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  1. Looks like a lovely bass. I nearly bought this earlier in the year but couldn't scrape together £1500. Can't scrape it together now, either!
  2. Beautiful bass. Couldn't part with my 63' - you must have something special on the way!
  3. Lovely chap and didn't bat an eyelid at my very messy house when picking up a P Bass. Enjoy the bass!
  4. All joking aside, I think - alongside Fenders - an iconic 'vintage' collection should have a Wal, Warwick streamer, Gibson EB and Thunderbird, probably a 60s Hofner, an EB Stingray (pre 1990 I think). What am I missing?
  5. It plays beautifully, and certainly benefits from he master set up Andy's chap did. Neck is beautifully thin.
  6. It's the internet, I never get upset with what people write. I leave that for people on the Guardian of Daily Mail websites...! [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1462001932' post='3039404'] And just for clarity as well, I wasn't being tetchy or sarky so hope it didn't read like that... And vintage or not I reckon there's a Wal shaped space in most places. But I am biased... Very biased. [/quote]
  7. I'm just being silly, of course. My Wal was the best recording bass I ever had. It was one of the original Pro series and could do everything. The problem is - and I'm honest enough to admit it - was that it could do so much, I couldn't get my head around it all. Sadly, I'm quite a simple person when it comes to basses. Was heavy though! I got offered an obscene amount of money for it by an Amercian and then sold it. I'd love another one, but I'm not recording anymore really. Any vintage bass collection needs a Wal I'd say. [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1461971823' post='3039329'] Oh dear, properly bad luck then... Funny, when I look down at my Wal I think, "Crikey, this is beautifully made, ergonomically designed bass that hangs just nicely, feels perfect in my hands and serves up every tone I've ever wanted it to make... " but then again Your Milage May Vary, horses for courses, one man's meat, each to their own, takes all sorts and all that malarkey... [/quote]
  8. Good story. Problem was, I had changed the battery, done the sound check and all the rest of it. Wasn't the first time I'd done a big gig. And if I looked down at a Wal I'd mostly be thinking: "crikey this is an over-engineered and massively heavy plank of wood that's beautifully made and stunningly finished." [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1461912485' post='3038606'] Imagine the scene: Me at the Royal Albert Hall, venue all sold out. The night before I'm proudly looking at my active Wal basses and think, "Huge gig tomorrow, I don't reckon it needs it but I'll change those batteries just in case." I've been playing an active bass since 1988 and never had a battery go down in a gig. Mind you, I've always maintained my basses well and changed batteries on a regular (although not that frequent) basis. Goes with the active territory. A cheap multimeter from Dyas or Screwfix is a dead handy bit of kit... With the Wals I got into the habit of changing the battery every time I do a string change so they were swapped every six months or so. Their power draw is stupidly low given how the power and versatility of the active circuit. A case of "once a year whether it needs it or not!" Of course, now I've gone over to flats that approach goes out the window... Even with that low draw the battery isn't going to last four or five years! ;-) [/quote]
  9. Thanks chief! I had assumed that Andy's pictures would have been enough, I guess not. I'll up my game this week! The bass is fantastic, playing and sounding.
  10. Bump! I need this gone, so PM if you have an offer for me...
  11. This stunning bass is still here... I don't want to sell it, but I sort of need to sell it.
  12. [quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1461659365' post='3036443'] Because of the awful rate of interest from banks I have toyed with the idea of buying (even a right handed) limited edition Fender or Gibson and just locking it in its case for twenty years to sell on in future or pass on to my kids if I have any... Bit of a gamble, the vintage guitar market may be dead in twenty years, or I may need to "relic" it to make it sellable. Not the worst financial idea... [/quote] I'd suggest buying a genuine vintage instrument, not a limited edition reissue. Personally, I have about the same amount of money in my instrument collection as I do in my personal pension (work one is slightly different).
  13. Bass was fine then it wasn't. Not worth getting angry over (that's my mindfullness coming out!). Went to a 66' Jazz bass which worked out just fine. It could have happened to anyone. I'm a simple man, so simple guitars work just fine :-) [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1461501479' post='3035155'] "PPPPPP", as they say: Poor Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance. You should sack your Guitar Tech! TBH, I'm sure that's why a lot of live gigs are done using Fenders - cheap passive bass that is serviceable and cheap to replace (in relative terms). [/quote]
  14. I'm not trying to create conflict. I have no strong feelings on the matter at all... A great sound engineer, good player and the right amp and setup can get a great sound out of anything. Often the more time people spend tinkering and fiddling the less they spend actually playing. Whatever people decide to play is cool with me as long as they've got groove and a bit of soul it's all good!
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