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Great to see them back in business...lots of sharks trying to get an extra buck the passed years because they had become "rare". Even some who regretted that they weren't made anymore secretly liked the idea that they had Wal-basses in their livingroom. They are not cheap but neither are other quality basses..I owned around 10 Wal basses during the last fifteen years only to found out that I only needed one MKI and a fretless. I have other basses but nothing sounds like a Wal bass, that "honk" in the tone you cannot get anywhere else. Throughout the wide spectrum in sounds that are available (you can make it sound like an Alembic or a Precision) that personal Wal-tone comes through. It is unique and cannot be copied..that 's worth a lot of money. I can live without a lot of basses but I wouldn't want to miss my Wal-basses.

Beautiful bass...can't beat that.

Over here in Belgium we play "Sultans of Swing" and "So far away" with our band and it is always a joy. We even play them during soundchecks and sometimes people come over to be assured that we play it later in the set. I never get tired of playing "Sultans".. I play it with a guitarplayer who is capable to copy the excellent guitarwork and he sings really good too..

Er zaten Wizards in mijn Sei..

Elvis in the seventies (that energy of "Burning love" or "Polk salad") James Taylor (would be nice to do gigs where people in the audience take the time to listen)

Belgium ! Hooray !!

It's not that I'm that rich..I just feel that when you really want something which makes the quality of your life better you should go for it. I don't like to travel or have other expensive hobbies or a family so I spend the money I earn on what I love most : basses and amps. They inspire me and give me pleasure. Over the last years I have experienced (like everyone I guess) that a lot of people around me have been struck by diseases, misfortune, divorces, financial crises etc.. It has convinced me that I have to live in the "now" and that I have to enjoy the things I like now..If I really want something (ànd if I can afford it) I just go for it. Goes from food to a dvd, etc.. A really good friend of mine has to go to kitney dialysis three times a week and isn't allowed to eat a lot of stuff anymore so..puts things in perspective So much for the philosophical stuff...:-)

I have a 6X10 VdKley speaker 1500 W, Epifani UL4X10, UL 2X10 (bought here on bass-chat) and a 2X12 (rather heavy) Since a couple of months I mainly use a Tecamp Puma 1000 for gigs and at home I used the Epifani UL502 which will be sold and is replaced by the Epifani PS600 which has the same quality in my ears but just has one channel.

He's got taste...very beautiful.

I've recorded a couple of solo-cd's but I never release them so there's not much exposure. A friend of mine works for television and he had to edit a tv-show around cancer and the various initiatives which were taken by different people all across the country trying to raise money for the good cause. Each group was given around 15 seconds of television for their actions and how much they had earned and this went on during hours and hours on one of the biggest tv-stations in our country. Between every 15 seconds there was a tiny bass sample of five seconds which was taken from my cd. It felt great and I watched the program longer than I wanted to..:-)

Happy days !

Indeed...over here in Belgium during the eighties I (and a lot of people with me) was floored by two absolute bass-giants : the impact of Palladino and Mark King has never been equalled.

This features some nice fretless bass by Pino (and a bit more jazzy than the stuff he's known for). Excellent stuff ! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWU2omQp8TY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWU2omQp8TY[/url]

I once read somewhere that (when there's enough budget) every song on a cd gets to be played by every bassplayer who is invited during the recording project by certain artists. Afterwards they just make a selection what's the best take.

[quote name='Rayman' post='596354' date='Sep 12 2009, 09:48 AM']Hi, my name is Russ, and I'm......addicted to Gear Aquisition Syndrome. I genuinely believe I'm addicted to the feeling of finding and aquiring new basses. I love the excitement of having a bass to trade, or better still cash in my pocket, and that few days of hunting for, and then choosing a new bass. Then, a few days later, the urge is back, and out goes the new bass, sometimes within [i]days[/i] of getting it. My problem is I'm skint. All I have is my gear, so if I need to satisfy my cravings, I have to sell or trade out, something I've done endlessly over the last handful of years. It's always been (or so I thought) part of a search for "The One", that perfect bass that you yearn for. Trouble is, I've had some beautiful basses over the years, Overwater, Stingrays, Fenders and now the Kinal, which is the best of them all, and still, I get the urge to let it go to satisfy my craving for GAS, it's madness, and I'm driving myself crazy. I really believe, that if I was rich, I'd have dozens and dozens and [i]dozens[/i] of basses, guitars etc etc, most of which I'd never touch, because I'd be always on the lookout for something new to satisfy the GAS. Anyone else want to stand up and confess their addiction too?[/quote] I completely understand...I've had more than hundred basses in and out the last couple of years. Sometimes I think to myself "it's been a while since I bought one" and it has only been two weeks before. I'm not joking : it is an addiction and I keep going back to numerous bass sites (even Ebay Australia) looking for that one thing which stops the search... but that doesn't exist. Fodera, Alembic, Wal, old Fenders..etc... Funny thing : you don't loose that much money since you pay with the money of your previous sale but you get rarely connected with a certain bass.