Spoombung

Hmmm... Nearly september and I haven't seen one in the UK yet.

I notice that 3 and a half years later that guy on Talkbass still hasn't reverse-engineered the Wal pickup yet: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f38/won-wal-pickup-ebay-432803/"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f38/won-wal-...up-ebay-432803/[/url]

Quite simply, the Wal pickup has a unique, recognisable tone (at least to my ears). If you think about it, there are only a handful of bass guitars that qualify for this accolade: Rickenbacker, Fender, Alembic and maybe a couple of others. The Wal is there with them. The rest just go boom boom boom and you can only tell them apart by the player (well, that's how it [i]should[/i] be, I suppose). Wal basses came to prominence at the same time as the bass guitar became a special feature in pop bands (when recordings sold in vast quantities) so everybody heard examples of the Wal sound a lot. The various famous players made a big impression and that has lasted over time.

[quote name='ras52' post='1285769' date='Jun 28 2011, 09:52 PM']Very interesting! The control layout is the same as the Pro IIE, but it's scratchplate-less, like the later Custom. I'd say it was a transitional model between the Pro and the Custom - possibly a very rare specimen.[/quote] I agree with this assessment..

I think a visual guide is far preferable to anything else suggested here

I'm surprised dear old Jeff Berlin hasn't claimed he was the world's first fretless bass player yet ...afterall, he practically invented slap bass, don'tcha know!

[size=5]Mullet Funk[/size]

Any shops yet?

[quote name='Clarky' post='1263637' date='Jun 10 2011, 09:47 AM']There's one FS on BassChat (a 5'er) although that doesn't directly answer your question [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=133456&hl=grooveline"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;hl=grooveline[/url][/quote] Looks nice. I'm strictly four, though...

...Anyone seen one yet?

[quote name='Sonic_Groove' post='1245087' date='May 26 2011, 01:59 AM']Or how about one of our very own: Brendan[/quote] I forgot about that one!

They've come back with a vengeance.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1242749' date='May 24 2011, 11:28 AM']Wow! I think I need to get involved in this bass-playing world... can anyone join?[/quote] Welcome to [i]my[/i] bass-playing world!

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='1242683' date='May 24 2011, 10:16 AM']You've obviously not been hanging out in the "jazz" threads then! It was all the mentions on BC that put me onto Phronesis in the first place.[/quote] Ah, I tend to avoid those threads even though I like a lot of the tougher, current jazz ensembles touring around in London - like[i] Flat Earth Society[/i] and [i]Curios[/i]. I got into Phronesis (what a ridiculous name) when I heard them on Resonance FM a couple of years ago. Couldn't get into the Vortex gig in February... sold out, unfortunately. Too many adoring bass players, I imagine.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1242664' date='May 24 2011, 09:57 AM']Is he?[/quote] Yes he is!

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='1241503' date='May 23 2011, 01:02 PM'] [/quote] I've been listening to them for a while now, but that's the first time I've seen a reference to this band on Basschat. Terrific bass player... in fact he's the toast of the bass-playing world at the moment.

....Bloody Students!

Well, I got to try one of these in a shop in Herne Bay today out of curiousity. [b]The good[/b]: Nice sound - very good, silent tone controls and good clarity from the pickups. Nice neck inlays. [b]The not so good[/b]: weighty, neck dive, lumpy body, sharp profile to the neck/fingerboard