{"id":2640,"date":"2015-12-29T16:39:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T16:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2015-12-29T16:41:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T16:41:56","slug":"profile-bass-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/?p=2640","title":{"rendered":"Profile Bass: review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Profile\"<\/a>The upcoming issue of Bass Guitar<\/em> magazine has a review of the Profile bass… here are a few excerpts…<\/p>\n

Bruce Thomas was known in the middle years of his career for playing a salmon-pink Fender Precision, but this splendid instrument \u2013 responsible for many of his best bass parts \u2013 was pinched by some callous swine in the 1980s. In that instrument\u2019s continued absence, Thomas has got together with Barry Moorhouse of the Bass Centre to create a bass that mirrors the many modifications that Thomas made to the original.<\/p>\n

As Thomas himself puts it, \u201cAnyone who\u2019s watched the development of the Profile bass over the past couple of years will know that it\u2019s not a stock bass I\u2019ve simply added my name to, but a genuine, personally developed signature guitar. Our intention was not to produce a replica model or a phoney vintage guitar, but to create a new instrument true to the spirit of the original \u2013 a bass that\u2019s a joy to play. I\u2019m happy to say that\u2019s now been achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s give the Profile a spin, just to let you know what you\u2019re getting…<\/p>\n

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Build Quality
\nThe Profile has been constructed with attention to detail at the top of the agenda, from the slotted-saddle bridge \u2013 specified by Thomas in preference to a more modern, sustain-heavy design, because he prefers this older design\u2019s easier adjustability \u2013 to the frets, which are dressed with all the smoothness you\u2019d wish for.<\/p>\n

Sounds and Playability
\nThis bass has earned its name thanks to the changes made to it from the original design \u2013 notably the slimmer neck. The slender, almost Jazz-like neck profile lends itself immediately to fast, melodic playing: pick the Profile up and you won\u2019t be putting it back in its box any time soon. It\u2019s just too much fun to play \u2026 just that touch of reshaping to the neck makes a whole lot of difference.<\/p>\n

Plug the Profile in and \u2026 there\u2019s solidity and power here, with a high mids-heavy tone achievable with a tweak to the left of the tone control, but glassy highs are not what this bass is about, and nor should they be. It\u2019s a modern replica of a vintage instrument, with all that entails.<\/p>\n

Conclusion
\nBravo, chaps \u2013 the goal of replicating that long-lost Precision has been achieved. The Profile takes the tangible design, as well as the intangible but still detectable ethos of his modifications, and combines them into a wonderful bass that you will not want to stop playing.<\/p>\n

Plus | Super-playable profi le, hence the name
\nMinus | At this price, nothing comes to mind
\nOverall | A great Fender alternative: snap one
\nup if you can<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The upcoming issue of Bass Guitar magazine has a review of the Profile bass… here are a few excerpts… Bruce Thomas was known in the middle years of his career for playing a salmon-pink Fender Precision, but this splendid instrument \u2013 responsible for many of his best bass parts \u2013 was pinched by some callous swine in the 1980s. In that instrument\u2019s continued absence, Thomas has got together with Barry Moorhouse of the Bass Centre to create a bass that … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2640"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2645,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions\/2645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}