RonC

Paul used to have spare ones, years ago I ordered a set for my ProIIe. don't know if he still has them..

[quote name='MC1970' timestamp='1324544563' post='1475310'] Hi all BCers, I received an email fm Paul with attached pics of the available tops, and as stated by him my bass' ETD will be mid Jan - early Feb..... I was watching other new Wals pictures, and the last two basses spotted did not have the string retainer on the headstock; was it a customer's request or is it one of the "improvements" being made by Paul work in progress? Thanks, M. [/quote] Hi, The String retainer is just not installed yet. They all come with a string retainer! Cheers, Ron

[quote name='Francesco' timestamp='1316201993' post='1375913'] It certainly looked like an oldie. Thanks. @ it seems it has some kind of black stripe in the center of the body. Is that an Wal option? [/quote] That's right, They often used to place a center stripe between the two bookmatched laminated facings.

[quote name='Francesco' post='1375393' date='Sep 16 2011, 01:28 PM']It looks like an old one, if you look at the stringtree. Is it made bij Paul, the guy who runs Wal basses? [/quote] No, you are right, it's an old one(80's i believe)! I meant pete or wal... (i editted my previous post).

[quote name='wombatboter' post='1375355' date='Sep 16 2011, 01:01 PM']From what I've heard it's a sort of chemically treated maple..also my favourite one in the picture[/quote] That's right! This one also has a thinner body, the previous owner wanted a less heavy Wal so Pete or Wal used a thinner piece of corewood. (it's not mine btw.)

[quote name='purpleblob' post='1336963' date='Aug 11 2011, 09:28 PM']Guys thanks for the kind words. So far I have nothing but glowing things to say about the quality, the look, the feel and the sound of this instrument. You're absolutely spot on AndroWal, the ergonomics and the balance, weight etc. make this the most comfortable instrument I own (I admit I'm in the honeymoon period at the moment so I probably would say this ). lozbass, totally agree with you. Paul is producing some awesome instruments. Also if you talk to Paul you get the feeling that he's somebody who really cares about what he's doing and strives to produce the best. Whilst I was at the workshop Paul appeared to be putting the finishing touches on, what I think was a flamed maple bodied, MK1 - it was absolutely stunning. Anyway, I suppose I'd better start saving for a fretted MKIII next [/quote] Could it be this one? At the 12th of august i picked up my MK1 sycamore Wal at the workshop, which looks a bit like flamed maple. I totally agree with you about Pauls craftmanship! Here's a pic of my collection: All of these were at the dutch wal meeting too!

My 2 Wal's: A fretted proIIe(1979) and a fretless MK1(1986)