EBS_freak

Tell me about it. A great source of annoyance. I've experienced a similar thing with replacing a pot on an Ernie Ball volume pedal.

Sorry to hear your problems with the Rumour... but take heart that once it's all fixed up, you still have a bargain - that Rumour would come it at over 3k new. As you say, just a bit of a bummer that it requires so tweaking. You've had a Rumour before right - so you know how they can play. As a matter of course, I'd get it back to Bernie for a once over. These basses are set up to the player so it may need some adjustment to get it to play right for you. Not a lot of people can play my basses because they are too low and rattle too much. For me, with a light touch, they play perfectly. Combined with the fact you don't know what people have done with their basses once they have left Brighton, it may be overdue a magic touch. From what you describe, its sounds like the strings are too low in the nut for you. I'm sure Bernie will build the nut back up for you and certainly a pot replacement is not an issue. In fact, given the age of that that Rumour, I think Bernie has changed to since changed to better pots (smoother running, electronically and mechanically more reliable) so it may be worth getting it serviced just for that.

Nickel? Afterall, it's what the frets (most anyway) are made from?

First Bass Owned: Jim Cairnes 4 'Go To' Bass: GB Rumour 'Your' Bass: GB Spitfire

[quote name='sshorepunk' post='1127932' date='Feb 15 2011, 08:17 AM']Incoming Rumour day![/quote] Nice one. Pics and the norm later right?

Sounds nasty. Good luck getting it sorted dude. Makes you realise why all the amp techs love the point to point valve stuff... at least you stand a chance of figuring out what is going on!

[quote name='apa' post='1125469' date='Feb 12 2011, 09:34 PM']OK so this might seem a little over the top but since I will have some left over I may as well use it Is Real Gold Leaf a good way of shielding the cavities of the electrics? I was going to use tin foil glued to the walls rather than splash out on a bottle of shielding paint that costs about the same as a pack of gold leaf!! I cant see why not. A[/quote] I have never tried it, but I would hazard a guess that it would not be thick enough to provide a good shield. Shielding paint takes a good few layers to build up a decent shield (and it's still not as good as copper) and whilst copper adhesive makes for good shielding, remember that copper is a superb conductor compared to gold lead and tin foil.

Ah... so somebody bidding on the Spitfire now!?

[quote name='sshorepunk' post='1123438' date='Feb 11 2011, 12:15 AM']Ooooh, nice, I take it that one didnt make it to ebay! Tony[/quote] It did! I got it off eBay - he used the money from the sale of that one to fund the Spitfire above. I seem to recall that there are single coils in the Spitfire as he liked them in the red Rumour. I changed the single coils in the red Rumour back to humbuckers as that is what I prefer.

[quote name='sshorepunk' post='1123429' date='Feb 11 2011, 12:01 AM']Did you buy the sunburst Rumour? Tony[/quote] No, this one - Top bloke - no problems buying off him.

Looks like he is having a clearout. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GB-Guitars-Bernie-Goodfellow-4-STRING-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ250771721925QQcategoryZ4713QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSL%252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D250771731371%252B250771731371%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6998280703195103346#ht_510wt_1139"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GB-Guitars-Bernie-Go...6#ht_510wt_1139[/url] Odd - I bought a Rumour 4 string off him too. But not the one at the top of this thread!

More footage of Graham Gouldman with his original Goodfellow.

The theory is that a metal nut makes an open string sound more like a fretted note. Whether you believe that or not, is up to what you wish to believe or not. Same kinda thinking behind the zero fret. If you want to be properly authentic, you should have a nickel nut to match your frets (good luck finding one! hen's teeth, especially in the UK) - I know Yamaha have installed one in their latest top of the range BB bass.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1111795' date='Feb 1 2011, 11:22 PM'] [/quote] Typical that they focus on anything but the bass when all the cool bass shizz is going down.