Wal

[508pir]

[Bunion]

That’s a lovely looking instrument even if it does look a little on the heavy side 🍻

[Piers_Williamson]

I do wonder how much it weighs, and are both basses 'on' all the time?

[simisker]

1 hour ago, Piers_Williamson said:

...are both basses 'on' all the time?

Judging by the fact that the controls look standard and there are two pickups, my edumacated guess is that the pickup blend pot determines how 'on' each pickup is.

[508pir]

One of the knobs is volume one for each pickup. The fourth is blend between necks so you can have both necks on but you wouldn’t be able to control any feedback from the second neck. You just wind it one way or the other. To be honest would be easier with a switch.

[Bunion]

Maybe you could use one neck as a drone note and the other for the main line, with a freeze pedal you get some funky stuff going on with the difference in tone of fretted and fretless 

[508pir]

The guy that had it made ordered it semi chambered to keep the weight down. Although it looks like any other Wal apparently it’s not solid mahogany core.

[Bunion]

I love a good Wal and I’m a sucker for the unusual how does she play and sound? 

[508pir]

Obviously having only one pickup you haven’t quite got the tonal variation but the position has been moved slightly towards the neck, so it sounds awesome. Plays lovely if a little heavy. If I had had it made I’d have put the fretless on top.

[Bunion]

I’ve got a passive fretless pro with the pickup at the bridge it used to be fretted but I swapped the necks with my mk1 fretless it’s still Wal through and through though and I love the fretless with the bridge pickup 

 

[508pir]

Lovely 

[508pir]

8 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said:

I do wonder how much it weighs, and are both basses 'on' all the time?

17.5 lb

[Bunion]

21 minutes ago, 508pir said:

17.5 lb

That just 8.75lb per bass that’s pretty good. 
if you ever come to a Bass Bash with it I’d love to try it out 

[Bunion]

My mk 1 

[mikeswals]

On 10/04/2022 at 12:00, 508pir said:

Obviously having only one pickup you haven’t quite got the tonal variation but the position has been moved slightly towards the neck, so it sounds awesome. Plays lovely if a little heavy. If I had had it made I’d have put the fretless on top.

I agree, I'd want the fretless on top as well. But since this fiver doesn't have the tuners all loaded on one side of the headstock like the 4 string twin necks do, why can't you swap the necks around? 

 

I recently received a new Mk3 with single pickup in the 'Ray' position. It sounds fantastic and growly, very different from the regular Customs. Bit more mid-forward tone. 

Edited May 29, 2022 by mikeswals

[Musicman666]

On 30/05/2022 at 01:05, mikeswals said:

I agree, I'd want the fretless on top as well. But since this fiver doesn't have the tuners all loaded on one side of the headstock like the 4 string twin necks do, why can't you swap the necks around? 

 

I recently received a new Mk3 with single pickup in the 'Ray' position. It sounds fantastic and growly, very different from the regular Customs. Bit more mid-forward tone. 

if you slap then then that could be the overriding factor in this.