LewisK1975

TC Polytune clip. Never failed at all. Even in Very noisy situations.

Yup! Or even just sell them separately anyway, but I expect they wouldn't sell as many Basses then....

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Yes, I think Sibob missed the part about wanting to tune the thicker strings to standard EADG.

Cool! When you've finished weeping with joy, do remember to add loads of pics to your NBD thread!

Can't stop listening to Youtube clips of Wals at the moment. It's just that SOUND. I'm not sure I've ever heard a better bottom end, and they ALL have it. YMMV!

Thanks for this Steve! Hugely helpful, but yes it'd be a 4 string for me..

No probs! Great looking Bass by the way!

Just a thought - If you're going to try and put smaller screws in there than it currently has, will they grip the screwholes properly? Also, it seems a lot of effort to go to for something which can't really be seen... Congrats on getting the bass though! I reckon we all need to see some pics mind you.....

They will go floppy if the strings have been tuned to standard pitch for all of their 'life' and then tuned down. Could that be contributing to your problems? If so, might be worth trying buying your normal strings and tune them to E flat from new. Might require a little bit of Truss rod adjustment too. As others have said, going up a gauge will also help.

Thanks, Sage advice indeed, I fell foul of this with a 4003 I bought. Luckily, a chap I know who lives nearby has a rather nice mk1 which I'm intending to have a proper try out on.

Great info, thank you!

Great, thanks, and do you know what the nut dimension is? Is it 42mm?

Just asked this on Highfox's new bass day thread too....

Mr Highfox!, Do you know if the nut width / neck dimensions are fixed on all Wal Basses? Or do you select when you order? Cheers!

Hi All, I have decided that at some point in the next few years, I will own a Wal. I don't know 100% which MK yet, but I was wondering, do they make the neck to dimensions you can specify? Or do they have a standard neck size, and then anything different would be an 'extra'? I'm specifically talking about nut width if that helps!

Could this be put into the '1st world problem' bucket?

Yes I have thanks, many times. I really enjoyed the show too, unlike the moaning bugger behind me who just spent the entire show waiting for someone to offend him.

Nice looking Amps, remind me a bit of the Darkglass cabs.

Same here, but see my post up a few, I still got asked not to film by another chap there. It was one song out of a 2 hour show. I don't think that's unreasonable. As I also stated I wouldn't have got my phone out if there had been ANY indication that it was banned at the show.

Hmmm, a good 'idea'. But like the article states, it'll divide opinion. I was at a Mr.Big gig and was recording one song I really liked. It was the only time I'd got my phone out during the show. I got a 'sharp' tap on the shoulder from someone behind me and he wanted me to stop filming. I told him No. Finished the song and put my phone away. Heard the same guy having a go at others during the show who we dancing too near him too. If there had been a notice saying no filming / photographs at the Mr Big show I went to then I wouldn't have got my phone out. But as there was no indication from the venue / band / promoter that phones were not to be used for pics / recordings then I didn't do anything wrong, I'd paid for my ticket the same as the guy who didn't want me to film one song.. He had his opinion about what I was doing, and I'm perfectly entitled to disagree with him.

Yep, as others have said, if your are able to, I'd have it in bits and be checking everything.

Oh Dear. Mrs LK1975 is gonna be upset....