One of the most popular stand-up bassist during his days was Ken Smith. He gigged with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Jr. and Perry Como.

He is being credited for laying down bass lines for Broadway shows, musicals and even for commercial songs and jingles. It’ll be inspiring to learn from bass legends.

Today, people wanted to get their hands on a Ken Smith Bass. What kind of magic does a Ken Smith bass bring to an orchestra pit or a recording studio?

Ken Smith may be known for having the special knack in choosing wood for an electric bass guitar. Most of his own bass guitars are hand-made by him. This is one special character that a Ken Smith bass has. A Ken Smith Bass is basically fashioned and crafted by a prolific well-known bassist who knows specially well what bassists needs and has incorporated bass lines laid down by him in many shows and recording sessions. A Ken Smith Bass enlives Ken Smith’s personality as leading stand-up bassist of his time.

Ken Smith basses are known for its unmatched playability. Most genre of music such as rock, rockability, gospel and R and B are still being played using Ken Smith basses.

Most Ken Smith basses have the following features:

• controls for active bass, middle and treble tone
• full shielded pickup
• aged hard rock maple necks
• quartersawn ebony or morado fretboards
• the classic Ken Smith hand-rubbed dutch

Most Ken Smith bass guitars are available in four, six or seven string models.

The Ken Smith factory houses a collection of acclimated, aged musical instrument woods that is probably the largest collection in the world. Smith, himself, chooses the wood to be used for each bass guitar and does the final set-up of each one.

Dean Bass Guitars owned by Dean Guitars are well-known for its complete bass guitar package if that is what you are looking for in a guitar then a Dean Bass Guitar should be the appropriate bass guitar for you.

A Dean Starter Bass Pack with Edge 09 Bass by Dean Guitars is one bass guitar from Dean Guitars that has surpassed previously made Dean Guitars.

The Dean Starter Bass of course includes the following:

• Red Edge 09 (E09) electric bass
• Bassola 10 Amp
• Tuner
• Cord
• Picks
• Headphone Jack with controls for treble,mid, bass and presence

For better use and comfortability when handling this Dean Bass Guitar, it also comes with a gig bag for carriage and a strap to hang the guitar around a bassists body. It is also lightweight which makes it easy to carry the entire show. Added to its physical attribute is its cool and sharp-looking bass that is well-contoured which what we always find attractive and eye-catching on stage.

Dean Starter Bass Guitar Packs physical attribute:

• basswood body
• maple neck
• 22-fret rosewood fretboard with abalone dot inlays, single soapbar pickup, chrome hardware and die-cast tuners

To complete the whole package, the Dean Starter Bass Guitar includes a custom neck joint and heel plus a asymmetrical four-bolt pattern creates uninterrupted access to the neck. The bass amp on the other hand provides 10 watts of power from single 8-inch speaker.

As a whole, this Dean Bass Guitar is suitable for beginners. This is a good beginner’s kit to those who wanted to learn bass guitars. It includes the bass guitar and a bass amp. It also includes other accessories such as a gig bag, strap, tuners, cables and picks.

I may recommend this for beginners to utilize for practice and private playing in one corner of your house. However, this Dean Bass Guitar Package may not be effective to be used for a big crowd. You may use it for playing in a small church however it may not suffice the whole area of where you will be playing.

It has a good and satisfying sound quality and you will grow well with newly added bass skills with this whole package. But just as time goes by, you may want to level up and turn into buying new accessories for this amazing Dean bass guitar.

The whole package is quite worth it because of the Dean bass guitar and the bass amp which helps however you can find better accompanying tuners, picks, cables, and gig bags to suitably support your Dean bass guitar.

All in all, I think the it was some good years using this guitar and still using it but replaced other accessories most especially the gig bag which is quite not reliable.

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