Show your Wals... Appreciation Thread

[cetera]

Beautiful!

I love white basses with gold hardware

[gilmour]

Why did I just read this thread

I really want a Wal, but just can't justify the money when the instruments I have are serving me fine.

But then, maybe just maybe if I concentrate really hard it is good value for money....

[chris_b]

A Mk1 4 string has just sold on EBay. The seller wanted £2000 but settled for £1800. Prices have levelled out in the last few years.

[Laurence]

This has to be the best porn site for me ever :wub:
I'm still waiting for my order to go through with Paul for a fretless MK I

[Bass Culture]

[quote name='chris_b' post='909321' date='Jul 29 2010, 03:08 PM']A Mk1 4 string has just sold on EBay. The seller wanted £2000 but settled for £1800. Prices have levelled out in the last few years.[/quote]

In fairness that one hjad been butchered around the bridge area though...

[blind pilot]

This is truly the worst thread I have found on this site..................

There are some stunning Wals on here, and when you are wanting one as much as I am, this thread is 'real' bad place to be.

I am still saving, but with my amp playing up, and another pay cut at work, they seem to be getting further from my reach

one day.........................In the meantime, is there a way of stopping this thread being viewed for me

[frankzelf]

might as well show one of mine here......

[frankzelf]

and fretted as well

[wombatboter]

[quote name='spiritchaser' post='908487' date='Jul 28 2010, 05:53 PM']Yes - back to the proper thread:

Hi all,
This is my new Moby Dick Wal MK II, currently being shipped to Germany. This is Paul's first shot of it taken at Wal basses last week to wet my appetite and two close ups of the neck and body taken by Paul during the building process.

spex:

Wal MkII 4 white polyester finish
gold hardware
fretted macassar ebony neck
solid Spanish cedar body
4,4 kgs

yummy!![/quote]


Must be one of the most beautiful Wals I have ever seen...congratulations

[spiritchaser]

[quote name='wombatboter' post='915648' date='Aug 5 2010, 10:21 AM']Must be one of the most beautiful Wals I have ever seen...congratulations[/quote]

Cheers Geert!
Nevertheless, the Wal six fretless has also returned to me after one year and it smmmmokes! Maybe I'm going to have to sell that wonderful LeFay Remington Steele 4 again, since I now have too many fretless basses - know the problem?

tc
Oliver

Edited July 13, 2011 by spiritchaser

[littleal]

After a years wait it finaly arrived!! freshly built from paul herman

[chris_b]

That looks very nice. Can you bring it to the bass bash in November?

Edited October 7, 2010 by chris_b

[purpleblob]

[quote name='littleal' post='980835' date='Oct 7 2010, 07:00 PM']After a years wait it finaly arrived!! freshly built from paul herman [/quote]

That's absolutely fantastic. I hope my 5-string (on order) looks that good.

[spiritchaser]

[quote name='littleal' post='980835' date='Oct 7 2010, 08:00 PM']After a years wait it finaly arrived!! freshly built from paul herman [/quote]

Wonderful!

[BassBod]

I'm not a Wal fanboy....but that looks fantastic! Hope its as good as it looks.

[Bassman]

[quote name='littleal' post='980835' date='Oct 7 2010, 08:00 PM']After a years wait it finaly arrived!! freshly built from paul herman [/quote]


Beautiful!

WAL 6, she's mothership !

[Musicman20]

That fretless 6 is stunning...ive never looked into Wals but they look very very well made!

[ezbass]

The lovely basses in this thread make me feel funny and makes my bank manager sweat

[cetera]

Wow! Congrats!

[littleal]

Thanks guys, I can tell you this thing sounds every bit as good as it looks, Paul herman is a true craftsman. I would love to take this to the bass bash, where & when is it ?

[chris_b]

[quote name='littleal' post='981727' date='Oct 8 2010, 04:19 PM']....I would love to take this to the bass bash, where & when is it?....[/quote]
Details are pinned in General Bass Discussion.

[lozbass]

Littleal - gorgeous and befitting your talent!

Mine is a 2002 Mk2 in Walnut (talent utterly un-befitting of the bass)

Edited October 9, 2010 by lozbass

[littleal]

[quote name='lozbass' post='982355' date='Oct 9 2010, 10:29 AM']Littleal - gorgeous and befitting your talent!

Mine is a 2002 Mk2 in Walnut (talent utterly un-befitting of the bass)[/quote]

Thats lovely, Thank you for the kind words, that walnut looks georgeous dude

[JTUK]

[quote name='littleal' post='980835' date='Oct 7 2010, 07:00 PM']After a years wait it finaly arrived!! freshly built from paul herman [/quote]


I am not normally a fan, but that looks a lovely bass.

[TheGreek]

[quote name='walbassist' post='255271' date='Aug 5 2008, 12:04 PM']You asked for it....

My Mk III was one of the last two basses Pete made. It was very special for a number of reasons, not least because I supplied the facings he used (picked up on a ski-ing holiday in Vermont). This is the only spalted maple Wal in the world.





I also asked for a walnut core ( usually mahogany), and Pete gave the bass a double pinstripe veneer (usually only one).



As this was going to be my ultimate Wal, I also had Pete make fretted and fretless necks (ebony boards, no dots, unlined fretless) for the bass, so I could swap them over as and when I fancied a change. I also asked him to put his fish signature on the back of the necks.



Pete also bound the pickups with contrasting laminates. Again, a very unusual feature.



Often the back of a Wal looks just as good as the front!



And here it is, finished....









Enjoy![/quote]

Nice!!!