Gunsfreddy2003

It is honest!!!!! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='429075' date='Mar 9 2009, 09:16 AM']2 weeks time. Likely story...[/quote]

LOL - yes going in 2 weeks time! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='428988' date='Mar 9 2009, 01:16 AM']Let me know what day... so I can go the day before and bring it back to the Midlands.[/quote]

Yes but he has to endure a Tina Turner gig first!!!! Hoping that the bass is everything that I want it to be and more - quite nervous now. A lot of money to spend if it ain't perfect! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='428154' date='Mar 7 2009, 06:45 PM']Good show! That's another one out of the door. Bernies at the O2 tonight... Backstage pass - alright for some! Meanwhile, I'm still sitting in the Slug and Lettuce in Soho... Anyway, enjoy the bass![/quote]

At long last the call has finally happened! Bernie called on Friday and was playing my bass and told me that it is ready to go! Even made me listen to it for a few seconds - now that it torture! Hoping to go up one day in the week to get her - can't wait. Will post some pics as soon as I have her home. [quote name='EBS_freak' post='419816' date='Feb 26 2009, 08:35 AM']Yeah - I wonder what made you change your mind to electric pink...?[/quote]

It matched my shirt! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='419816' date='Feb 26 2009, 08:35 AM']Yeah - I wonder what made you change your mind to electric pink...?[/quote]

LOL - No plans to change my mind just interested to know how the two compare sound wise! [quote name='bass_ferret' post='419796' date='Feb 26 2009, 07:39 AM']Your Rumour is back from the paint shop so its too late to change your mind. Looks loverly.[/quote]

Interesting to hear the thoughts on the two different models from you all - which one in your opinion is best suited for funk music which is mostly tight fingerstyle but does have a fair bit of slapping in it? [quote name='bass_ferret' post='418585' date='Feb 24 2009, 05:43 PM']Yes I would say thats exactly it. Its probably more than the through neck. The body is alder as opposed to swamp ash (although it is lighter but thats probably the bridge and metal knobs and will be fixed when it gets stealthed). If I cut all the bass from the Rumour it sounds more like the Spitfire but if I boost the bass on the Spitfire it sounds nothing like the Rumour [/quote]

Chomping at the bit is an understatement - just waiting for that call now! Tell me more about your new Rumour? I have a couple of gigs booked for March and one in May but our keyboard player has just announced that he is leaving the band which is right pain in the arse! As soon as I get the Rumour I am going to gig it though! Have a couple of options ref the EBS kit - just working out which is best for me right now. [quote name='EBS_freak' post='410841' date='Feb 16 2009, 10:43 AM']You are doing OK! You are right at the top of queue... me and ferret are way, way down! Ha ha. Mind you, it's not as though I have a lack of GBs is it? My next one is going to be cool... a complete departure from my Rumour 5. Yeah, it's another Rumour... So... you got any gigs coming up soon - when is your Rumour going to get it's first outting? You must be chomping at the bit now! Oh yeah, did you make a decision about your EBS kit?[/quote]

yes spoke to Bernie early last week and he was aiming for the end of the week and mentioned that he would call if it was ready but I did not hear anything so I assume that there was a slight hold up somewhere. Should get that call any day now! Mark [quote name='EBS_freak' post='410067' date='Feb 15 2009, 02:23 PM']Didn't see it - but when I did speak to him on Thursday on the phone he said that yours may be ready on Friday... it's got to be very, very close now![/quote]

Any sign of my rumour Russ?

Snap - Behringer works ok on 4 strings but useless on my 5 string. Occasionally works on the harmonic but not very often. I will change for a Korg when a 2nd hand one turns up at the right price. On the plus side the blue light on the Behringer is fantastic and makes my Aguilar amp look very sexy! [quote name='jim_bass' post='400468' date='Feb 4 2009, 09:54 PM']I bought the behringer one and just manage with it, but I don't play a 5-string. I just play the 12th harmonic on my E if the tuner is having a bad day [/quote]

Oh I see. I am for my sins! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='386102' date='Jan 20 2009, 02:09 PM']Nah - not in the advertising business... just flirt with photoshop now and again.[/quote]

