If you’re building a walalike and are mad enough

[MJJS]

I saw this today, no personal association.

 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/87791567-baldly-demolished-wal-bass-mk1-body

 

 

[mikebass456]

😲🤬😭😭😭😭

[Owen]

All kinds of special. But maybe done in the 80s when Wals were just another bass.

[Hellzero]

That's quite expensive for firewood...

 

And I totally agree with you @Owen.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Jeebus!

[Pea Turgh]

I reckon a scalloped neck from a 5 string (but only put 4 strings with a wider spacing) would go great with that.

[Doctor J]

Not a million miles away from the Lace Helix

 

 

Edited April 3 by Doctor J

[BassApprentice]

@Andyjr1515 fancy a challenge? The AJR Phoenix?

[Alanko]

"Baldly Demolished" is an interesting turn of phrase.

[LeftyJ]

12 hours ago, Pea Turgh said:

I reckon a scalloped neck from a 5 string (but only put 4 strings with a wider spacing) would go great with that.

 

I've got a great idea for a headstock logo too! Quick, where's my sharpie...

[bloke_zero]

"it hurts my eyes everytime i see it" - I can't un-see it! There should be a warning on the link for us more sensitive BC people 😵‍💫

[NickA]

Firewood.  What a shame.

[Andyjr1515]

On 03/04/2025 at 20:11, BassApprentice said:

@Andyjr1515 fancy a challenge? The AJR Phoenix?

I’m afraid I’m all phoenixed out 😀

[RonC]

Haha, that’s mine…(and I didn’t do this!)

Long time ago I traded my MK3 fretless 5er for an MK1 fretless plus an extra fretless neck with British bassist Ian.

the MK1 had a rosewood fretless fretboard and the extra neck was ebony. 
I swapped the necks because I prefer ebony for fretless. 
After the swap I contacted Ian again to ask where this neck came from. He also had the rest of this bass, the demolished body, electronics, pickups and bridge. He got this bass from some punk bassplayer who found it to heavy… so that guy cut it up..😬😳.

I finally bought the parts together with the body and in 2011 I send all the parts plus the rosewood neck to Wal and had Paul build me a new body for it and had the rosewoodneck fretted. So now I have 2 MK1 basses. 

All this time this poor body is lying in my room and i can’t look at it.

So i thought I’d give it a try and see if there’s someone brave and crazy enough to buy it and make something out of it…

 

I have no idea if there’s someone who wants to pay for it anyway so I just started high … why not?

Edited Sunday at 09:03 by RonC

[RonC]

The 2 MK1’s that are now forever connected!