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Funnily enough, I was only reading about these rarities today in that particular copy of Bassist mag - featuring an article by John Ludlow and Big Baz - nice to see my mate Ken Achard (ex PV main man) on the cover of the new book with his extremely rare slab P with rosewood board!

Allo! I used to be a Wal-nut some years ago; I've owned three Wals over the years, the following counts as two of those! (pic courtesy of the superb Wal database site [url="http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~koesters/Privat/Wal"]http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~koesters/Privat/Wal[/url] - taken by Jon Vanaman). I sold it to a good friend as it was very heavy and the flightcase kept getting mistaken by the local Harrier pilots at Wittering as an aircraft carrier...! Should have kept it in the collection really as it would be worth quite a bit by now - shame it wasn't a natural finish. Sounded fantastic - the controls were as per a regular Wal bass; the pickup balance pot was used to pan between the two necks and, if set centrally, provided some interesting effects in terms of sympathetic vibrations from the neck that wasn't being played! Cheers! Nick

Thats an immaculate bass - very Jet Harris!

Nice work! The white stuff looks like grain filler - hence the reason its hard to get completely rid of! I had a '77 Jazz bass (back in '90) which some numpty decided to literally hand paint (with a brush!) in foam green - had it stripped and oiled and this looked very similar! Nick

...plus, meant to ask, I know its still very early days but would like to know how you favour the separate EQ sections per pickup - seems like a clever idea! Nick * *Arpege buff!

[quote name='ped' post='390098' date='Jan 23 2009, 11:41 PM'][Anorak] The series 4 basses feature the 10/90 system used on the series 3 basses - two usually dense carbon segments go through the neck (unusually dense as there is not much resin) giving them the same rigidity of the full carbon series 2 basses, apparently. The series 4 basses differ from the series 3 in that they are no longer neck through but a really neat bolt on design instead[/Anorak] Cheers ped[/quote] Correct! Lovely bass there Dave! Nick

Howay Howard! Welcome! Nick (me grandad was a Geordie - canny lad!)

[quote name='flip' post='383053' date='Jan 17 2009, 10:23 AM']I know this is an old thread but I was wondering if anyone owns or has tried one of these basses? I haven't been able to find one in the shops, but due to back issues I'd like to get an idea of weight before buying one. I know they're made of basswood so I'm hoping they're not overly heavy! Cheers![/quote] I bought one recently and it a superb little bass! Fairly lightweight; I've also got a back issue and since the bass has `regular' body contours (not a slab body) its very comfortable to play.

I'd buy it Chris! Of course, its not a standard StingRay but then it is a limited edition model! Which is fine! N

Here's some light relief! 20 of my girls in the sunshine! (Cheers Spiltmilk!)...

Give me a shout if you need to buy any stock!

[quote name='jakesbass' post='382261' date='Jan 16 2009, 12:24 PM']I was just about to point this out from Nicks analysis. It [i][b]is[/b][/i] B half dim. I does not change as its minor, just a small error on Nicks part. Diminished and half diminished chords are entirely different animals and perform seperate functions. Jake[/quote] Sorry! Typo on my part! Ta! Nick

Talking about this in terms of the relative minor key to C Major (A natural minor), one could say you derive the following: Am BDim Cmaj7 Dm Em Fmaj G7, Am So, instead of: ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian, locrian you are starting out at aeolian, then going thru the modes as is eg. locrian, ionian etc. Does this answer your question? Nick

Nice one Al! Tasty example of a Series III Mark King model!

Nice one Steve - one of the best examples of a Series II that I've ever owned! Look at this GA five string model! What a stunner...! My Classic is being refinished in a similar scheme - should be completed soon!