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** Sold ** 1986 Wal MK1 Fretless
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The great clearout continues with my 1986 Wal Fretless!

This bass is in great condition for the year.

It has a few light scratches on the back that are barely noticeable due to the nature of the finish ( I've tried to capture them in the photos) + a couple of fine lacquer cracks in the headstock.

It has a mahogany core, stained sycamore facings and ebony fretboard.

The one quirk of this model is that the position markers appear to have been moved, suggesting maybe that it was originally a fretted model and has been been defretted (having said that, the ebony fretboard might support the idea that it's always been fretted?).
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[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1490732945' post='3267558']
Love this bass. It is a thing of beauty. The photo's do not do it justice.

Buy in confidence. Andy is a thoroughly recommended seller.
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Thanks Warren :)

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[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1490766494' post='3267713']
If I buy 3 of your wonderful basses can I get 1 free? :)

Bump for a top seller, and a fine gentleman with exquisite taste in basses.
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ROFL! PM'd with this months special offers Daniel :)

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Ah, this used to be mine - sold to Andy in 2010, or was it 2011

I bought it from ABC Music in Oxford in 1989 - I always thought the action was a bit 'not quite right' but my main bass was a Precision and this saw little action so I wasn't that bothered

I took it to Pete around 2008 (amazed that he returned my call!) along with my fretted Mk I for a once over and he looked it up in his book and saw that it started life as a fretless, which means it was fretted in the first two years or so

After Pete had stopped the Wal workshop I had it returned to it's original fretless state by Paul Herman via Charlie Chandler - the fret lines are Pearwood

Alas, not all is lost - soon Fishman Towers will resonate to the sound of my soon-to-be-built Wal Pro 1e clone - nabbed a Pickup/Preamp from here a while back - watch this space (or the build diary section)

+1 to Andy, a good guy to deal with

Fishman

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