Jono Bolton

Finally got round to taking a few pictures of my P Bass. It's a '00 MIM that I scored for £200 on eBay in about 2007. It needed a lot of work but it plays nicely and sounds great.

This is my Bass Doc tort scratchplate. Looks a lot redder in the pic than it is in real life.

I think I post that picture a lot. It haunts my dreams with it's beauty.

This Nash.

[quote name='OldG' timestamp='1393660672' post='2383016'] Wow!!! [/quote] What he said! Very nice job!

[quote name='FEND3R' timestamp='1393316125' post='2378494'] From left to right - '78 mij Morris, '98 Duck Dunn signature, '84 mij Squier SQ series and a custom luthier made to my specifications '57. The first three are completely stock with original cases, case candy and hang tags. What can I say - I am one happy man! [/quote] I remember the build diary for that '57, such a great finish on it!

I've got a set of Ernie Ball Beefy Slinkys on my SG at the minute, but I think I'll go back to the Skinny Top Heavy Bottoms, the 11s on the top are too heavy for me. How often do forumites change their strings? I've had mine on since Christmas Day and they sound a bit dead.

Pelham Blue

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1388142339' post='2318796'] I am going to get a Squier bass VI when there are any to be had, but unfortunately they all come with awful pickguards. eBay have some in the states that are white pearl which look pretty good. Are there any closer than that? [/quote] The Bass Doc will knock one up for you

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1390894909' post='2350885'] Does it use 6L6 or 6V6 tubes? [/quote] 6L6 as far as I know, there's lots of info on the Super 60, 112 & 210 on here, including some very interesting email from the designers: http://www.tdpri.com/forum/amp-owners-clubs/200003-fender-super-60-112-210-owners.html

Cheers guys, my joiner brother phoned me just after I posted this and he echoed what was said above, he'll fit it for me next time he's down and I'll just fill the holes when the time to move out comes!

I've just bought a Hercules wall hanger as it was a bargain on eBay, but is there a way to mount it to the wall safely without the use of screws? I live in a rented flat and I don't think the landlord would be happy with me drilling 2 holes into the wall. Is there any sort way of gluing it to the wall that will take the weight of my bass, but will also allow me to remove it cleanly if/when I move out?

There was a Super 60 on Gumtree Glasgow at the same time as my 112 was posted, and the fella was looking for £300! There's a red knob Twin on eBay just now for £425 I think, I think £150-200 is the going rate for the Supers as there's not a huge demand for them. They can be had for peanuts in the US though!

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1389615266' post='2336063'] looks just like mine Jono. Though mine had the guts rewired to sort the drive channel, and some other stuff. Great amps. [/quote] I agree Dave, I'm really pleased with it. I only paid £150 for it as well, they can be picked up really cheap. I think the only difference between the Super 60 and the Super 112 is the size of the cabinet, the Super 112 has a larger footprint, the Super 60 is a bit smaller. To be honest, I think I'd rather have the Super 60, this is a bit of a beast to lug about!

I gave the amp a clean yesterday evening but waited until today to take some pictures in the natural light. Going over it there were a few little rips in the vinyl but nothing major. The volume knob has been replaced so I'll try to source a proper red knob for it. I think it could do with a service, some of the pots are very scratchy, but everything else seems to work fine. As far as I can tell though, the presence knob does nothing. I've got the bass and mid set to 6 and the treble to 7, and the clean sound really is excellent, even with my cheapy Epiphone SG. The reverb is very subtle, it just adds a tiny amount of spank to the sound. The reviews for the Fender red knobs either fell in the "Great" or "Terrible" camps, but the one constant was that these amps are unbearably loud, and that's definitely true! I actually have the volume knob pointing at the top of the 0, and it's still very loud for home use if you really dig in. I don't even bother with the drive channel, I can't find any setting that's useable at home, even as low as it can be, the windows are shaking. I can bypass that with a decent stomp box though. Overall though, I really like the sound, the only real problem is that I can't stop looking at Telecasters, I think this would really sing with singlecoils instead of humbuckers.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1389376796' post='2333620'] Got any pics/vids? I've seen them for sale as well and wondered what the clean sound was like. [/quote] Nothing at the minute sorry, I'll try and get something sorted tomorrow, it needs a clean first. The clean sound's very nice, I'm using it with an SG but I imagine it'd sound best with singlecoils. Apparently with these amps there's very little break up when it's cranked up, but I've yet to test those claims out.

Well, I can now join in properly with this thread, as I've just picked up a Fender Super 112, a massive 60W, 1X12 valve combo. I'd been trying to get hold of the seller for ages and only recently had a reply from him, so I went round and checked it out today. The clean channel is brilliant, the drive channel not so much, and there's no master volume to balance the two so there's a huge jump when the drive is kicked in. It's heavy as hell, and incredibly loud, so I'll have to get an attenuator of some sort to be able to drive the tubes at low volume. Despite these niggles, I actually really like it, I mainly bought it on the strength of the clean sound, it's nice with my SG. Pics will follow once I've given it a clean!

Cheers for your responses guys. I'm hopefully going to check out a different amp tomorrow so this whole thread may be pointless, but if I don't like it then I may go and have a look at the Laney. I'll definitely speak to Flynn amps though if any work needs done, or even if I just want to get the amp serviced, I have a suspicion that the amp I'm going to see tomorrow hasn't been for a check up recently.

Has anyone had any experience putting new covering onto a guitar amp? I've found a nice Laney valve combo for sale locally, but I'm not too keen on the new orange and purple vinyl the seller has put on it. Hey, I'm in Glasgow, maybe it was used for gigging in some of the Lodges! It's a good price, but I'd quite like to restore it back to it's original black, or possibly even tweed. Is it difficult to do? Will I electrocute myself taking it apart if I buy it? Or is it something the furniture upholsterer round the corner may be able to do?

Well, Santa came and brought my Schallers, so I spent yesterday morning drilling my headstock and fitting the new tuners. They look brilliant and they're rock solid, fired on a new set of 11s and spent all day yesterday bending the sh*t out of them, and it's still in tune, unbelievably happy with them, and pretty pleased with my fitting skills, a lot easier than I thought.