silverfoxnik

[quote name='griffonite' post='436193' date='Mar 16 2009, 03:23 PM']I had a Wal for seven years and sold it as it was very heavy and a bad neck diver. I think I only used it for so long because I had always wanted one from first playing bass and Mick Karn was and is my favourite bassist. I tried lots of basses over a twenty plus years pro' career and steadfastly avoided such "common" basses as Fenders. Of course now I only own Fender Jazz basses and agree they sound great. I think the Wal was primarily designed as a studio bass and to this end versatility was all important. I found my Wal to be over complicated for live work. The sound wasn't to my taste and as for construction I remember the neck pocket wasn't very tight and it was the only bass I have owned that had a dead spot. Also I found the neck to be very wide and chunky in profile, altogether a very impractical design for a gigging bass. Leo Fender was a design genius who got it right with the Jazz and Precision designs and these designs remain to this day as the basic template of all other bass designs.[/quote] That is of course, unless you like Wals and then it's a very practical design for a gigging bass.. Having said that, I love the Jazz bass design and have two five string models which I gig with and they're great.

Great photos Al! Thought the band looked better with you on bass I have to say.... You have a very cool 'bass pose' that the other chap just doesn't have...

Nice collection! I like the fact that you have the 3 classic Leo Fender bass designs right there (albeit one of them is a Lakland..)!

Very nice Ped!

Great looking bass! Is it a 34" scale neck?

[quote name='Chappers' post='435047' date='Mar 15 2009, 09:18 AM']Bought mine from Silverfox Nik. In a word, Superb![/quote] Glad you're still enjoying it Chappers! So, where are you exactly now - are you in Oz as your avatar suggests..?

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='433795' date='Mar 13 2009, 03:37 PM']Well, the overwater? It's really nice.[/quote] That's gotta be understatement of the year!!

[quote name='alexclaber' post='430666' date='Mar 10 2009, 04:24 PM']At some point I may get some t-shirts printed - a "Barefaced - Louder Than Lemmy" one for the rockers and a "Barefaced - Free Your Inner Afro" one for the funksters. Alex[/quote] Great idea! Can I order mine now please...

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='434845' date='Mar 14 2009, 08:12 PM']I like this photo from a show on Thursday, so had to post: - [/quote] Great photo!

Very nice indeed!

Hope you get some royalties then, Al? Interesting design for a change.. wonder what it sounds like...

I've owned and tried a lot of different Wals over the years and found that, like most basses, they vary a lot in tone and playability, so you have to try a few before you find 'the one' that suits you best as a player. My personal favourites are the early Pro models which have an ash body, don't have the 'filter' e.q. and are more gutsy sounding than the Custom models in my opinion.. They also have the big headstock (which I love) and weigh a ton and have bad neck dive.. But it doesn't matter to me because I just love the tone/look of them. Isn't it great though that there are so many fantastic basses to choose from these days; whether you like Wals, GBs, Sei's, Overwater, Status, Shuker etc, etc, the custom bass market in the UK just has so much to offer it's brilliant!

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='428788' date='Mar 8 2009, 07:09 PM']Guitar drivers loaded in a cab of half the volume required shoddily built from inferior materials. But otherwise OK. [/quote] It looks pretty stupid as well!

[quote name='paul h' post='427877' date='Mar 7 2009, 10:12 AM']Finally took a picture of my 75 Ltd in the daylight and thought it warranted resurrecting this thread. [attachment=21636:newsxjpic.jpg][/quote] Very nice looking bass Paul - got any more pics?

[quote name='Marcus' post='428655' date='Mar 8 2009, 04:11 PM']Hi Guys, i've been talked into doing a new project...... the group of lads are firmly against the classic rock stuff and the following bands have been proposed Killers Kings of Leon Jet Kaiser Chiefs Franz Ferdinand Stereophonics Foo Fighters I have to admin I don't really know the back catalogue of these bands too well...... I'm looking for recommendations of songs from these bands where the bass is interesting / prominent / integral to the song I'm not really looking to just sit back and play ploddy 8th notes all night with a pick !! I'm sure I won't be able to avoid playing whatever hits these guys have had, but could use some insight into their other songs too, I need to go along to our first get together with some ideas of what I want to play..... Ofcourse i'm going to listen to their stuff myself but tghought it might be an idea to get a quick roll call from my bass playing peers Thanks Guys ATB Mark[/quote] We do 'When you were Young' by the Killers which is great, but so are lots of their other tunes, especially the 'Are we human' single that was out recently..

My fav is bassninja but that's because I've seen him do some gigs and can rate him in that environment, as opposed to seeing him play at a Bass Bash for example. He's a really fabulous musician who always plays the song first and the fact that he does it in a very musical and funky way just makes him even better IMO.. On a slightly more frivolous note, I have seen some truly great Basschat virtuoso players at the Bass Bashes but [u]no-one[/u] comes close to the guy who 'slapped' his way through about 5 hours at the National Bash last March! Think my ears are still bleeding..

Fantastic! She reaches parts of 'the pocket' other bass players fail to reach..

[quote name='Stu-khag' post='426481' date='Mar 5 2009, 05:20 PM']Well here's my rig. Swr 350 (mk2?) and I think its a Triad 1. Would ya believe Ive not gigged with it in over two years (and it got serviced just before its last outing doh!) It was such a blast playing it live and I love the triad 3 way speaker setup Its currently used as a key stand in my old flat. Such a shame Im not gigging for the forseeable.(Coming to a for sale site near you!)[/quote] Very nice! I have a Triad, though a later version, and I love it.. Wouldn't mind another one though my back might complain! If you do ever decide to sell it, I might be interested...

[quote name='Russ' post='426728' date='Mar 5 2009, 10:09 PM']Seems to have been a while since there was any update on the new Wal situation... anyone heard anything?[/quote] Haven't heard anything specific Russ but there is a holding page up on the internet now: [url="http://www.walbass.co.uk/"]http://www.walbass.co.uk/[/url] I think some people here have actually had some dealings with Paul Herman for spare parts etc lately as well....