Does anybody know if it is possible to buy a wal fretless neck ? I have a fretted mach 1 which is fantastic and have been looking unsuccessfully for a matching...
I was in a similar situation as you, only I had a fretless and wanted to go fretted. I contacted Pete about making me a fretted neck for my bass. He obliged...
my rec is to just get pete to make you a neck, don't send him anything unless you don't want to see it for a very long time, when you get the neck you can do...
glad i found this group. I am currently playing a stingray thro ebs but still miss my old fretless wal from many years ago. So on joining this group i noticed...
zazz the leather pickgaurd models are extremely rare, and expensive, used Wal customs have been getting a higher price recently too, the last few I saw on ebay...
2000!!! i just love the way ebay pushes prices up. ... expensive, used Wal customs have been getting a higher price recently too, the last few I saw on ebay...
Zazz - I'm afraid that you can't really blame the 'bay for the price of the leather scratchplate models (known as the JG Custom series). These are rare, very...
...have wheelbarrow-loads of wonga at the ready! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&category=4713&item=7320769907&rd=1 Mighty nice looking Wal tho!...
Hi every one, I don't know if anyone has spotted this one, but here it is: http://www.bassnw.com/Used%20Basses/wal_mach_I_4_st_shedua.htm I thought it was a...
have you seen this fretless on ebay? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&category=4713&item=7320781089&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW ... i ... it...
Gwilym, that must be a Welsh name0? Stanely Clarke used a Music Man on School Days, before the Alembic became his main bass. Pro IIe, miss mine dearly, Pete...
further to my last post...would you know if the non natural finish bodies still use one piece of wood?? also if a lined fretboard is worn in places where it...
The usual design of the solid colour Wals is to have a solid mahogany body with a gloss finish. On fretless boards I'm no expert but I understand that for a...
... Indeed. It's an easy and quick job for a trained luthier armed with a radius sanding block - find the best luthier in town and get them to do it. It...
thanks for that....and also from past experience what price or range of price would you say that solid colour but slightly damaged 87 custom lined fretless...
Hi George yes thats a Welsh name. I'm from North Wales but now in London. Re. Stanley Clarke: I had no idea he used to play a Musicman. All the pictures of him...
I've been to Aberystwyth many times... Stanley still had that tone in his fingers you know, when he would pull those notes out for a bit of vibrato, he sounds...
... The knobs with the transparent rings are the old style. I got replacement ones from Pete a year ago. They go to 11 now! ;) He offered the newer style knobs...
I agree. I'm sure that the transformer is for the XLR output - often referred to as a "transformer balanced output". On my non-XLR Pro IIE there are six...
... IIE ... cool stuff, good to get the confirmation :) actually once more question. Are the new style knobs interchangeable with the old style ones? The new...
keep em coming...nice bass but im not a great fan of the longer horn...refreshing to see a website where the prices are acctually given. still wondering what a...
If its clean any wal should get $2,000 usd minimum, problem with 80's models is the electroincs are getting old, and having a wal repaired its something you...
Trev is the man Maurits <mo220666@...> wrote:Already said it in the dudepit, but don't mind posting it twice: Excellent Trevor! that's becoming a real...
