Steve Severin's Wal Bass on eBay (again?)

[TheGreek]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265302580131?hash=item3dc5441ba3:g:CjcAAOSwP~5gpPjH

[Waddo Soqable]

Not 9 grand or whatever it was the last time

actually looked at the listing again and it's got 7000 reserve on it !

Edited September 7, 2021 by Waddo Soqable

[Clarky]

Cash on collection. £7,000 reserve. Literally at high risk of being mugged!

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

It doesn't explictly say that it was Steve Severin's bass, only that he used it on two TV appearances. Maybe it belonged to a hire company?

[tauzero]

MS Comic Sans, to appeal to the feeble-minded.

[Shaggy]

Updated link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265310625049?hash=item3dc5bedd19:g:CjcAAOSwP~5gpPjH

 

This has now been listed so long that “Wal inflation” has made it the cheapest Mk.1 on t’bay.   Who’d have thought it?

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

They could have spent a couple of minutes cleaning the dust and gunk of it before taking the pics.

[lemmywinks]

Part of the problem with this bass is that as far as Wals go this isn't a particularly nice looking example. Also if you're asking for £7k+ then why wouldn't you run a cloth over it to get rid of dust before taking the pictures?

Edited December 19, 2021 by lemmywinks

[Marcray]

This bass was just sold by Bass Bros.  But they couldn’t answer the question I’ve always had about Severin’s Wal.  He used one on “Nocturne”, but it was black and had a natural color headstock.  Then this one showed up when he appeared on The Tube promoting “Hyena”.  So was this bass the Nocturne bass with (possibly) a new custom neck?  No one seems to know.  I remember an interview in Modern Musician when he talked about no longer using the Wal(s), but I don’t remember if it was actually plural.  
 

On a somewhat related subject, although Wal’s have an almost legendary reputation, it’s hard to find a player from the early days of the company who still use their old Wal, or used it for a an extended amount of significant time.  Though I’m sure there are examples.  

[Shaggy]

15 hours ago, Marcray said:

This bass was just sold by Bass Bros.  But they couldn’t answer the question I’ve always had about Severin’s Wal.  He used one on “Nocturne”, but it was black and had a natural color headstock.  Then this one showed up when he appeared on The Tube promoting “Hyena”.  So was this bass the Nocturne bass with (possibly) a new custom neck?  No one seems to know.  I remember an interview in Modern Musician when he talked about no longer using the Wal(s), but I don’t remember if it was actually plural.  
 

On a somewhat related subject, although Wal’s have an almost legendary reputation, it’s hard to find a player from the early days of the company who still use their old Wal, or used it for a an extended amount of significant time.  Though I’m sure there are examples.  

 

I think Mick Karn was still using his until the end (the recordings with Japan were mainly with a Travis Bean of course), though in general I’d agree with you re early Wal players moving onto other basses.

 

I’ve only seen pics of Severin with the black headstock Wal - I’m sure the provenance for the OP bass is lost in the mists of time.....

[MGBrown]

Is that a Trace 8x10 combo I spy in the background?!

[NikNik]

On 30/04/2022 at 20:53, MGBrown said:

Is that a Trace 8x10 combo I spy in the background?!

I think it is indeed the combo. That must have been a brute to lug up and down stairs.

[Burns-bass]

The guy selling this Wal seemed to be straight down the line. Seems like Bass Bros went down there and bought a few basses (including a well priced 76 Precision).