supabock Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) Withdrawn. Edited March 7, 2014 by supabock
Chris Horton Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 I would real really love to buy this bass but i'm afraid that i can only stare and admire
Francesco Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Very nice fretless. But does this mean there's actually no information on who ever build that bass?
supabock Posted February 23, 2014 Author Posted February 23, 2014 [quote name='Francesco' timestamp='1393175013' post='2376984'] Very nice fretless. But does this mean there's actually no information on who ever build that bass? [/quote] Well, you could look at it that way, but my other Wal was built by Pete at the same time as this one, and throughout the build process, it was Pete i dealt with on the finer issues. I guess, regardless of who actually built it, i'm in no doubt that it would be very difficult to actually differentiate between the skills of the personnel there at Wal at that time, as I'm sure is still the case today.
Francesco Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Point taken. So there never has been that piece of tape, or whatever it´s called, on the cavityplate?
supabock Posted February 23, 2014 Author Posted February 23, 2014 Yes, there is a small piece of what we call "Masking Tape" which i don't think Wal have ever changed over the years on the cavity cover, but with no writing on it or signatures etc. There is the original "Electric Wood, Sandown Works……." address label on the shielding though.
TheGreek Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Moot point really as there have never been any build issues irrespective of who built the basses.. GLWTS....though you won't need it...
Francesco Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 It wasn't my intention to question the quality of the bass, i own several Wal basses myself. So i am familiar with it´s quality of build. But you rarely see a Wal with, what i thought it was, the masking tape. Must have been a language problem. Always wanted one like these.
supabock Posted February 23, 2014 Author Posted February 23, 2014 [quote name='Francesco' timestamp='1393182132' post='2377084'] It wasn't my intention to question the quality of the bass, i own several Wal basses myself. So i am familiar with it´s quality of build. But you rarely see a Wal with, what i thought it was, the masking tape. Must have been a language problem. Always wanted one like these. [/quote] I never actually even gave it any thought to be honest, and it was only when i wanted to sell that i needed to check with Paul as to what the woods were. I'm sure when i took possession of the bass from Wal i had seen the lack of info on the tape, but never really thought much of it as i was at that time obviously thinking of keeping them both forever……which is effectively what i have done until now…. Just to reassure you all, it does have a serial number
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