone is absolutely killin'!

 

It's tough to find video of him playing (the Purpose By Design DVD and the Commission Live Reunion DVD are a couple videos out there), but you can hear his playing on all of his studio material - Fred always plays his own bass parts, and his sound is very distinctive.

 

Tone is awesome!!

 

i read this entire thread before clicking on the youtube link. i was loving the fact that Fred was getting props for his playing. then something occured to me as i was watching the video:

that's not Fred Hammon!!!


of course, i was thinking of the Dark Star pickup guy. Fred Hammon... no "d". anyway, you can imagine my surprise...

 

Yes! I love his playing, and, well the whole thing! Great!

 

man, that music will get you pumped!

 

I enjoyed that. Thanks.

 

damn, even for me, and I ain't a believer and a Death metal fan, Fred Hammond's music always gets me pumped.

 

I believe Fred is using a detuned setting - am I correct? Does it sound so to you guys?

 

That was me too when I hit the video link. I had knee surgery two days ago and I'm sitting in bed with a fresh oxycontin in me just going... huuuh? Btw, I think a Darkstar'd Ken Smith would be ILL!

 

That clip is pretty good. Now, I've got to check out the full DVD.

 

i really like that clip, but that's just not my sound. i played a bass i just got in (carvin icon) and it sounded very similar. very hifi and i couldn't stand the way i sounded this morning. i'm glad it works for him and i love his stuff, but for me, it doesn't work.

 

Nice tone and nice playing.
I also like his singing / playing independence, that`s really hard to achieve !!

 

Nice find Cheese