A slight change from Music Man to GB

[HeadlessBassist]

Sadly, I wasn't getting on with the Stingray Special 5, especially in comparison with the 'Dreadnaught' 95 Stingray, so I spotted this in BassBros and sallied forth to do a deal with Will. I have an old association with Goodfellow/Nightingale/GB instruments - Many, many moons [read decades] ago, someone at the then Derby branch of Carlsbro took a lump out of my original Status Series II neck with a hammer while trying to reseat a fret, so I was without the bass for what turned out to be quite a few months. During this period, they loaned me one of the Goodfellow Standard originals, which I really enjoyed playing. Of course, it's faded into a distant memory now, but it was a very good long term impression of Goodfellow basses.

 

As for the old 97-98 Spitfire, it's certainly VERY punchy and seriously fast. It was apparently at BB for quite a while, so I'm surprised no one jumped on it. Destiny, I expect. Anyway, here are the obligatory pictures...

 

Edited September 25, 2025 by HeadlessBassist

[Grahambythesea]

Very handsome, great piece of wood.

[BlueMoon]

Gotta love Bernie’s creations.

 

Enjoy……..and welcome back to the Goodfellow club.

[Mrbigstuff]

Very nice. Laurence Cottle certainly gets a good tune out of his.

[tubbybloke68]

Congrats on your new acquisition! Bernie really does make classy stuff! Here’s my two. Hope you enjoy it as much as i enjoy mine. 
All da best x 

[HeadlessBassist]

On 24/09/2025 at 22:31, Mrbigstuff said:

Very nice. Laurence Cottle certainly gets a good tune out of his.

 

Laurence and I were the main bass players for Jeff Hooper's Swing Easy Big Band and for the BBC Strictly Tour. He's a nice guy and a monster player, especially on Fretless.