mikeswals

[quote name='cetera' post='1232852' date='May 16 2011, 03:22 AM']LUSH!!![/quote] I can't help they kept falling in my lap! How could I say no? I somehow became the refuge for strays.

Nice thread. These really are incredible instruments. Maybe I can contribute a little more to the Wal porn here.... '90 Mk I '86 Mk I '90 Mk II midi '00 Mk I And the couch I now have to sleep on. But at least I have good company! I would love to get ahold of an old Wal flyer (for the Custom models) if anyone has one available.

I've done lots of restorations of the vitage mute assemblies. The reason the newest EB mutes don't fit well is because the newer bridge saddles made for the EB Classic are taller than the vintage preEB and early EB saddles, so the foam pads are taller as well. You'll either have to carefully cut them down, or cut your own shorter pads.

The only two Jamerson basses the family has (or had) was the upright and the '65 Bass V. Yes that goofy 5-string thing. And Pistol Allen had one of the B-15's, but who knows where it's at now since Pistol has died. But I remember the family advertising the upright as available back around '03. But don't know if it actually ever sold. I remember checking out the JJ sig models in Bass Centre LA. Even though it said Custom shop, it was assembled from nothing more than off the shelf MIA 62RI parts with a special neck plate. But it was still a nice bass!

You simply have a scabbed-together Fender. It's a 68-72 Tele body with a similar era Precision neck modded to fit. The Teles, even left handed ones, only came with maple boards. At the heel of the neck, the P neck is rounded, whereas the Tele heel is flat. And looking at your pic the heel was originally rounded, but looks like someone modded it to fit the squared neck pocket. So I'm sure the original date stamping is sanded off if you remove the neck for inspection. If the pots are original, then they will be stamped with a code, example: 137-6842. 137 is the pot manufacturer, 66 is the year, and 42 is the week. Alot of 66-70 basses wore '66 pots, so it isn't right to just use the pots for dating. The bottom side of the pickup will also be dated if you remove it. It will either be handwritten with a full date on the earlier ones, or if it has a later 4digit code like: 9341, the last digit translates the year (71) and the center two digits the week.

[quote name='Telebass' post='1212579' date='Apr 27 2011, 05:31 AM']Nobody's reading this carefully, are they? The clue is in plain view! Welcome, Mike, always wanted to visit Seattle. Hopefully, someday![/quote] yeah, the clue is in the username. Seattle is a great place to visit, especially beautiful in aug/sept. -Mike

[quote name='mep' post='1211234' date='Apr 25 2011, 01:35 PM']Hi & welcome. So what particular brand of British bass are you fanatical about then? There can't be many.[/quote] Thanks for the welcomes. Wal. I seemed to become the refuge for strays. #4 actually just arrived about 10 minutes ago.

Hi I'm Mike, a 4string-slinger from Seattle. As they say 'long time lurker, first time poster'. I finally decided to sign up here after years of watching from the nose-bleed section. I am a little bit fanatical about one particular brand of British bass, but I've also love preEB Musicmans and old Fenders.