Mr Bassman Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) Any Mo Clifton EUB owners experienced rattling endpins? It's a great bass but the endpin rattles which is annoying. I spoke to Mo about it and he suggested the steel rod could be shortened, but rather than cut the original I bought a length of 10mm rod to experiment with. As I play many gigs seated a shortened pin is no problem but if I use a longer one for standing it creaks & rattles inside the body. I've tried packing with card, which requires removing the cover strip, wrapping tape around the end and applying shrink-wrap which makes it difficult to adjust the length due to friction. Any ideas/ solutions? Edited September 18, 2014 by Mr Bassman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I took the back cover off mine years ago. Have a look at the end block/body join (bolted) and see if its pulled forward a mm or two - mine did over the first few years, which left the rod rubbing on the back plate cover when you retracted it. I also put a slight bend into the rod to try and stop it touching the back plate - slight improvement, but not a fix. I've got one of Ben's wooden end pins to try, which comes out of the bass..but I got the size of the rod wrong and haven't got it sorted yet..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bassman Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thanks for reply BB I too removed the back cover. I've made a short pin for playing seated, if I need to use the long pin for standing I'll just wedge a piece of card around the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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