Show your Wals... Appreciation Thread

[PJS]

Nice, Rob! Wow.

[TrevorR]

Oooooooh, Rob. That's really gorgeous (well apart from the missing frets and superfluous strings top and bottom Lol!).

They say a week's a long time in politics but knowing it's ready and beckoning... that is one loooooooong week!

[CamdenRob]

Glad I have BC to share my excitement... Mrs C / work colleagues / people on the bus don't seem overly interested

[CamdenRob]

I have already indulged myself in an NBD thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/308935-nbd-wal-fretless-six/page__pid__3337808#entry3337808"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/308935-nbd-wal-fretless-six/page__pid__3337808#entry3337808 [/url]but thought i'd sneak a quick pic in here too...

2015 Ziricote fretted & 2017 Figured Maple fretless

[gary mac]

Nice one Rob, looks lovely. I'm off to read your NBD thread

[mikeswals]

Wal's new website is up now! http://walbasses.co.uk/
And both of Rob's sixers are pictured there.

[Kevsy71]

My recently acquired Olive Ash '86 MK I. In excellent condition, bought from the original owner. Still has the Bass Centre sticker on the back of the headstock

[gary mac]

Very lovely

[medpb]

Beautiful

[medpb]

My Wal's

I did once before post these photos on the Wal Facebook thing but i got my life back and dont do Facebook anymore : ) Its so liberating lol.

[Highfox]

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My Wal's

I did once before post these photos on the Wal Facebook thing but i got my life back and dont do Facebook anymore : ) Its so liberating lol.
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Very nice.
You don't see many maple necked Wal's.

[medpb]

Your right you dont actually! It was one of Petes few last basses too, very sad. He put the Mk3 neck joint on for me as well. Killer bass !

[Highfox]

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Your right you dont actually! It was one of Petes few last basses too, very sad. He put the Mk3 neck joint on for me as well. Killer bass !
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Very nice.
I thought it looked a bit hybrid, couldn't work out why, what with the maple neck as well.

[medpb]

I wanted gold hardware on it when it was ordered but he'd ran out of gold parts lol. The chrome works good though lol

[Urban Bassman]

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I had some very exciting news from Paul over at Wal HQ today. My MKI was scheduled for early Dec but it seems that it will now be ready in September! He sent me a photo of it to show where it's got to in the build and...damn it's pretty. It looks better than I imagined it would. Roll on September! Here's the pic.
[/quote]

Here's a quick update for you all. I've just post this on Wal Bass Lovers Facebook page but I thought I'd share it here to.

On the left is the new MK1 on the right is a recently acquired 1988 Fretless. Both Birdseye Maple and Ebony Boads, both utterly wonderfully. I'm totally made up!

Not sure why it's sideways on...posted ok on FB....

[mikeswals]

[quote name='medpb' timestamp='1504782053' post='3367247']
Your right you dont actually! It was one of Petes few last basses too, very sad. He put the Mk3 neck joint on for me as well. Killer bass !
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So being near the end, does your maple Mk2 have adjustable pickup poles, or does it have domed slugs?

[medpb]

Slugs..... I've never even noticed that. What's the story around grubs & slugs?

Edited October 13, 2017 by medpb

[medpb]

Here's a better photo of the pickups. I really struggle to post photos on bass chat they always seem to degrade once uploaded?

Edited October 13, 2017 by medpb

[jay-syncro]

My Mk1. I'm still getting to grips with it but my word, what a machine!

[ambient]

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My Mk1. I'm still getting to grips with it but my word, what a machine!


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That's really beautiful!

[jay-syncro]

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That's really beautiful!


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Thanks, it's pretty easy on the eye.

[Kevsy71]

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Thanks, it's pretty easy on the eye.
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Beautiful facings Jamie, and the red silks look great on it! What year..?

[jay-syncro]

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Beautiful facings Jamie, and the red silks look great on it! What year..?
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Hi mate, thanks, Shedua is such a nice looking wood. It's an '86. I seem to have had a few mid eighties basses recently and they've all been fantastic.

[mikeswals]

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Slugs..... I've never even noticed that. What's the story around grubs & slugs?
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Dean's very late maple Mk2 also has the slugs.
I wonder of Pete was running out of supplies by the end?

[medpb]

I've never had to adjust the pickup pole pieces on any of my Wals. If anything I have to have the pickups as far away from the stings as possible and the internal volume halfway down. The pickups are so incredibly powerful.