Bass Chicken

[FrozenPepperStudio]

AWESOME....



[Anaximander2048]

Jaco 's Style!!!!!!

[PumpkinDog33]

yeeeeeeeeeeah jaco!

[lewy14141414]

coool :D:D:D

[groovedoctor82]

That's a very nice Ken Smith! You sounds really good too. Keep it up.

[jonnyasprin]

tks for posting your talent my brother.

[maddtappin]

mmmm tasty licks

[Frenzyfingers]

you got it!!

[kebaosan185680]

epic

[1988rulez2]

0:22 yeahhh!!!!!!!!!!

[hiramgomezb]

Try in first position, that's the good one because of the sound of the open strings. mainly when you are in Bb Chord. Saludos desde Cancun mexico.

[toast3rap3r69]

badass!!

[CookaFoo]

Gangsters yo!

I remember I played the Saxophone to this one time at a workshop

[manuorchestra]

Nice tone !

[bassscape]

Nice playing, really. Nice intonation. But did you notice how your volume really gets lower as you play on the highest strings? I have the same problem with my basses, and it really sucks.... what seems to help with me (on fender jazzbass) is moving my right hand to the neck pickup, but soundwise and practically it is not really a solution. Did you maybe find a way to deal with it? I thought about putting new strings on it, but I haven't tried it yet.

[vanrijn360]

That use to happen with my bass too. Have you tried turning up the treble and mid on the amp? That worked for me

[swipter2]

Your pickups may need to be raised closer to the higher strings. If they are too far away it will make the higher strings softer. If they are too close you will get a "wolf" sound.

Hope this helps.

[ultimabass]

Can you explain "wolf" sound? Unless you mean howling...

[bakerboy2222]

a good compressor does that for you, but if you havent got a hundred to drop on a good rackmounted one, then yea just play harder and closer to the bridge to keep the tension high

[ChrisFreek]

Nice touch and feel.

[AiLiNg2664]

im kinda new on bass guitar...so is it a must to play it on a 6 string???

[slapinfunk]

Nope! You can play this on a 4 string! In fact, I do not play the low B or high C string on this at all...

[Lucifall]

No. Usually basses have 4 strings, more strings just increase playability.

[mrfingers69]

true but not all 6 strings are clunky and hard to play i have a ibanez sr 506 and the neck is only less than one cm wider than my p bass and the neck is also much thinner you will find that in allot of 6 strings

[ultimabass]

Likewise, my main bass is my Schecter Stiletto Custom 6 6-string bass, and it's easy to play (now, as I've had a year of playing with it). I've been playing my fretless SR305 PWF, lately though, because my six-string recently turned into a five-string. Since then, I'd bonded more with my fretless; I played it for talent show, and got a really nice Jaco tone out of it for our jazz band (we played the Chicken, of course!).

[connorbassplayer]

i have the stiletto custom 4. i can get the jaco tone pretty well out of that one, too.

[1arrya]

Great sounds, Jaco would be proud of you.

[Imperialcow27]

im jelous

[bermyboychai]

wow, great sound! sound just like Jaco's

[Imperialcow27]

swoot

[losey88]

mmmhhhhmm

[ThatGuyWithTehMusic]

Beautiful bass :)

And great playing

[slymagic95]

sup jaco!

[aramu1945]

I heared other version on Youtube, yours is fine, great!!!

[musicreligion3000]

Is that a 6 string fretless bass?

[slapinfunk]

yes it is.

ken smith bsr elite 6 g frettless

lacewood top and back with maple core.

got it in 1997

[musicreligion3000]

Nice man thanks

[KreatorOfDeath1985]

do you think its smart to buy a bolt on 6 string or even 5?

[slapinfunk]

Depending on the manufacturer I would get either...

I prefer a neck through in a 6 string generally because I do not play slap bass on 6 strings as much as a 4 or a 5... but overall, I like the feel playing slap bass style on a bolt on...

I do not like Set Neck basses very much personally.

Bolt Ons have a bouncier feel to me for some reason..

[KreatorOfDeath1985]

i own a neck through 6 string

i dont sla my 6 either just for fun technical stuff

the thing is im making a bass from scratch the only think im buying is the neck and i wanted either a fretless 4 or 5 string

and bolt on is way easyer than anything else and cheaper and i have a tight budget haha

what do yu think?

[aarchee05]

WOW, cool! And nice guitar.

[srpitu]

que joputa xD

[JFA2A]

super

[warrior9191b]

good job!!

[adaisawesome]

man, that's funky!!

[darkwin78]

Nice one.

[ipwnall123]

This is the song that got me into jazz. Greatest bass line ever.

[svantebeaverman]

@ipwnall123 and it was written by Alfred Ellis!

[JC10255]

Killin!!

[FleaWannabee]

nice playing... wat sort of bass r u using?

[slapinfunk]

That is my frettless... Ken Smith BSR Elite 6 G.

[FleaWannabee]

nice

do u prefer through necks or bolt on necks?

[slapinfunk]

For a 6 string bass, definitely neck through...

4 string I prefer bolt on, 5 string, its a toss up depending on the manufacturer.

[FleaWannabee]

k nice

[Bassplayer450]

nice, im gonna try dat

[rustyhook100]

my god that was shweet! nice tone

[adefiore]

awesome playing

[soulfulnotes]

Ha! I love "The Chicken."  It was Jaco's best song.

[RUMPproductions]

it wasn't originally Jaco's song, just so you know, but when he played it, he did it amazingly, so if that's what you meant, then yes.

[soulfulnotes]

Right, I realize that he didn't compose it, but he pretty much made it his.

[TheSaintHooker]

I didn't know that. Who did it originally? :~)

[RUMPproductions]

Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis, who worked with James Brown. You can look him up on Wikipedia for more info.

[smokindacheebaa]

nice bass

[bubbles9816]

nice playin man!

[Jazzguts]

Very nice bass playing with a good Pastorious influence,very nice and puntchy tone,love your style, send you my version,tell me what you think,greets Vic.

[vakmere]

I dont see many Ken Smith fretlesses out there. Sounds nice.

[asianpom]

mate thats really good! i gotta learn some of that great tone! (y)

[BillyJens]

a reallay great bassline! sounds great! :)

[hynneke]

I love your tone! Great fretless tone!

[Jack458111]

that was alright, tone kinda nasally, but true to the original

[nonqnono]

very nice sound!

can you tell me about you bass and how to make this sound?

[sthund]

nice man

[RoccoDylon69]

you play it too much like come on come over...

[Googa5]

Wow Nice man =D

I like Your Bass (but i prefer 4 strings xP lol that one looks too complicated) and i really like your sound and technique =D

[comedimusico]

Nice vid! Good sound and very clear, but can you help me? I know that the main theme is in Bb but I don't know what the other change...

[slapinfunk]

Thanks.. Im actually just plugging directly into my PC thats it.. :-/

Bb : Eb : D : G : C :