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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]

Ok - stand corrected [quote name='EBS_freak' post='378176' date='Jan 12 2009, 07:58 PM']madagascan rosewood[/quote]

Just Rosewood I believe. [quote name='bass_ferret' post='378145' date='Jan 12 2009, 07:36 PM']Whats the wood?[/quote]

After waiting for this long I am certain that I will never want to send her home to you! How come you get down to Bernie's so much - I have been twice as it is a fair old trip for me. I would like to have gone down recently to sort out the fingerboard stuff but just didn't have the time. BTW attached a pic of the new fingerboard for others to see as I know you have seen it already. Come to think of it you have seen more of my bass then I ever have! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='377981' date='Jan 12 2009, 05:05 PM']You don't seem to understand. It comes home with me regardless -and don't swear. You don't move GBs on. They just come home to me. [/quote]

Now I reckon that my 4 would be a great match for Gabbie - Bernie says that they are going to be quite similar when they are finished! I know who I can ask about buying it should I ever want to move it on. quote name='EBS_freak' date='Jan 12 2009, 04:55 PM' post='377961'] What does it matter? It's not going anywhere near Cheltenham. It's going straight home with me [/quote]

Would you class Cheltenham as Midlands or South West - always a point of debate. Anyhow my GB Rumour should be heading up this way in just over a month. If you class it as Midlands then that is another one!!! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='377940' date='Jan 12 2009, 04:47 PM']PS - that's another GB coming up to the Midlands [/quote]

OK - go on then. Like James I am intrigued!! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='377840' date='Jan 12 2009, 03:51 PM']Quite right. I'm sorry. [/quote]

Ah you can't talk about that here - this is Basschat you know!! MJB [quote name='durandassi' post='377798' date='Jan 12 2009, 03:22 PM']A GB guitar? I need to know more!!!!!! J.[/quote]

Very nice indeed - which one is this for? [quote name='EBS_freak' post='377507' date='Jan 12 2009, 11:34 AM']Got wood?[/quote]

I am almost certain that I was at this gig too! I think that it was the Everyday tour? I still have the T-shirt from the gig upstairs!! If you like the Incognito stuff then you should check out a band called Citrus Sun and an album called Another Time Another Space. There is a track called Make Me Smile and it is awesome. I believe that this is most of the musos from Incognito but with the legendary Jim Mullen on guitar instead of Bluey. Have you seen the Incognito live DVD which has Max Beesley on percussion? Plays a brilliant vibes solo on one track -very talented guy what with acting, music and shagging Mel B too! Saw another great gig in 95/96 and it was called Jazz Iz in Islington and it lasted all day and we saw D Influence, Maceo Parker, JTQ and Jamiroquai it was a great day and nearly as good as the Phoenix Festival that year which had Freakpower, JTQ, Jessica Lauren, Brand New Heavies, George Clinton and Raw Stylus all in one day - good times. Love all this music and just wish that it was still being produced and also that the artists made more money! In The Hand of Inevitable by JTQ is a fantastic album but I bet hardly anyone has ever heard of it and it probably did not sell many copies compared to other genres. I would class Jamiroquai as in this league for their first 3 albums but sadly not anymore! Agreed that People Tree by Mother Earth is also a peach of an album! [quote name='silverfoxnik' post='363990' date='Dec 26 2008, 11:48 PM']Saw Incognito in 1995 at the Ilford Island (I think it was) and they were amazing.. Can't remember who was on drums but Max Beesley was on precussion and the amazing Randy hope Taylor on bass; fantastic. Always loved 'Apparently Nothing' by Young Disciples too.. Some really good British artists around then. Oh, and what a bassline on 'There's Nothing Like This'![/quote]

Just too confusing! I like you, have been led by Bernie on this build and it was his opinion that persuaded me away from the maple fingerboard on a Rumour! I will speak to him next week and see if he can come up with a suitable alternative. Just want it to look as sexy as possible. [quote name='EBS_freak' post='368825' date='Jan 2 2009, 08:28 PM']When I say Rosewood - I mean Madagascar Rosewood, Cocobola is actually a Rosewood also...[/quote]

Why not cocobola? [quote name='EBS_freak' post='368799' date='Jan 2 2009, 08:09 PM']Rosewood - pretty figured, I would go for it over cocobola anytime! Check it out.[/quote]

Well yes or something similar - I would just like to see lots of figuring in the fingerboard and cocobola seems to fit the bill! Bernie says he can do it - so just need to try and agree it all. What is on the Gabbie fingerboard? [quote name='EBS_freak' post='368762' date='Jan 2 2009, 07:40 PM']About 3 months. Nah. Only joking. It depends how busy the spray guys are I guess. You still thinking cocobola?[/quote]

Just wanting to kick on with my Rumour as we are still stuck on the fingerboard! I missed a call from Bernie on 23rd and have not managed to catch up with him since. Can't wait to finalise the fingerboard and get it all finished. Any idea how long it takes to get the lacquer on and the bass finished once all the wood is chosen? [quote name='EBS_freak' post='368728' date='Jan 2 2009, 07:07 PM']I would have thought so.[/quote]

Any idea when he is going to be back - Monday?? [quote name='EBS_freak' post='368706' date='Jan 2 2009, 06:49 PM']He's out of the office/workshop at the moment.[/quote]

Struggling to get hold of Bernie at the mo - does anyone know if he is away at the moment? Mark [quote name='bass_ferret' post='368622' date='Jan 2 2009, 05:05 PM']Gonna be having a proper chat with the man soon. Gonna fret the black one and get a new fretless with snakewood FB. Not sure about colour yet but I dont think the snakewood will look right with black.[/quote]

What's the point? Bernie would just win again but this time with a Spitfire!! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='364564' date='Dec 28 2008, 02:02 AM']Yeah - I think that Super Jazz shoot out would be quite interesting. As an aside, can a jazz be classed as exotic? Or even "super exotic"? - especially when it is donned in a flat colour. Don't get me wrong, I am a big jazz bass fan - but I certainly wouldn't use "exotic" as a word to describe a jazz bass... I was somewhat surprised at the Roscoe review also... it all seems very... inconsistent and odd... as is the first ever "second opinion" box on a shootout article - what was the underlying message in that I wonder. I'm staying out the Shuker battle!![/quote]