I hope so! That should be no problem a mate of mine is a photographer and did a good job on my Warwick helping me to sell it on the 'bay! You can see what he did on: www.mattbrodie.com/thumbbass I have already lined him up to take pics of the GB once I get my grubby hands on it! Are you in the advertising business then? [quote name='EBS_freak' post='386086' date='Jan 20 2009, 02:00 PM']Don't worry dude. The 4 will be fine! I'm flirting with the 4 at the moment and I am loving it. The 4 and 5 influence my playing in different ways - both good! If you loved 4 before, you'll love it again. As for the wallpaper, make sure you get some suitable pics of your bass when it is finished and I'm sure something can be knocked up.[/quote]

Hi Russ, Great - but would look better with my Rumour on it! Getting a bit worried now I bought a KSD 5 string from Bernie when I was down there last and hated it at first just could not get used to it. Now I have sold my Warwick and have been using the KSD as my main bass for a few months I am loving it and really worried that when the Rumour (which is 4 string) is ready I will hate going back to 4 strings! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='385835' date='Jan 20 2009, 11:25 AM']Gunsfreddy2003 - hows the wallpaper looking?[/quote]

I was kindly given his slap bass book as an xmas present and it looks pretty good stuff but I just have not had time to look at it yet! I have never learnt how to do the tapping thing but have to admit that it sounds fantastic! Great for a bass solo!! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='382024' date='Jan 16 2009, 08:28 AM']Yep - an arrangement from his forthcoming solo book. I can't wait to get my hands on that book! His books are excellent.[/quote]

Nice one - thanks. BTW have you guys seen Stuart Clayton playing The Simpsons theme tune on his Rumour on You Tube? [quote name='EBS_freak' post='382018' date='Jan 16 2009, 08:22 AM']OK, I'm out and about today but I'll format it for your resolution at some point soon...![/quote]

Hi Russ, Yes that would be great - thanks Mark [quote name='EBS_freak' post='382007' date='Jan 16 2009, 08:10 AM']How's the advert from the latest BGM sound?[/quote]

1280 x 800 Cheers! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='381780' date='Jan 15 2009, 10:06 PM']I need to know the resolution at which you are running at...[/quote]

Any joy with the GB wallpaper? [quote name='EBS_freak' post='381382' date='Jan 15 2009, 03:22 PM']Why so set on the aluminium? Why not go for the brass?[/quote]

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='380881' date='Jan 15 2009, 12:17 AM']+1 the issue is confidence, or lack of, and that comes from the media Yes, as Bernie said to me when we was talking about it; you pay, you say. Its gonna seriously add to the build time cos he has to build another neck. Rumours take loads longer to build than Spitfires like mine that are basically 3 bits of wood cos all the bits have to be glued together.[/quote] Yeah I know and it is a shame to have to wait longer but I would honestly prefer that to having the bass now and always wishing that I had a different fingerboard on it! Buy in haste repent at leisure as they say. Bernie reckons it will delay things by a month so not too bad.

I agree - the media have an awful lot to answer for reference this current financial situation. Still it's an easy story for them every day and they have got what they wanted nobody buying bugger all and the country in a mild state of panic! Rant over. Well the fingerboard I have chosen worked well on Gabbie so it should look good with my Rumour at it has black american walnut facings too - we will see soon enough. Would really like a GB wallpaper - I am not sure what resolution I need but I use a standard MacBook 80gb laptop! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='380015' date='Jan 14 2009, 09:54 AM']Credit Crunch... Credit Scmunch... I don't get it... it's a stupid phrase coined by the media. As for the fingerboard, he's talking about the ebony one - e.g. the non Gabbie one. Anybody interested in some GB wallpaper? If so, what resolution?[/quote]

Another Spitfire eh? There is a credit crunch on you know!! Bernie says he has never been busier! Ref the fingerboard debate does that mean you preferred the macassa ebony? Does a GB T-shirt come free with every bass now?!! Mark [quote name='bass_ferret' post='379646' date='Jan 13 2009, 08:42 PM']Spent a while laying out fingerboards and painted bodies (sounds dirty). We both decided the black one played and sounded too good to f*** about fretting it so I am keeping it fretless and have ordered another fretted Spitfire. Its gonna be burnt white (like old english white on old jags) with an ebony FB. It was that or sunburst and lizard wood but I think the other combination looked better. Thinking about single coils though after what Russ has been saying. Had a look at the fingerboard debate and I prefer the original, sorry. And finally, Bernie has some fat bastard tee's on order.[/quote]

Well no, but not 100% correct either! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='378206' date='Jan 12 2009, 08:15 PM']You weren't wrong![/quote]