pierreganseman Posted June 3, 2012 Posted June 3, 2012 (edited) Hi guys, I am testing the water on this. This is a feeler as I know how hard it is to sell expensive instruments these days and I am not ready to let them go for nothing. This would be hard to do, but stritcly to purchase the "god of frettless", I wish I could keep them and still buy an Fbass Alain caron 6, but life is not that easy. Anyway, let's stop the bla bla.... The red wal : 1987 Mahogany body Olive facings Indian rosewood fingerboard Gold hardware Gloss finish On this bass, the gloss/gold hardware and red paint would all be extra and would literally cost you a kidney.... The frettless one : 1981 Percy jones custom bass Mahogany body maple neck Lined frettless On this one : Wal was not able to say how many PJ custom bass were even made. It was sold in 1981 with a fretted and a frettless neck. I am expecting the question : do you have the frettless neck on it??? I do not know wether the bass as i got it was with the frettless neck, or with the defretted fretted neck.... I would maybe be ready to let them go for 3500 euros each, due to euro being weak, this is £2850 which seems within reason to me.... Both basses would come with the Wal case.... I may come to my sense, and withdraw this at any time.... so be quick :-) any questions?? fire away.... I can send pictures to any serious inquiry email me at : [email protected] cheers Edited June 17, 2012 by pierreganseman
pierreganseman Posted June 3, 2012 Author Posted June 3, 2012 for some reason the frettless picture was not uploaded.... on it's way guys wait
Clarky Posted June 3, 2012 Posted June 3, 2012 Hi Pierre, BCer onox is looking for a fretless Wal, I would drop him a PM
Clarky Posted June 3, 2012 Posted June 3, 2012 Here's his link http://basschat.co.uk/topic/177973-wtb-wal-fretless-4-string/page__p__1678483__hl__wal%20fretless__fromsearch__1#entry1678483
barend Posted June 5, 2012 Posted June 5, 2012 [quote name='pierreganseman' timestamp='1338756539' post='1678997'] 1981 Percy jones custom bass Mahogany body maple neck Lined frettless On this one : Wal was not able to say how many PJ custom bass were even made. It was sold in 1981 with a fretted and a frettless neck. I am expecting the question : do you have the frettless neck on it??? I do not know wether the bass as i got it was with the frettless neck, or with the defretted fretted neck.... [/quote] What is the story on this bass? Percy Jones did never have a lined fretless neck on any of his basses as far as I know. And how is this a PJ custom bass? Never heard of a Wal PJ custom bass. Do you have some pictures?
Clarky Posted June 5, 2012 Posted June 5, 2012 Hi Barend the bassi question was discussed on this BC thread http://basschat.co.uk/topic/168728-wal-percy-jones-bass-bass-gallery/page__p__1547373__hl__wal%20pj__fromsearch__1#entry1547373
barend Posted June 5, 2012 Posted June 5, 2012 Wal made some basses for Percy Jones in those days. But there never was any Percy Jones Custom model in production.
pierreganseman Posted June 5, 2012 Author Posted June 5, 2012 (edited) Well.... man .... I talked to paul herman about it... he told me this bass was sold in 1981 with two necks.... and did not seem surprise AT ALL when I told him it was a PJ bass..... when i asked him how many PJ were made he said and I quote "very few... i do NOT know..." pictures will be up soon... been very busy.... Edited June 5, 2012 by pierreganseman
pierreganseman Posted June 5, 2012 Author Posted June 5, 2012 pictures of the headstock... sorry but it did seem a PJ custom was made..... maybe a one off?? i do not know...
barend Posted June 5, 2012 Posted June 5, 2012 (edited) ok, this is the very first time I see a Wal with this PJ headstock. Thanks for clarifying. And sorry for the confusion. Maybe it was some prototype that never went into production. I doubt if it was made for Percy Jones since he stated very clearly that he only plays on unlined necks. I guess we will never know for sure. Very nice bass! Edited June 5, 2012 by barend
pierreganseman Posted June 5, 2012 Author Posted June 5, 2012 Yes indeed, very cool bass.... the only thing for me it doesn't have enough strings.... the rarity of it will probably make me wanna keep it never know
pierreganseman Posted June 6, 2012 Author Posted June 6, 2012 offers??? pick up in belgium would be cheaper....
barend Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) Is this still yours? or is it already on resale again?: [url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-rare-WAL-Percy-Jones-custom-fretless-bass-1981-Mick-Karn-/300727138582?pt=Guitar&hash=item4604bbf916#ht_500wt_1203"]http://www.ebay.com/...6#ht_500wt_1203[/url] Edited June 17, 2012 by barend
pierreganseman Posted June 17, 2012 Author Posted June 17, 2012 ah right... apparently the buyer is already selling it....
barend Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Wander what his intentions are: 'it is the best fretless bass I have ever played in my life' and then selling it after 6 days.
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