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[quote name='dunetune_jazz' post='673817' date='Dec 4 2009, 12:31 AM']You'd be right there Guvna Ahh the good ole days remember it well .... and Fat Freddies Fry up ... [/quote] got me thinking about that. Does anyone remember the old Croydon workshop ? there always seemed to be someone in the next unit mixing down house / techno / whateveryouwannacallit next door. Reading posts from other members has reminded me - there's nothing like the feeling of waiting for your new Goodfellow. The expectant Father feeling comes to mind. Ah well ......

[quote name='dunetune_jazz' post='673817' date='Dec 4 2009, 12:31 AM']You'd be right there Guvna Ahh the good ole days remember it well .... and Fat Freddies Fry up ... [/quote] Hiya back dunetune_jazz and also to ebs freak. As the saying goes "I don't beleive it" ! I continued that stroll and came across my 4-string GB on ebs freak's entry June 10th (pg 33 I think), as tested by Russ mentioned in the next entry. Yes Russ, I agree the neck is wide at first glance. I checked it against precision dimensions though and it worked out the same. In fact, that's part of the reason I came to own it. Back in the early to mid 90's I used to run a '72 precision and that fact came out while speaking with Bernie at Croydon. "Here try this he says" as he hands me that 4-string. It took all of about ten seconds before I said "how much"? Sold everything but my boots to get it and never looked back since. In fact, I was so sold on it that a six string followed a while later. along with a Goodfellow fretless. The 4-string was tested in 'Guitarist' magazine September 1994 along with a six-string. A five-string was also made out of the same batch of wood and the three are featured in the brochures of the time. I've gigged the four string practically every week for the last ten years and still get a buzz from having it around. Having said that, I'm seriously considering a spitfire at some stage in the future in order to preserve the Rumour 4 as a slice of the brand history. Ah, don't ya just love 'em cheers all

[quote name='dunetune_jazz' post='668774' date='Nov 28 2009, 10:24 PM']Aiyeeeee mamama[/quote] Hi dunetune jazz, ebs_freak and all the other GB fans. Just joined the site a short while ago and having a stroll around, checking out the scenery, get to dunetune's entry for june 30th pg 34 and what !!!! my angel in the scentrefold!!!! sitting there, in the middle, is my tiger stripe 6 -string, made from the same billet as the five string in your picture GB 2. I'll try to confirm this with Bernie, but I'm pretty sure that six and the five are some of the last ones to be made at the old smaller Croydon workshop, almost certainly in the last two or three made there. thanks for the surprise and Hi to all the GB fans out there good vibes to you all

hi guys read with interest the discussion so far. Seems like everyone is investing a lot of time and money in getting 'that' sound that's just right, but potentially sacrificing our health from lugging the kit around. Although there sometimes is no solution to hauling the rig in and out of the car, the carrying can be severely reduced over a distance in many cases through the use of a lightweight sackbarrow or trolley. I know it seems kind of obvious, but no-one seems to have mentioned it yet. I only endorse this approach as it offers us a chance to pursue our passion without potentially damaging our health, thereby allowing us to keep rockin' for longer. strength to you all