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Tag Archives: Profile
I wasn’t the first?!
It appears I’m not the only person to take a sander to a Fender. Jeff Beck ‘reprofiled’ his Esquire in the same way I did my old P-Bass. Fancy that!
For further information, go 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’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’ll ring for nearly a minute … The … Continue reading
Bruce’s Hall of Fame
When I posted the clips for my new Profile Signature Model Bass on YouTube, I found quite a few bass players who’ve taken the time to cover some of my parts … because they like them. Here’s a selection of some of the best … Nice playing, one and all …
Posted in Music
Tagged accidents will happen, bass covers, Bass Guitar, Bass Lines, Bruce Thomas, hall of fame, lip service, love went mad, oliver's army, Profile, pump it up, this year's girl, tko
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The ‘Salmon Pink’ Myth
Few things in the vintage guitar market are as confusing as the custom guitar colour often referred to as Salmon Pink. To understand why, you have to go back to Fender’s paints of the 1950s and 60s and realize they were also the automobile paints of the time.
Posted in Music
Tagged Bass Guitar, Bruce Thomas, Custom Color, Fender, Fiesta Red, Profile, Salmon Pink
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Los Angeles, May 1997
The first ever New Labour government had just been elected in England. On my TV, a Richard Branson impersonator with a gurning grin and a wife with a mouth like a letterbox were glad-handing the peasants near the entrance to Downing Street. The scene cut back to a weasely-looking man blowing kisses to the crowd and a fat man trying desperately to look like he could move in time to music. For the time being, I was better off here … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Writing
Tagged Bass Guitar, Bike Ride, Bruce Thomas, Los Angeles, Mountain Bike, Profile, Wrightwood
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Now That’s What I Call Bass!
Here’s a page to dip into — a selection of great bass lines spanning almost fifty years of popular music — with clips to view of them captured on record, video or in early performance. Though many of them are ‘old’ they’re still relevant and well worth watching. All of them had some influence on me. But not only have they influenced me — and that’s why I begin with Evelyn King / ‘Shame’ from 1978. Then hear how it was deconstructed to … Continue reading