Ken Smith bass recordings?

[bass12]

Also available in album format:

 

[Highs&Lows]

Most people dont know but Stanley occasionally has played Ken Smith basses in the studio. Like on this track:



The Ken Smith tone is really unmistakable.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Most people dont know but Stanley occasionally has played Ken Smith basses in the studio. Like on this track:



The Ken Smith tone is really unmistakable.

I knew he owned Smiths, but did not know he recorded with them.

 

[Alembic83]

Not sure if it's a Smith on the actual track, but white boy is rocking what looks to be a 6 in the music video! Great tune.

He musta thought it was white boy day - is it white boy day?!

 

[VJP]

 

[Thunderthumbs73]

Freddie Washington. Check youtube vids for interviews and reference points, and then springboard to the recordings.

 

[Element Zero]

Really can’t thank all of you enough. Keep em comin.

Still have yet to ever have a Smith in my hands, but this is the sound I’ve heard in my head all along.

 

[5StringBlues]

Everyday is white boy day at the five-string Blues residence..

He musta thought it was white boy day - is it white boy day?!

 

[ELG60]

I think the bass player is John King playing one with Dave Weckl and the STL Groove Contingent:

 

[DWBass]

Not sure if it's a Smith on the actual track, but white boy is rocking what looks to be a 6 in the music video! Great tune.

Sounds like a P-Bass to me.

 

[DWBass]

Freddie Washington played a Ken Smith on this track. He got a nice Motown feel to my ears.

Freddie just murdered that bridge section! Wow!

 

[DWBass]

Really can’t thank all of you enough. Keep em comin.

Still have yet to ever have a Smith in my hands, but this is the sound I’ve heard in my head all along.

A local band called me up on stage to play a song and the bassist played a Ken Smith. Was not my thing. Neck felt like a baseball bat. User had heavy gauge strings on it. Whew! I got outta there after that 1 song! LOL. Sounded good though.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Sounds like a P-Bass to me.

Yes it does, but in that interview that was posted in basses, Freddie says he used his Smith. He was probably just using the neck pickup.

 

[Element Zero]

A local band called me up on stage to play a song and the bassist played a Ken Smith. Was not my thing. Neck felt like a baseball bat. User had heavy gauge strings on it. Whew! I got outta there after that 1 song! LOL. Sounded good though.

Interesting. I’ve not come across that the necks were thicc. Maybe specific years?

 

[Element Zero]

I think the bass player is John King playing one with Dave Weckl and the STL Groove Contingent:

Even though I’m quite a bit of a metal head, since high school I’ve loved everything I’ve ever heard with Weckl involved. THAT was friggin fantastic.

 

[DWBass]

Yes it does, but in that interview that was posted in basses, Freddie says he used his Smith. He was probably just using the neck pickup.

I was referring to the Womack and Womack song.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I was referring to the Womack and Womack song.

Excuse me, DW!

 

[pfschim]

hmmm, IDK ... I'm hearing a lot of different kind of bass tones, some great playing for sure, and some nice mixes, but I couldn't say that its so obvious or consistent that it would have to be a Smith in each case. The Stanley/Holdsworth track certainly sounded like Stanley to me.

Sounds like bass for sure

 

[Element Zero]

Fred Hammond (famous gospel artist and renowned bass player) used to always alternate between his Smith and his jazz bass on his studio albums. In this song in particular (from the "In Case You Missed It... and Then Some" album), he is playing his Smith and it sounds glorious!

Yea. It does indeed sound glorious.

 

[Jefus]

The new Chaka Khan Tiny Desk concert has Melvin Lee Davis playing his Smith 7 for the whole thing. That opening track is rad!