AndroWal

[quote name='wombatboter' post='577440' date='Aug 22 2009, 03:05 AM']I put nearly every control in the center, maybe add a little bass but the rest is almost flat (taste also in the middle). Compression is off and every bass I have used sounds great.. Only funny thing is that some basses hardly need any gain (?). Not that I get distorted sounds but the light clips quickly. Doesn't affect the sound though... Have used the Tecamp a lot and I get good reactions from the different bands and engineers I work with.[/quote] Thanks very much for your reply and info. Since posting, I did fall on some settings that work for me. I need to keep experimenting as I do thing it's an amp with much to offer. I concur with how you have yours set....no great inputs, just little adjustments to this and that. The distributor here in the US actually sent me a demo instead of the new unit I purchased, thus we are in the exchange process and my new one will be here in a week or so. At that time I'll be back with it with fresh ears! Thanks again!

[quote name='deksawyer' post='575789' date='Aug 20 2009, 08:57 AM']YES!! It's a magical combination. Brings out the natural 'zinngyness' of the Wal (and that's with 3 year old Elixirs fitted). I use a TecAmp M212. D.[/quote] Great looking set-up! And as silverfoxnik said, a great looking Wal as well. My curiousity is due to recently acquiring a Puma 1000 to use with my Epi UL410 S1 8 ohm cab. I have been trying all my basses with it and have had a hard time getting a sound that is right for me with my Wals. Finally last evening with my fretted and this morning with my fretless I fell on some settings that gave me something I am happy with. The Puma is so different from my Eden WT800 that I've been using for 14 years. It is so bright!!! I actually have to cut the highs. Thus...I wanted to get some input from experienced players and learn if my new amp and old cab combination is truly a good one or if I should be changing something out. How do you set your Puma? I know it is very personal to your tastes and bass, but there are some similarities amoung all Wals! I understand when you mention "zinngyness!" Also, how do you like the 2x12s....do you think an 8 ohm cab with 2x12 would be good with the 1000's 1000 watts into it? Thanks!!!

[quote name='wombatboter' post='480990' date='May 6 2009, 05:52 AM']Since last week I own a Puma Tecamp 1000 (2x500w) which I run through an Epifani UL4X10 and a 2x12 (both 4ohm). I'm really very enthousiastic about the sound and the power. Every bass I have run through it (from a Wal to a Celinder, etc.) sounds great. No colouration, no dirty mids, no boomy lows. Just a great basssound respecting the sound of each bass and not sounding too hifi. I have used the Epifani UL502 during a couple of years. Great amp too but the Puma is more powerful, easy to use and it weighs less than 3 kilograms. Excellent stuff ...[/quote] wombatboter, I just got a Puma 1000 to use with my Wals...Mark II and III 5-strings. I am actually having a bit of trouble finding a good setting for them. I am running the Puma almost flat with just a bit of Taste at 11AM, rolling the lows to about 11:AM and adding a bit of lo and hi mids to about 1:PM with treble flat. No compression....yet when I pluck harmonics it seems they are getting quite compressed and their bright life is not being reproduced. I have tried the pre and post gain at various levels, although I haven't run the pre higher than about 11:AM. I am using the Puma with an Epi UL410 S1 8 ohm thus the Puma is bridged. Any pointers you can provide? I also plugged in my Ibanez Prestige 07 5-string and it sounds fantastic! Thanks.

Anyone using their Wal(s) with a TecAmp Puma 1000 or 500? If so...what do you think of the combination? Also...what cab(s) are you using?

[quote name='JPJ' post='471645' date='Apr 24 2009, 08:00 AM']Two truely stunning basses. Always fancied a Wal but couldnt even begin to think about it at the price they change hands for. Might have to build my own copy...........mmm........English sycamore facings (back and front), Mahogany core, maple and purple heart five piece neck, John East filter eq, you know, it might just work [/quote] My Wal Fretless 5 Mark II has English Sycamore facings with a chemical wash....love the look and most of all..the sound is great. The Growl and with snap and clarity. Pic attached...oh...wait a minute...that's my avatar!

Bilbo! A melodic-grooving man you are! Love it. Keep doing it until your dying day. Andro PS From one Wal-man to another!

I been playing Wals as my main basses since 1991. I have two Mark IIs 5s (fretless and fretted) which are on the heavy side and have just a little neck dive...but not overly so or uncomfortably so. Not any more than the Jazz basses I own. I also have two Mark III 5s and they balance perfectly and are lighter...the most comfortable basses I've played other than a custom 4 I had made that was actually carved to fit my body. Sound-wise they have never gotten anything but great praise....live or in the studio. The B-strings are wonderful. Overall their sounds are fantastic. They cut through the band, they have wide and great bottom, full through-out the ranges and I haven't found another bass yet that I can get as much sound from without any equing. I use them in many styles of music from jazz to ethereal, to progressive-rock to singer/songwriter, etc. The construction-values on my 4 are all great. Just really solid instruments. I have heard some complain, but this mostly was from the era when Pete was having health problems and production was backing-up. Pricing for my Wals ran as low as $2500 to a high of about $4200. The one I ordered new right from Pete was in 1992 and cost $3400. The most expensive ones are the used Mark IIIs I have and purchased in the last few years from a couple of fine gentlemen in the UK. Taxes/duties and shipping add quite a bit! As far as the neck shape, I like it so much that when Joe Zon made me a bass, I had him make the neck to be very close to the size and shape of my Wals! Of course, somewhat, this is beauty in the eye of the owner, but there are enough performances and recordings out there to substantiate Wal Basses' true value as great instruments.

My Wals. I could add to them, but could never sell them. Maybe they'll be inherited by my now just about 2-year-old daughter. The other one I'll never sell is the 1975 Fender Jazz that my father purchased for me from Sam Ash in NYC when I was a budding bassist of 14 years-of-age. It's ash with the maple neck and block inlays. I've done modifications over the years and am just about to find a reputable restorer to get it back to to stock. It has always sounded great and those that have had the chance to play it say it is one of the best sounding they've played.

[quote name='jensenmann' post='372817' date='Jan 7 2009, 02:37 AM']Hiya If you want to trade, I could offer you my sixstring Mach III fretless in exchange for your fivestring Mach II. Let me know if you´re interested. I think I posted pictures of mine earlier in this thread. cheers Jens[/quote] Jens, Thank you for the offer. I think my Wals will be instruments I hand-down to the next generation! I am thinking about a couple of Wal 6s and am on the list to have them made by Paul Herman. I am awaiting pricing info, etc. My thinking goes back-and-forth about 6s and whether I really need or want them. The fretted would be great for chord-playing and both just for range and ecomomy of movement, but then I think...hmmm...I can do just about all of it on my 5s. Also, once comfortable and used to the 6s, would I want to play my 5s? What is your experience with this? Best, Andro

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='372622' date='Jan 6 2009, 03:48 PM']Very nice![/quote] Thank you! Wals have been my main basses, and mostly the fretless Mark II, since 1991. Currently I'm using the Mark IIIs more as they are lighter and easier to handle for longer periods.

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