The Official Rumblekat Club

[John Stephen]

Mine haven't yet. I followed Hipshot's advice and used two soft pads on the underside of the bridge, each pad just to the inside of the hole. This supposedly helps balance or level the bridge on the bass. I included a photo of it in post #202. I hope this is what you are referring to.

 

[Kev1955]

yes I actually saw that photo and bought some of those pads from Ace hardware thank you!

 

[John Stephen]

Excellent. It seems to be working fine for me. So far, anyway - no pullouts yet.

 

[Kev1955]

Got the new rumblekat today, thru some roundwounds on it love playing but the same issues are there. Neck pickup is muddy, bridge somewhat muddy, will be replacing them see how it works, waiting for bridge and tuners will throw some flats on. Stay safe everyone

 

[John Stephen]

Ok, good luck with the tone quest. The Hipshot bridge sure improved the clarity of my Rumblekat, so I hope you find the same. Let us know how it works out.

 

[Kev1955]

So as the parts come in getting it done, so far tuners, knobs, thumbrests

 

[John Stephen]

Looks great so far!

 

[Kev1955]

Got one pickup and the bridge today, so much clearer, still tweaking

 

[Kev1955]

 

[John Stephen]

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Yessss! Aren't those bridges beautiful? Re the pickup, did it fit right in?

 

[Kev1955]

Yessss! Aren't those bridges beautiful? Re the pickup, did it fit right in?

The pickup fit right in and sounds great, got the clarity I was looking for. When I get the other one installed will post how it all turned out

 

[John Stephen]

Thanks, great job so far!

 

[Klondike]

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Looks good on there. A lot of people will put those hipshot bridges on ThunderBirds and I just don't care for the aesthetics of them on a Bird but this is completely different.

 

[Kev1955]

Looks good on there. A lot of people will put those hipshot bridges on ThunderBirds and I just don't care for the aesthetics of them on a Bird but this is completely different.

Yeah, I think it definately fits the character of the Rumblekat

 

[Klondike]

Yeah, I think it definitely fits the character of the Rumblekat

I really like the Three point bridge, I don't know why but I think I just dig the aesthetics of it. For me so far I am oof with the bridge on mine but have wondered about changing the pups. Lets face it, Epiphone is just not the best at taking care of bass people, and their customer service is legendary for not being up to par. So I rather expect the stock pups to be a bit muddy. The only caveat to that would be the T-Bird Vintage Pro, they hit it out of the park there.

 

[Kev1955]

I really like the Three point bridge, I don't know why but I think I just dig the aesthetics of it. For me so far I am oof with the bridge on mine but have wondered about changing the pups. Lets face it, Epiphone is just not the best at taking care of bass people, and their customer service is legendary for not being up to par. So I rather expect the stock pups to be a bit muddy. The only caveat to that would be the T-Bird Vintage Pro, they hit it out of the park there.

Will be interesting when I get the other how it all works. In the pic I had labella flats on didn’t care for them put roundwounds on sounds great so far, this pickup is clearer and hotter than the original

 

[John Stephen]

Which roundwounds do you have on?

 

[Kev1955]

Which roundwounds do you have on?

D’Addario EXL170S, nickel wound short scale 45-100

 

[John Stephen]

Thanks.

 

[Klondike]

Will be interesting when I get the other how it all works. In the pic I had labella flats on didn’t care for them put roundwounds on sounds great so far, this pickup is clearer and hotter than the original

I tried LaBella Flats once, lasted about ten minutes. Two strings sounded completely dead, I always kink my strings so I'm pretty sure it wasn't me but what do I know.

Have you tried String Joy rounds? They are from Nashville, I love mine.