RonC

Thank you! It was an absolute joy building it!

Walnuts?

Its all a matter of taste i think, I just love the look of the Mk1. There's a Wal with much better ergonomics; the MK3. I've had a MK3 5er for years but eventually traded it for an Mk1, i just like the "old school" looks.. Thanks for your honest opinion!! 👍

Thank you Funkle, you're thread sure helped me finding the right pickups and preamp!!! 👍

That was a damn good Joke!!! 🤣 Shame that they find this offensive.....

Thanks!!!

haha, good idea!

Thank you! I don't take commisions yet, I do 90% of the work in the workplace of the luthier school. sometimes i do some repairwork at the kitchentable 😉. Next year i want to build my own workplace at home. Then i might take commisions... 😀

I dismanteled my fretted MK1, measured everything and took pictures of it. a felllow forumite Patricio (username PLB) drawed the digital plan for me. I have PDF's of it so i'm happy to share it with you if you like. (just send me a PM) Thanks!

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He told us about his TB10! Thats should be an amazing bass too. He's indeed a very kind person. Around 2020 he bought an Ibanez Musician MC900 from me, he came to visit and we had a great chat! he can talk for hours about his bass and guitar collection and his opinion on basses. Great to hear all his anekdotes from his musical life. And indeed a great player! a small world it is! Thanks for the compliments!!

Thanks! I used Turner multicoil pickups, these PU's come very close to the Wal PU's. Because i also wanted the look of the Wal PU's, Chrtis Turner made me a set with a plain surface.

Everything is to learn, I started this luthier education in 2018 (1 day a week) and before that I had no skills at all. But with a good teacher, patience and trust almost anyone can get there (unless you have two left hands of course.. ) Thank you!

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A new family picture of my 3 Wals together with a new born Claassen bass which I made myself. if you’re interested, here’s the build diary of my tribute to Wal: Wal tribute build diary