Bassybert

One of my favourite Nirvana tracks and a great bassline. I've listened to this song countless times and have never noticed anything really out once everything is mixed down, but obviously there's some out of time and bum notes on this version. I don't think Krist will be losing any sleep, the band were never interested in technical perfection, just capturing the spirit of the moment. I'd much rather listen to this than some boring donkey trad jazz played perfectly in time 😀

This pretty much sums it up totally for me 🙂

This pretty much sums it for me - Slap bass makes up a tiny percentage of actual bass use in music, yet it's almost always the first thing I hear/see when I see someone demoing a bass and that tinny, percussive sound isn't something that sits well with my ears. Fair enough it's a tough technique to master and respect to those putting the hours in, but it's not something I choose to listen to music wise much at all, I actually want to hear some bass frequencies! A lot of the time for me it's the bass equivalent of some technique obsessed guitar player showing off their licks and saying look how much faster I can play than you, rather than serving the song.

The buttercream was my first choice colour - I saw that and thought it looked gorgeous until I saw they did the tidepool, then there was only ever going to be one winner! Nice to see a fellow Somerset player @yorks5stringer , I used to work in Hambridge which isn't far from you at all 🙂

After quite a few years away from playing bass, I've returned back to my spiritual home on the low end side of things, and I honestly couldn't be happier. Quite a few years ago I traded in my 75 Jazz as p/x on an SG (Yes, I know!) so have been pretty much bass-less since then apart from the time I borrowed a friends Encore Coaster to play a few gigs (including one on the back of a lorry in a field in Kilve, Somerset where Guy Pratt was there and played it backstage in the gazebo - but that's for another time!) Even though I've normally played a Jazz I've always hankered after a Precision as I really love the classic sound and versatility, so after shopping around for a while I took the plunge on a Tidepool Blue Player Precision. I've read great things about the new Player series and having played several MIM Fenders before I can safely say these are by far the best I have ever seen in terms of build quality, features and playability. The quality of construction is fantastic, very tidy indeed, the weight is really nice and the satin neck finish really caps it off. I was really taken by the Tidepool colour, as although I've always been a sunburst/rosewood aficionado, blue's my favourite colour and this particular hue is stunning - the maple really does look gorgeous next to it and the finish of the body itself is flawless. It's a 2 piece neck with the aforementioned satin finish on the back, but with a gloss finish to the fretboard which again looks really nice. Seems narrower at the nut than other P's I've played which is nice, and the neck profile has a reassuring but flat-ish feel as you progress up the neck making it really easy to play. The action is fairly decent out of the box but I'll spend some time setting it up over the next week or so - It's nowhere near as high as it looks on the side on neck shot below, must be the lens on my mobile making it look that way. I think Fender have got these Player basses absolutely spot on, unplugged the sustain and resonance is great with a reassuring throaty growl when plugged in. Now I need to sort a backline out! Here are some pictures taken with my phone but will try and get some better ones later on when I can. Feels so good to back playing bass 🙂

Thanks a lot everyone, great to be on here. Hi Mike, nice to meet a fellow bumpkin on a bass forum 🙂 Bass bash sounds great - are there many people on here from the south west?

Hi everyone, Based in Somerset, UK, have been playing for 20+ years but just returning back to playing bass after quite a few years away playing guitar. Have really missed it, and in retrospect I wish I’d just stuck to bass but hey ho, you lives and learns. I’ve always been really into no frills players who play what the song needs, players like John McVie, Adam Clayton, John Deacon, Duck Dunn, Tim Drummond, Stu Cook etc as well as James Jamerson. Biggest regret of my life was trading in my 75 Jazz for an SG so have got back on the wagon with a brand new Tidepool Blue Player Precision, and will be looking to build a nice rig over the coming months. It’s great to join the forum and feel like I’m coming back to my spiritual home with the bass, and looking forward to many more years of fun playing 🙂