PeterB4407 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I received my vintage red EB2014 4 string bass today. The good news: fit and finish all good and the setup is pretty much spot on. The tone is really impressive too. I'm very pleased. So all's good except: It does neck dive. I fitted a grippy 'Comfort Strapp' and that countered it although it still pulls on my shoulder. Not a real issue though. Even though I've owned many basses this is my 1st Gibson so I checked on the forum for advice on removing the knobs before getting rid of the unsightly pick guard film. I used the cloth wrapped around the knob idea as recommended on here and the volume pot spindle came out complete. So that's a brand new bass with a knackered pot It won't push back in and I'm sure that Gibson won't consider this a warranty issue. The knobs are either glued on or too tight for the pull switch pots I'd suggest. So now to find a replacement pot, or is it worth completely replacing the harness? Are Gibson pots budget items that bear replacement? So a 1st post and generally I'm very pleased except 'I broke it' Not a good start. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 OOOPPPSSSS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB4407 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 OOOPPPSSSS! A thought. Given that push fit knobs aren't a particularly good idea on Push/Pull pots do you think that Gibson have glued tham on? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone57 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 sorry to hear of your troubles. I would be surprised if the knobs were glued on but that doesn't mean they aren't. is there a Gibson authorized repair shop close to you? seems like it would be covered under warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB4407 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 An update. I wrongly thought that the pickup switching on the EB was series/parallel. This isn't that case, it's actually series/tuned single coil. Today I fitted: http://www.dimarzio.com/sites/default/files/diagrams/pj_2ppdualsndv_1pptseries.pdf Two pull switch volume pots and a pull switch tone. The volume pots pull out for parallel over series humbuckers and the tone pot pulls out for series pickups. Now it's a much improved beast. Pickups are quiet, powerful and delightfully unsubtle. The switching gives much better tonal variations. A very worthwhile mod. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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