RonC

Thank you! I don't take commisions yet, I do 90% of the work in the workplace of the luthier school. sometimes i do some repairwork at the kitchentable 😉. Next year i want to build my own workplace at home. Then i might take commisions... 😀

I dismanteled my fretted MK1, measured everything and took pictures of it. a felllow forumite Patricio (username PLB) drawed the digital plan for me. I have PDF's of it so i'm happy to share it with you if you like. (just send me a PM) Thanks!

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He told us about his TB10! Thats should be an amazing bass too. He's indeed a very kind person. Around 2020 he bought an Ibanez Musician MC900 from me, he came to visit and we had a great chat! he can talk for hours about his bass and guitar collection and his opinion on basses. Great to hear all his anekdotes from his musical life. And indeed a great player! a small world it is! Thanks for the compliments!!

Thanks! I used Turner multicoil pickups, these PU's come very close to the Wal PU's. Because i also wanted the look of the Wal PU's, Chrtis Turner made me a set with a plain surface.

Everything is to learn, I started this luthier education in 2018 (1 day a week) and before that I had no skills at all. But with a good teacher, patience and trust almost anyone can get there (unless you have two left hands of course.. ) Thank you!

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A new family picture of my 3 Wals together with a new born Claassen bass which I made myself. if you’re interested, here’s the build diary of my tribute to Wal: Wal tribute build diary

Thank you!!!🙏

Thanks!!😀

Thanks a lot! I wish i could do it all day instead of my normal job! maybe some day part time....

It's finished! https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/510756-wal-mk1-copytribute-bass-claassen-mk1/

Dank je!!!! It was quite hard work, especially to plane the ebony top and back to the right thickness.(sharpening my plane every 15 minutes...) but it was all worth it. I'm very satisfied with the endresult! 😀

Great sound funkle! I used the same combination of electronics and pickups in my recently build Wal copy! (Sorry for hijacking this topic) Here's the build diary: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/510756-wal-mk1-copytribute-bass-claassen-mk1/

Thank you!!!

And of course myself testing it.. Soundclips will follow!

Here's my son Stef (who just swapped to bass after playing drums for 7 years ) playing the back beauty.

Here's the great Axl Peleman (Belgium bassist) testing my bass, he was very fond of it and told me it felt like a fullblood Wal! I coundn't get a bigger compliment from the master!!