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Not final – I will re-dye with the Feibings black leather dye and go again with the sanding – it will be similar to this but not patchy

Thanks @Chopthebass – this is my first attempt so any advice appreciated – this is a way down my 'to-do' list so progress may not be immediate

Mods: we need a like emoticon for 'scared' 😟

bloody hell, that was tense! 😓 Well done Andy!

It's time to make a pick guard – I've ordered a few different sheets of A4 veneer to make something laminated – each sheet is 0.6mm, so 4 sheets should do the trick The next step will be to scan this and make a paper template, fine tune that, then make something out of thin MDF, then onto the veneer

Seeing the wrench in your photo @TrevorR , it reminded me of this – slight thread derailment, but hey, it's my bass! 😉

Hi @TrevorR – I'm posting my queries there as the group has a lot more members, with a specific interest in Wal stuff Here's the link to the FB Wal page if anyone is interested: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2413094311

Thanks @TrevorR – I love the pic of the Pro in the field at sunset on the opening page of the brochure – so 'of it's time' !

I feel your apprehension! My Stingray build came to a halt due to not wanting to feck things up – now I am confident enough to plug the router in 😓

OK, you win @Jimothey 😉 any progress?

My Stingray build is, so far, 6 months slower than yours – I hereby request the mods take this build thread title and give it to me 😁 Seriously though, any progress?

Cheers @BassBod ! I cannot for the life of me remember who I bought the pre and pickup from though – it was on here about 10 years ago in the Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale section – maybe it was still bassworld or whatever it was called previously – either way the transaction details aren't still available

It's basically a Shergold 😊

Currently we're looking at natural, with tru-oil – which, now I've seen it for the first time, I really like But… I may change my mind!

Great work Andy – now I can breathe out 😌

Yeah, I saw that – unbelievable behaviour

That big knob is quite impressive 😉

I agree I must say that my description of the 201 as a BBOT is wrong – what I really meant was that the bass is high-end and usually those kinds of basses have more expensive bridges 🤐

I would say that it is just a thicker bit of BBOT – not dissing the Gotoh 201 but it ain't nothing like the sophistication that a lot of bass folks are spending money on these days – I'm sure that a blind test wouldn't reveal any difference I saw an Italian Allegro once, called the Innocenti! ☺️

never mind – we're doing it again 😊

Having done lots of bridge research for my in-progress @Andyjr1515 build I came across this amazing looking bass from Stradi that has a bent bit of tin for a bridge Personally I'm not sure a bridge is something that does much more than hold the string down at the body end of things – obviously others will disagree, but sustain is hardly ever necessary and didn't mean much to Jaco or Jamerson anyway 😊 https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2020/11/30/bass-of-the-week-stradi-reformer/?fbclid=IwAR22HPFJshnDsjuAy1h3Z6t4p0jUElmc4a-awwCw5YXFwN4lKposjD1UaFQ A bit of a nod to the Alpher Mako body shape too I reckon

I have their P, J and MMs in various basses – output is as expected, good and strong, no noticeable difference in output compared with other pickups I use

The simple truth is that I bought the neck earlier this year from someone on the Wal Lovers FB page and the pickup/preamp/scratchplate I bought in the for sale section on this very forum about 10 years ago I had two lovely Mk I Wals that I had to sell a while back when business wasn't so good, so I kept my eye out for any Wal bargains and here we are

Oh yeah, they ate the bridge too 😢