{"id":2068,"date":"2013-08-17T12:24:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T11:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2014-02-01T17:18:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T17:18:12","slug":"2068","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/?p=2068","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Profile-B1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2075\" title=\"Profile B\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Profile-B1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For further information,\u00a0go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/?page_id=24\">Profile Bass page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing about it that stood out was that the pickup is probably the loudest P-bass style pickup I&#8217;ve ever heard, and the low end response on it is astonishing! For sure, this bass can rumble the house! But it also has a clear ringing high end when the tone control is dialed up. Also notable is the sustain, hit a note and it&#8217;ll ring for nearly a minute &#8230; The neck is great! The fingerboard width is reminiscent of a &#8217;60s P-bass, but the neck width is somewhat slimmer, making it really easy to play\u00a0&#8230; The instrument is light and very comfortably balanced.<br \/>\nAll in all it&#8217;s great instrument for the money, and it&#8217;s a world of fun to play. I&#8217;ve been using it nearly exclusively since I got it, and getting a lot of complements on it from other bass players. I have to say, out of the box I was a lot more pleased with it then with the last few new Fender basses I&#8217;ve bought. It certainly holds it&#8217;s own compared to other instruments of any price.\u00a0 (Scott Reid)<\/p>\n<p>The bass is a beautiful colour- that&#8217;s what strikes you first. Neck has a great satin finish and\u00a0shallow profile which makes it very easy to play&#8230; a very distinct variant of the &#8220;P&#8221;. Sound is very much as one would expect from a split &#8220;P&#8221; configuration\u00a0&#8230; a well-built, very playable, striking instrument. Comes with Elite Stadium 105s!\u00a0&#8230; I thought I saw John McVie playing one on Sky News today &#8211; it looked like the headstock. Anyway, having played &amp; owned the instrument for a few months, I think it is probably\u00a0the most &#8220;Rod Mackay&#8221; bass I own &amp; I have a lot of Fenders.\u00a0 Tone, neck profile, colour, cost.\u00a0 Good effort!\u00a0\u00a0 (Rod Mackay)<\/p>\n<div>The bass arrived this morning. What a fantastic instrument. So lovely to play &#8230;\u00a0Congratulations.\u00a0 (Peter Gale)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The pickup output is considerably hotter than the standard \u201cP\u201d pickups. Really a great instrument!\u00a0\u00a0 (Mike Miller)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">This bass is amazing and I make you responsible for making me total addicted to it.\u00a0 (Carsten Holt)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For further information,\u00a0go to the Profile Bass page. The first thing about it that stood out was that the pickup is probably the loudest P-bass style pickup I&#8217;ve ever heard, and the low end response on it is astonishing! For sure, this bass can rumble the house! But it also has a clear ringing high end when the tone control is dialed up. 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