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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1447064121' post='2904442'] Chances of finding a used fretless sixer are non existant so I'm going to have to go new... [/quote] Rob, did you see the fretless sixer on Ebay???

Two years is a long time to wait to play a couple fretless songs. Used five stringers seem to pop up pretty regularly around here.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1445681601' post='2893328'] My two, '83 and '86 [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/2015-10-24%2011.07.03_zpsbut5afap.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/2015-10-24%2011.07.03_zpsbut5afap.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] Wow Beedster, already added a 2nd Wal to the mix! Is that the fretless 86 that was here in Seattle a month ago? And does that mean you fixed the frets on your wenge one?

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1442242710' post='2865429'] It's the Ziricote Wal... they sent someone round to review it a while ago and I got an email from Joel a couple of weeks back saying it would be in the next issue. I'd be interested to see what they make of it, filter preamps take a bit of getting used to and the reviewer only had an hour or so with it. [/quote] Congrats Rob! I sure hope the reviewer knew how to use the controls, it sure took me longer than an hour to get used to it.

Yup, everything in the Bass NW building has been cleared out as of yesterday. But Chad's new store The Bass Shop is ramping up at a good pace. Musicman factory however doesn't let anyone in for tours.

This seems like a mess of a money pit. So far you havent told us what the issue with the truss rod is. If the bass isnt original (from your pic I can see a body refinish, a new bridge and pickguard), and you are already wanting to buy new neck, pickups and electronics, I'm thinking "what for"? It will no longer be a 75 if everything bolted to the body is replaced. My advice is sell it off or part it out, and go buy a different Jazz Bass. If you want it as a vintage 75, then get a real luthier to fix the neck, and have the original pickups rewound if they're weak.

It looked to me that the headstock only looked th way because of the camera angle. No? In the straight shot of the whole bass the head looks normal.

Not exactly Japanese built. EBMM shipped the bulk parts to Japan for the distributor to assemble a bass model when need for their market...however I think the bodies were painted in Japan. I believe EBMM says they stopped the EX line around 2004?

I haven't thought about using mine in a live situation (especially since the very stiff stock data cable causes ghost triggers when you move around), but I'm mainly using for song ideas at home or eventual studio track use. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IKNSkprZVvo&itct=CB8QpDAYAiITCM7uhY_vwMcCFcN_TgodPwcDjTIHcmVsYXRlZEiM6bqwuZDX4Wo%3D Like two small spots, the middle and the end, in the Hellborg video where he kicks on the midi and plays synth chords.

Ah yes, the MB4 Midi Bass....talk about unicorn! I have one too, a 4string...a glorious instrument, but wish mine were a 5er. Has anyone been able to use one in poly mode? I'm using mine with a Yamaha Motif sound generator (the rackmount brain model of the keyboard), and in poly mode it splits the instrument to two different sounds; like strings and drums. Not what I want, when I'm trying to get chorded strings or piano etc. I can accomplish the chorded intervals externally via pedals, but I'm trying to do this with just midibass and sound module. Finding info on these rare beasts have just been deadend roads.

My $50 dollar POS craigslist purchase. I wouldnt call it 'love', I just wanted a cheap practice bass I can leave at work or in the trunk of my car and not care about.

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1434565781' post='2800868'] Why is it not available to pickup now? It would be stating the obvious to note that it appears to be finished and in the case. [/quote] Negatory! That bass doesn't seem to have the string tree installed. It must take at least a week to install one.

Wow, old thread! Still good. But for Dr Dave, Wal does also make one with a little aerodynamic headtock.

Thanks Andro!

Andro, I still need to got on with doing the M4S lite tuner ordering. My MkII 5 used to mainly sit unused, but now that I've joined a new band I'm using the 5 nearly everyday, and my 4's are sitting unused. I need to reduce some mass at the headstock for my upcoming loooooong gigs.

From what I gather, the Pro series can be difficult to date unless a particular owner is the original purchaser. But this bass having a date and Greg's name seems cut and dry, and the headstock having the later style 'two stripes' seems to be inline with the date written in the body. You always email Paul or Phil @ Wal and see if they can find in the book.

jensenmann, the 400 is still a little glassier in the top end...that old Fender-ish tube amp chacter. The mids are very similar and have the unmistakable Mesa mid-forward gritty sound. But the Strategy is capable of far more low end than my 400, and way more volume. Voice setting #1 is the closest to the original 400 sound.

My Mesa toobers! the trusty old 400 I've had forever, and now the Strategy. Both loaded with KT88's. [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/Negative7bass/CAM00831_zps0jil2iil.jpg[/IMG]

Not only that Kev, I just "had" to jump on it really quick because the store priced it like a MkI (for the US anyway) got @ $5200! That's 2 grand savings right off the bat! The original owner (or store) easily could have sold it at full factory retail.

I just recently picked up a new birdseye maple MkIII 4 string a few weeks ago. Built Jan/2015, found it already traded-in at a vintage guitar shop...their loss I say! It's spectacular! The only bummer is, I placed an order a couple months ago with Wal for a similar MkIII 4, so I may change the new build to a 5 string. So an upated family pic with the (Mk) 1 2 3 punch!

I'm using DR Marcus Miller stainless on my 5. They are the grittiest-zingiest B string I can find. I tried taper B's, but they didnt sound as bright, nor did the fat part of the string cover the rear row if pickup pole.

I had to service some difficult to turn/pull pots on mine when they arrived too. I used Deoxit, sprayed some in the tiny square openings on the backs on the pots, and I removed the knobs and used a toothpick to help dribble some Deoxit down the pot shaft. Work it in well then they spin easily.

Is that the 2002 MkII that was just on craigslist.de? Looks fantasic! The old ones had heavily glossed necks, but I think around 2001-ish they changed to a thinner satin finish on the neck, kinda like what's on the body.