Recent content by Steamboat Willy

Well yes, there is that granted but all the Fender site will offer are dry facts. My guess is Chino wanted to hear personal opinions from unbiased sources

Just like to make a point here guys as a fairly new member myself. No doubt the question Chino asked has been seen a thousand times by most of the older members but the few answers that were posted about different pick-ups and neck widths I found useful. Telling somebody to 'do a search' is...

anybody?

One of these has come up for sale and i'm interested in it but its about two hundred miles away so I can't easily drive over to check it out. Does anyone have any experience of these? I'm just getting back into bass after a long absence and want a good practise amp with vintage tones. The AC30...

I'm really interested in getting a Squier VM. Anybody that has one, please post your pics!!!

another quick shot of mine - less posed, just in its natural environment in the office

This is nothing special. Just a cheap secondhand copy of a Stingray that I got the other week for £68 off eBay but I like it. I'm surprised how much I like the maple neck with a black body. I'd normally expect to see rosewood or ebony but it kinda works for me

go with the squier man - the perfect gigging bass ;)

Thanks for your input ttmnky. As there is no visible screw I'm assuming my knobs are knurled but do the shafts differ in size? I know Epiphone and Gibson parts are not interchangeable because Gibson use American standard and Epihphone use metric but I'm not sure here at all. I suppose I could...

This is a REALLY interesting thread. I've been playing guitar (by that I mean six string) on and off for nearly thirty years but right at the beginning in the seventies I played bass in a band and had a Yamaha or Ibanez (I suspect the later but I can't really remember) and I've just decided to...

My money was on a squier :p

Would I get kicked off the forum for saying I don't like it?? The bottom curve of the body is just too angular and clumsy for me and the headstock looks too much like a PRS which I hate. That said the spec looks amazing, Its going to sound amazing without doubt and you obviously like the...

Bounce.... Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on those control knobs :)

Ok a couple of daft noobish questions. I've found some chrome knobs that look like straight replacements at Allparts - But how do I tell if they will fit, are they all standard size? Also I can't work out how to get them off - Usually there would be a little hole at the base of the knob with a...

Thats a great idea spambot - there is a speaker out on my Blues Deluxe amp so that sounds like a great compromise - Thanks for the suggestion! Those pick-ups confused me when I first saw them ttmnky - The controls are actually V/T/T Yes bh2 - its string through, sorry forgot to take pics...