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[quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1318753497' post='1405722']
Bought a Pro last summer and just had it defretted...
Not the best clip (it sounds more boomy in my new house) but it gives an impression..
It's a rather "limited" bass (just volume and tone and a switch) but it delivers the sort of sound I'm after..


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Thats a great job with the neck, sounds lovely too! Is that a passive? If so BIG sound.

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[quote name='MoJoKe' timestamp='1316962135' post='1384853']
If there was anyone out there with a 5 string fretless who would like to trade I would love to discuss...

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I've got an 89 mk11 walnut 5 unlined ebony fretless that I might consider trading for a four.

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Hey all,
I ordered my Wal just under 13 months ago, and here it is:

It's a lined fretless MK I with a custom neck (39.7mm nut width and a C neck shape), it has side dots and fret dots that are both made of Mother of Pearl.
Body: Brazilian Mahogany core with American Walnut facings (and the thin Canadian Rock Maple veneer).
Neck: Canadian Rock Maple with Brazilian Mahogany strips and an African Macassar Ebony fingerboard.

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[quote name='Laurence' timestamp='1322241438' post='1448567']
Hey all,
I ordered my Wal just under 13 months ago, and here it is:

It's a lined fretless MK I with a custom neck (39.7mm nut width and a C neck shape), it has side dots and fret dots that are both made of Mother of Pearl.
Body: Brazilian Mahogany core with American Walnut facings (and the thin Canadian Rock Maple veneer).
Neck: Canadian Rock Maple with Brazilian Mahogany strips and an African Macassar Ebony fingerboard.
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Love the grain..the matched Walnut really stands out...looks great

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[quote name='Heartbreaker' timestamp='1323027620' post='1458460']
My 82 Wal, didn't get on with the tones & it was very heavy. Unique colour though, like Marmite I guess.
[attachment=94481:Wal 81 2.JPG][attachment=94482:Wal 81 1.JPG]
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Good grief. Great colour for Norwich supporters (there are some here).

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[quote name='Heartbreaker' timestamp='1323027620' post='1458460']
My 82 Wal, didn't get on with the tones & it was very heavy. Unique colour though, like Marmite I guess.
[attachment=94481:Wal 81 2.JPG][attachment=94482:Wal 81 1.JPG]
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Love it. Would have had it in a heartbeat! Where did it go?

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Hi all BCers,

I received an email fm Paul with attached pics of the available tops, and as stated by him my bass' ETD will be mid Jan - early Feb.....
I was watching other new Wals pictures, and the last two basses spotted did not have the string retainer on the headstock; was it a customer's request or is it one of the "improvements" being made by Paul work in progress?

Thanks,

M.

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I had this one in the early - mid 80's. Action to die for and knobs that actually went to 11.
Lovely to play and record with, but I couldn't get it to sound ballsy, no matter what I did with it.
Ended up selling it, as I bought a Fender Precision Lyte that outperformed it.

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This 1981 'transition' (PB serial number but early Mk 1, like Mick Karn's) fretless beauty should be with me by the weekend or early next week :)

[attachment=96446:02fullfretless.JPG]
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[quote name='MC1970' timestamp='1324544563' post='1475310']
Hi all BCers,

I received an email fm Paul with attached pics of the available tops, and as stated by him my bass' ETD will be mid Jan - early Feb.....
I was watching other new Wals pictures, and the last two basses spotted did not have the string retainer on the headstock; was it a customer's request or is it one of the "improvements" being made by Paul work in progress?

Thanks,

M.
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Hi,

The String retainer is just not installed yet. They all come with a string retainer!
Cheers,
Ron

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[quote name='bassatnight' timestamp='1325887176' post='1489565']
That's a peach Clarky! I may be trading my fretted Custom for a fretless very soon!
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And he did.. Got a Wal MKI Custom bass which appears to be made around 81-82 and was a custom model made for Roxy Music bassplayer Gary Tibbs if I remember correctly..?
Bit of dings and dongs but it sounds great and it has all the nice Wal-ingredients.




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