littleal Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) It is with big regret that I have to let this go but I no longer need a fretless bass, this wal is as new & sounds & plays out of this world, it is on the wal web site in basses & gallery (american walnut facing with gold hardware, it cost me 4'250 I'm asking 4000 or px for the same but fretted, ken smith bt6 black tiger as in my avatar or maybe an alembic series 2 5 or 6 string, Any questions & I'll be happy to answer them. I'm offering this for 3850 for this week only Now down to £3600 I will now let this go for 3'250 Edited February 22, 2011 by littleal
franzbassist Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 [quote name='littleal' post='1075767' date='Jan 2 2011, 09:31 PM']It is with big regret that I have to let this go but I no longer need a fretless bass, this wal is as new & sounds & plays out of this world, it is on the wal web site in basses & gallery (american walnut facing with gold hardware, it cost me 4'250 I'm asking 4000 or px for the same but fretted, ken smith bt6 black tiger as in my avatar or maybe an alembic series 2 5 or 6 string, Any questions & I'll be happy to answer them.[/quote] That's a lot of bass to let go so soon. Why not do the classic Walnut trick and ask Paul to make you a fretted neck?
littleal Posted January 2, 2011 Author Posted January 2, 2011 [quote name='walbassist' post='1075771' date='Jan 2 2011, 09:34 PM']That's a lot of bass to let go so soon. Why not do the classic Walnut trick and ask Paul to make you a fretted neck?[/quote] That might be a good option as I really do love this wal, I'll contact him & see what he can do
Soliloquy Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) I enquired about a fretless neck for my old 4 string fretted Wal, Paul quoted me over £1000, that was last January. I shudder to think what a 6 string fretted would cost. Edited January 2, 2011 by Soliloquy
littleal Posted January 2, 2011 Author Posted January 2, 2011 [quote name='Soliloquy' post='1075784' date='Jan 2 2011, 09:44 PM']I enquired about a fretless neck for my old 4 string fretted Wal, Paul quoted me over £1000, that was last January. I shudder to think what a 6 string fretted would cost.[/quote] I didn't think it'd be cheap & I'd probably have to sell another bass to pay for it.
pantherairsoft Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 My Jaws just hit the floor! I wanted your Thumb Fretless 6... Now I want this sooooo bad. Price is outa my range... But my god this deserves to go to a good home!
spiritchaser Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 jee! keep it and have Paul convert it to a fretted one.
chris_b Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 Hi Al do you do Takeaway? £400 down and 9 months of £400?
littleal Posted January 3, 2011 Author Posted January 3, 2011 [quote name='chris_b' post='1076117' date='Jan 3 2011, 10:56 AM']Hi Al do you do Takeaway? £400 down and 9 months of £400?[/quote] Unfortunately I don't do take away, I do cash on delivery
steve-soar Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 [quote name='Soliloquy' post='1075784' date='Jan 2 2011, 09:44 PM']I enquired about a fretless neck for my old 4 string fretted Wal, Paul quoted me over £1000, that was last January. I shudder to think what a 6 string fretted would cost.[/quote]
littleal Posted January 4, 2011 Author Posted January 4, 2011 [quote name='steve-soar' post='1076598' date='Jan 3 2011, 06:27 PM'][/quote] It's 1000 for a fretted 6 string neck too, I enquired with paul,
littleal Posted January 4, 2011 Author Posted January 4, 2011 [quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1075873' date='Jan 2 2011, 11:03 PM']My Jaws just hit the floor! I wanted your Thumb Fretless 6... Now I want this sooooo bad. Price is outa my range... But my god this deserves to go to a good home![/quote] That thumb was really nice too, very heavy though
spiritchaser Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 [quote name='littleal' post='1076958' date='Jan 4 2011, 01:20 AM']It's 1000 for a fretted 6 string neck too, I enquired with paul,[/quote] I have also considered having Paul build me an additional fretted neck for my Wal six. It really is a point that fretless playing is for home or studio use mostly ... I think 1000GBP for a fretted six string neck is adequate since most of the construction time goes into it. I think I remember reading on some Wal forum that Pete Stevens also mentioned that. And there is the point of being able to swap necks without having to worry about playability and bridge setup because of that brilliant neck bolt construction of Wal basses. I once had a 1985 MKI marked fretless with ebony fingerboard and stumbled over a used fretted 1986 Wal MKI rosewood neck for silly money. I swapped the necks without any problems and had two basses in one with two different sound characters without having to adjust or change anything about the setup of the bass - incredible! Oliver
purpleblob Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 This is just fantastic, so wish I had the money at the moment - damn it this always happens !!!!
thegallery Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Hi like the man says, if you love it just have it fretted, we can do it, will cost about £170, much cheaper option alex
littleal Posted January 5, 2011 Author Posted January 5, 2011 [quote name='thegallery' post='1078605' date='Jan 5 2011, 02:30 PM']Hi like the man says, if you love it just have it fretted, we can do it, will cost about £170, much cheaper option alex[/quote] Hi Alex, I did think about having it fretted but it would mean repositioning the dots & the nut seems set deep into the fingerboard,
littleal Posted January 5, 2011 Author Posted January 5, 2011 [quote name='spiritchaser' post='1078275' date='Jan 5 2011, 09:35 AM']I have also considered having Paul build me an additional fretted neck for my Wal six. It really is a point that fretless playing is for home or studio use mostly ... I think 1000GBP for a fretted six string neck is adequate since most of the construction time goes into it. I think I remember reading on some Wal forum that Pete Stevens also mentioned that. And there is the point of being able to swap necks without having to worry about playability and bridge setup because of that brilliant neck bolt construction of Wal basses. I once had a 1985 MKI marked fretless with ebony fingerboard and stumbled over a used fretted 1986 Wal MKI rosewood neck for silly money. I swapped the necks without any problems and had two basses in one with two different sound characters without having to adjust or change anything about the setup of the bass - incredible! Oliver[/quote] Hi oliver, I like the idea of having both fretted & fretless necks but It's just being able to afford it at the moment, I also miss my ken smith bt6 & this would fund another one
franzbassist Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 You could always by my [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=111384&st=0&p=1027742&#entry1027742"]Ken Smith Burner[/url] to feed your fretted 6 needs
littleal Posted January 5, 2011 Author Posted January 5, 2011 [quote name='walbassist' post='1078730' date='Jan 5 2011, 04:12 PM']You could always by my [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=111384&st=0&p=1027742&#entry1027742"]Ken Smith Burner[/url] to feed your fretted 6 needs [/quote] I did look at that & it looks lovely but unfortunately I don't have the funds to buy it, I'm surprised it hasn't gone at that price ,
overwater#1 Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 My word thats phenomenal... needn't say anymore, you all know it. Who needs porn... Hmm.. i'll PM you something, but probably way off the mark. You never know though.
littleal Posted January 5, 2011 Author Posted January 5, 2011 [quote name='overwater#1' post='1078895' date='Jan 5 2011, 06:00 PM']My word thats phenomenal... needn't say anymore, you all know it. Who needs porn... Hmm.. i'll PM you something, but probably way off the mark. You never know though. [/quote] Cheers Matt, pm replied
littleal Posted January 5, 2011 Author Posted January 5, 2011 Seriously looking for a ken smith bt6 black tiger if anyone knows of any ?
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