Zengineer

I bought a professional 2 P bass from Jason yesterday. It's in perfect condition - just as the advert said. Jason's a top bloke too - we sat and nattered about basses & motorbikes for quite a while when I went to collect it. Great seller.

Just notice that I said walnut board... doh! I meant rosewood. Alzheimer's??

The neck isn't mentioned on the masking tape scribble. It says the serial no, date of manufacture, American walnut (falings?) mahogany core, and a fish signature. The fingerboard is definitely rosewood though.

Frets on and I flippin love it! 🙂 Thank you very much Bass Gallery Martin! Apparently it was fretted to start with anyway.

Hi Grangur, I've owned this bass for 25 years and have been playing for longer than that. I'm a newbie to the forum 😊

I've got other basses - an American Standard Jazz, a Stingray and a Yamaha BB 5 string. Can't really justify having all of them, but when did that ever stop any of us buying nice instruments :-) The Wal is the only one I don't play much, which is ridiculous given it's current value. Pretty sure I would if it was fretted though.

Walnut board. Would be great if it was ebony - I agree.

Thanks for the re-assurance guys, I think I'll go ahead and get it done 🙂 I got the bass relatively cheaply when they were out of fashion, plus it needed work. Bought it cos I was a Mick Karn fan. It was all about the sound - the future value had nothing to do with it!

Hi everyone, this is my first post here. I’ve been a sound engineer most of my life and have played bass on & off since I was 15 - when I’ve had the time. I bought a 1984 Wal Mk1 lined fretless in the early 90’s (when they were cheap and out of fashion) which I still own. As much as I loved the Mick Karn sound in the 80s, I haven’t used the bass very much - I’m not really a fretless player tbh. I’ve booked the bass in at the Bass Gallery to have a couple of jobs done with a view to selling it. While I was there, they mentioned that it would be an easy job to put frets on if I wanted to. I would LOVE to have frets on this bass - with them it would be a keeper for me, no doubt! I gave them go-ahead, but now I’m wobbling. Bottom line is I don’t really want to sell the bass. I would really love to own a fretted Wal, but I’m a bit worried about making such a fundamental change to it. What do you guys think? Do I sell or modify?