Johnny Lee Long and a Ken Smith Chuck Rainey Six

Older Ken Smith BT's with the larger headstock - best basses ever made.

 

The tone of that Ken Smith is hefty and sweet!

 

I make a point of habitually clicking on any thread that has "Chuck Rainey" in the title...

 

Well Ken Smith custom build a Chuck Rainey or not?

 

Man, is that dude, umm medicated? A bit hard to take IMHO. A real review would have been nice.

 

he was definitely high on Ken Smith, yikes!

 

Damn, that thing has tone for weeks! I think I'll go play my Smith now.

 

Funny how we see things differently.

I thought the polar opposite. Finally! A review that is FUN as well as informative. I could hang out with that guy easy.

(Bonus points for saying "Kin Smiff" about a hundred times.)

 

Every Ken Smith I have ever played has been totally awesome and smoked all the other basses in that category of "costs way too much money".

The most recent one was a custom made Burner 5 that had J pickups but yet still had incredible midrange presence and never got too harsh in the upper registers.

 

If it makes you feel any better, I don't have Johnny Long's skill.

 

With a Ken Smiff, you get that balls thing happening.

 

He is not everyone's cup of tea, but I think he is entertaining, and
I get to hear some incredible basses in the process.