Carl Thompson With Wal pick ups?

[alembic1989]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F264077725631

I didn't think Wal supplied their pickup & electronics to other manufacturers??

[fleabag]

Well they certainly have on this bass, since they look entirely genuine,  as they have the embossed logo.

[BreadBin]

Given the bridge is Wal too - maybe a damaged one gave up it's parts? 

[itu]

This is the first neck-through Wal, that I have ever seen. Like someone (C. Thompson, really?) has built wood around the Wal parts. Strange.

[woolf]

Looks interesting - I doubt it started life like this, it would probably help the sale if Carl could comment on its originality (if he remembers!) 

[Happy Jack]

Regardless of origin, it's a wondrous beast to be sure.

I have to say that I remain genuinely and constantly amazed at the number of people who try to sell a £4k bass using 50p worth of photos.

 

[Bigwan]

It looks like somebody has bandsawn the control cavity off a Wal and stuck it on this quite unceremoniously...

[Shaggy]

Wal definitely do NOT supply their bespoke parts to any other manufacturer or private buyer

A couple of years ago I had the '82 Wal MK 1 Custom from Beedster that had been previously butchered by someone who had fitted Jazz pickups and a generic active circuit fully restored to original spec by Wal.  Which they did, being the great guys they are, but took some persuading and only agreed as it was evidently a genuine old Wal bass

Edited December 14, 2018 by Shaggy

[dyerseve]

On 14/12/2018 at 22:41, Shaggy said:

Wal definitely do NOT supply their bespoke parts to any other manufacturer or private buyer

A couple of years ago I had the '82 Wal MK 1 Custom from Beedster that had been previously butchered by someone who had fitted Jazz pickups and a generic active circuit fully restored to original spec by Wal.  Which they did, being the great guys they are, but took some persuading and only agreed as it was evidently a genuine old Wal bass

A couple of years ago is not quite 1980 when this bass was built. Things could have been very different 30+ years ago and besides, Carl Thompson is no ordinary luthier...

[tommorichards]

I reckon they belonged to a butchered wal bass. There's also the case of the Fodera wal bass which Wal weren't too happy hearing about.

[NickA]

And the stripped back Wal body sans pickups, bridge, tronics ( and painted finish) that was on eBay the other week.

Buying a Wal AND a CT only to trash one and damage the other seems an expensive waste of time to !e.

[BigRedX]

26 minutes ago, NickA said:

And the stripped back Wal body sans pickups, bridge, tronics ( and painted finish) that was on eBay the other week.

Buying a Wal AND a CT only to trash one and damage the other seems an expensive waste of time to !e.

The sort of person who would want a CT bass with Wal electronics probably doesn't have a problem with the cost involved. Besides a Wal could have been picked up very cheaply 20 years ago.

[NickA]

8 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Besides a Wal could have been picked up very cheaply 20 years ago. 

Mine was £820 in 1999, seemed an expensive luxury at the time!