mikeswals

Wow, that sure is a nice plank Clarky!

I had a 79, loved it. The sound was very hi-fi, very Spector like, really brilliant, really high output too. I'm still kicking myself for selling it.

And a couple preEB's: feb '78 StingRay. [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/Negative7bass/DSC02149.jpg[/IMG] apr '80 Sabre. [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/Negative7bass/DSC01367.jpg[/IMG]

And the Precisions: '05 Custom Shop 55 single coil P in very rare shell pink. [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/Negative7bass/DSC04370.jpg[/IMG] '82 Precision Special, white turned into the nicotine queen. [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/Negative7bass/DSC02868.jpg[/IMG]

My two current Jazzes: the keeper, holy grail '69 all orginal. [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/Negative7bass/DSC07987.jpg[/IMG] the '02/'03 MIM 60's Reissue limited run with matching headstock. [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/Negative7bass/DSC07914.jpg[/IMG]

There used to be a better color version of this. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeH2ls71CWE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeH2ls71CWE[/url]

Congrats sir!

[quote name='Toasted' post='1336166' date='Aug 11 2011, 02:06 AM']The new Wals almost look "cleaner" than the old Wals.[/quote] The new ones certainly display perfection in build quality (above the old ones), from what I've seen in every pic I've seen so far. Everything matches so perfectly. I sort-of do hate to admit that, but Paul is doing better. Someday I hope to get a new MkIII 4 string from him.

[quote name='Clarky' post='1248464' date='May 28 2011, 09:40 AM']My '83 Mk 1 fretless and 2004 Mk 2 fretted[/quote] That MkII with the III headstock just looks sexy! I wish I could find someone who has a MkIII 4str that wants to go back to a MkI.

[quote name='73Jazz' post='1236160' date='May 18 2011, 11:19 AM']if this is a question between the lines..i will never sell just kidding..[/quote] Nope, I wasn't implying anything there.

[quote name='73Jazz' post='1235704' date='May 18 2011, 05:53 AM']but still great price..they last i have seen were from 1800-2100 euro, which are, 1585 gbp to 1850 gbp or in your case 2560 USD to 2995 USD[/quote] Yup exactly, $2600 to me. But I keep thinking to myself, 'where else am I going to find one?'.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1230296' date='May 13 2011, 11:05 AM']Its the intonation pins being (after Market) too long not the pads being too high [/quote] Well most of the originals were that way too where the D and G intonation screws ran into the pads. After a few hot summer days the pads would migrate forward a tad from being pushed by the screw.

I had one of these too, in LPB, serial# in the high 800's. Mine was alder. But I wished I could have found a Sonic! Here's what I can tell you from Stateside.... These were first run in 2002 starting with the CAR ones, the other colors ran in 2003. Yes MIA. The serials I saw tell me there's almost a thousand total (combined all colors) floating around. They were everywhere back then in the big stores and online dealers. I should say the red initially were snatched up quickly, but the LPB and OLY ones were most plentiful by far. By spring of 2004 the dealers here were blowing them out for $999 discontinued! But the rarest being Sonic Blue, they seemed to have mostly been shipped to Europe, because I've only seen one guy here claim to have one, but I've seen lots of pics from owners outside the States. I see Bass Direct currently has a Sonic for sale, but the cost and exchange rate puts it $1k dollars over what the other colors typically sell for used here!

[quote name='cetera' post='1232852' date='May 16 2011, 03:22 AM']LUSH!!![/quote] I can't help they kept falling in my lap! How could I say no? I somehow became the refuge for strays.

Nice thread. These really are incredible instruments. Maybe I can contribute a little more to the Wal porn here.... '90 Mk I '86 Mk I '90 Mk II midi '00 Mk I And the couch I now have to sleep on. But at least I have good company! I would love to get ahold of an old Wal flyer (for the Custom models) if anyone has one available.

I've done lots of restorations of the vitage mute assemblies. The reason the newest EB mutes don't fit well is because the newer bridge saddles made for the EB Classic are taller than the vintage preEB and early EB saddles, so the foam pads are taller as well. You'll either have to carefully cut them down, or cut your own shorter pads.

The only two Jamerson basses the family has (or had) was the upright and the '65 Bass V. Yes that goofy 5-string thing. And Pistol Allen had one of the B-15's, but who knows where it's at now since Pistol has died. But I remember the family advertising the upright as available back around '03. But don't know if it actually ever sold. I remember checking out the JJ sig models in Bass Centre LA. Even though it said Custom shop, it was assembled from nothing more than off the shelf MIA 62RI parts with a special neck plate. But it was still a nice bass!

You simply have a scabbed-together Fender. It's a 68-72 Tele body with a similar era Precision neck modded to fit. The Teles, even left handed ones, only came with maple boards. At the heel of the neck, the P neck is rounded, whereas the Tele heel is flat. And looking at your pic the heel was originally rounded, but looks like someone modded it to fit the squared neck pocket. So I'm sure the original date stamping is sanded off if you remove the neck for inspection. If the pots are original, then they will be stamped with a code, example: 137-6842. 137 is the pot manufacturer, 66 is the year, and 42 is the week. Alot of 66-70 basses wore '66 pots, so it isn't right to just use the pots for dating. The bottom side of the pickup will also be dated if you remove it. It will either be handwritten with a full date on the earlier ones, or if it has a later 4digit code like: 9341, the last digit translates the year (71) and the center two digits the week.

[quote name='Telebass' post='1212579' date='Apr 27 2011, 05:31 AM']Nobody's reading this carefully, are they? The clue is in plain view! Welcome, Mike, always wanted to visit Seattle. Hopefully, someday![/quote] yeah, the clue is in the username. Seattle is a great place to visit, especially beautiful in aug/sept. -Mike

[quote name='mep' post='1211234' date='Apr 25 2011, 01:35 PM']Hi & welcome. So what particular brand of British bass are you fanatical about then? There can't be many.[/quote] Thanks for the welcomes. Wal. I seemed to become the refuge for strays. #4 actually just arrived about 10 minutes ago.