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  1. NickA
    I've a MK1 (well, a custom to be exact) and a MK2 5-string. The difference in weight is tiny. The MK2 body is fatter (to take a 5-string neck, I guess) but shorter too, and they balance the same. If you want 5-strings and/or 24 frets though...gotta be a mk2
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    I like the MK1 shape myself. Neater and comfier to hold than the MK2. The extra frets are nice to have though. Love the centre stripe ... Looks like Wal built a through neck (which sadly they never have). NB consider selling to the USA if no-one in the EU bites; their sales/import tax is lower than the UK's ( thanks Boris) and their Wal buyers seem to have very deep pockets. This one sold for $8500 straight away ... and people said it was underpriced! https://www.talkbass.com/threads/wal-mk1-1984-walnut.1511158/ This one's up for €6431 and Americans calling it a bargain. https://www.woodstockguitars.dk/en/product/wal-custom-bass/
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    Guessing that was recorded on a £1500 hand crafted one? How does yours sound? Sound clips!
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    Bought my MK2 via reverb; though I found it on the Facebook page before the buyer directed me to reverb. Only 5% Commission and all went very smoothly. The good thing, for buyers, is that the buyer pays reverb before shipping but reverb only pays the seller when it arrives. Don't know what happens if the buyer claims not to have received it... I should think this bass will sell like hotcakes to the USA, despite them having to pay sales tax AND import duty. Cheaper than a new one and no 3yr wait... plus the myth that old Wals are somehow better than new Wals.
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    Is that stuff ok with varnish? If so citrus degreaser might do it too. Cleaned my cello strings with cellulose thinners when I was much younger ... you can still see the spots in the varnish it dropped on 45 years later.
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    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pay-less-import-duty-and-vat-when-re-importing-goods-to-the-uk-and-eu#what-you-can-claim-relief-on ..it's been away rather too long Except, special dispensation on the 3: year limit for:. "collectors’ or heritage items originally manufactured in the UK and returning from overseas after re-acquisition by a UK dealer or investor, for example collectable items of furniture or ceramics" Wals pretty collectible these days!
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    looper

    NickA replied to NickA's topic in Effects

    5min is enough for me. Just to loop 16 bars of walking bass to practice over. I'm no KT Tunstall!
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    looper

    NickA replied to NickA's topic in Effects

    Hey, thanks for that. I couldn't find that info anywhere. £50 on a ditto then. Unless there are better loopers. Bass direct have a ditto x4 for £95 ... But it's too big for my tiny pedal board.
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    Luckily no jobs coming up in North London ... Otherwise I'd be unstoppably "drawn" to Camden ... and we know what happens then.
  10. NickA
    Damnation. Getting gas now. The gallery have three of them, all around £3k, but all maple board with frets .... guess they'd fit an ebony one for another few £100 ...... ..No... don't even think about it.
  11. NickA
    Ahh basschat. Who needs East Enders. Thoroughly enjoyable thread😁.
  12. NickA
    1976 = vintage?. Holy shite, what does that make me?! Nice bass though; natural ash and ebony stingrays just look "right" somehow. Just curious .... How does it sound compared to a modern EB one?
  13. NickA
    My bass was set up specifically for jazz pizz (Malcolm Healey did it many many years back), but I manage bowed classical stuff too ( amateur orchestra, NOT solo!). The max scoop is about where you'd play an E on the G string and it's a little more than 1mm maybe 2mm on the E. Bass tech at Tim Toft violins thought they could improve the sound and playability by fitting a higher bridge and re- angling the fingerboard with a bigger wedge, but didn't mention changing the scoop. However us "modern" jazz people are trying for lots of mwah sound, hence the low action ... Is that what you really want if the eub sounds too " fretless bass"?
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    looper

    NickA posted a topic in Effects

    Decided to loop some bass lines to attempt soloing over ... There's a small loop function on my tc electronics flashback delay effect. Trouble is, the volume knob not only makes the looped recording quieter, it makes the "through" / dry signal quieter too. Not the case with any of the delay functions where the volume only affects the wet / "effect" signal. Am I doing something wrong? Are all loopers like this? If I drop £50 on the TC Ditto dedicated looper, will it be the same?
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    Just to be clear .. the acg-eq-01 I have is not in an ACG bass. I bought the amp direct from John East and put it in a bitsa project bass. The electronics in new ACG basses are obviously more developed & refined. Also have a Wal with their version of the same thing ( pull switches instead of adjustable knobs) Personally I'm totally sold on having an " EQ" for each pickup. Otherwise I'd have no on board EQ at all and just use the amp to adjust the sound. Great thing about ACG basses, you get the choice!
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    ..but the eq-01 is what I could buy from John 😁. And I really like that hp pass through feature; like the Wal's " pick attack" but adjustable.
  17. NickA
    No problem with mine. The second set I bought had a few spots on, easily removed with a scotch brite pad and didn't come back. Nice strings, but a bit "coloured" ( ie have a sound of their own ) . Took them off my fretless as it altered the sound too much.
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    Generally rub walnut oil into the damage and call it "character".
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    Stereo wire your bass and get two of these .... Acg-eq, sorted. Must admit, as do John East and Alan C, the eq-01 is adjustable beyond the realms of usefullness ( extreme reggae dub bass is fun tho ...max roll off & max Q ). The Wal version is more useful.
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    good point ... Dab of gold humbrol would fool most people mind.
  21. NickA
    If they were on offer ... someone would buy them. It's reached a point where the sound is irrelevant ☹️
  22. NickA
    If you have the acg-eq-01 it's worth making a note or taking a photo of a setting you like. I sometimes meddle with mine to get a "new" sound, then spend hours trying to get back to where I started. When you get the hang of it, much better than bass mid .treble EQ ... You can do that on your amp
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    Tried lots of low Bs in my hunt for a 5-string bass. Mostly sounded muddy on low B ... even the stingrays weren't great ( and they sound fine when Tony Levin plays them!). The only two that worked for me were a 35" Sandberg and a MK2 Wal. Maybe if you play through a huge amp with a 15" speaker ( as Tony Levin does, I think) more basses will sound ok. Could be a duff string of course.
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    That of course is actual GOLD not mere paint or laquer. And an expensive optional extra. But hugely better though it is than the scuffed goldish lacquer on my Warwick.... It's still, imho, rather naff, like gold taps in dubai hotel bathroom. I was in electric wood's workshop last year and they had a whole tray of gold plated pole pieces just back from the plating people. Gold all the way down, not just the visible tips. Silly.
  25. NickA
    There's a separate thread about this. Lost in the depths of chat. I take lots of kit around the world for work and need a Carnet; can get away without one usually, but sometimes have to pay a BIG retainer fee that's refunded when I leave. If you buy from the EU there will be VAT to pay additional to the cost - but that cost may get discounted if the seller is VAT registered. Boring stinky poo all due to a big brexity balls up
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