walbasses.com wont load properly anymore ,only the history link displays,coverwood.co.uk/wal wont come up at all. anyone know what happened to them?...
... walbasses.com only works if you are using a compatible version of internet explorer. If you are using a different browser, or happen to be foolish enough...
Derek-whcih version of IE isn't compatible?? I am using the latest at work and the site loads fine there. The only browser I have had issues with is AOL,...
Yahoo ate my first reply. ... That was mostly a dig at Microsoft, who are quite likely to break the browser in such a way as to make the pages unrenderable at...
i have my mk1 custom. 1982 wenge facings with a lighter stripe in the middle. theres a prblem with the jack socket thogh if you knock the lead it crackles,i...
... Conrats on the arrival! Upload some pics if you can. Go into the message archives and read messages 3649, 4233, and 4234. That should help you with your...
... Thanks for the nod Klam. What might not have been quite clear from those posts is the arrangement of the components in the jack socket. 1) Black Neutrik...
... Thanks for the clarification. I had saved those posts in a text file a while back in anticipation of the inevitable crackle. I have now added your most...
... Ben - Natural finish Wals are sprayed with an acrylic laquer of some type (I assume it's water-borne but I don't know for sure) Gloss finish Wals are...
Yeah, Klammy- Still considered by most to be the most ³Toneful² of finishes, though I havenıt heard any technical explanations as to why, but I Would love...
tightened up and added a spring washer to the jack socket and now it works fine.cleaned pots with wd40 and now have superb crackle free bass:> cheers for the...
... though I ... As I understand it, nitro is a porous and resonant lacquer that allows the timber to breathe and vibrate naturally. Poly finishes on the other...
... it ... No, prob. Don't thank me, thank Becky and King for those "long-ago" posts. That's why I saved them. One quick question...I have heard two people use...
... Exactly. Another thing to point out is that it is a flexible finish (literally - it moves with the changes in the wood). It's softer, and as Bob pointed...
... Glad you're into it. I love it as well. I listen to it all the time. There's some SERIOUS bass on that album, great drumming too, great everything!. It's...
Actually, nitro is _not_ as flexible as most modern finishes, and doesn't really "move with the wood"--it's actually fairly brittle, and that's why nitro...
... I remember back around 1983 when I first contacted Electric Wood inquiring about thier Wal basses, I was either told over the phone or it was written in...
Nope. I didn't own either of the poly-finish Wals long enough to really put wear on them, but the satin natural finish ones just seemed to get glossy under my...
Well, I actually WAS referring to the 'satin' finished Wals (which I was told was polyurethane). I believe the hard poly is, as stated earlier by someone, is...
... <no_reply@y...> ... or ... into ... a ... Just to clarify... Above, when I spoke of the open-grained polyurethane finish, I was indeed talking about the...
Ah Ha! Now we know that Klammyıs A Yankee! Gotcha! King Williams, Minister of Obvious Statements ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... and ... As I FORMERLY understood, nitro finishes were flexible. After checking around the web for info, it seems that nitro finishes are indeed hard...
... Possibly back in '83 they were using a polyurethane finish - not sure. When I ordered my Wal in the early 90's, I point-blank asked Pete what the natural...
thanks for all the responses. it is interesting to me as i am about to get a bass finished and have heard different stories about nitro vs. two pack (what we...
klam -- Yeah, folks have differing opinions on nitro vs. the modern poly finishes, and I suspect that builders who have done a lot of work with poly finishes...
... I'm absolutely, positively sure that the term polyurethane was used when I was told what the natural finish was. ... If that's the case, then maybe he...
