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NickA

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  1. That enfield with the huge "super 8" pickup on it? I had a go on that - got lost amongst all the knobs and switches. There were lots of sounds available with lots of very subtle differences between the 15 pickup combinations, plus blend and tone pots ... but I couldn't find one that really hit the button. Maybe need to go on a training course. However, the other bass the same person brought (bright trans-red, with a set of J pickups AND a P pickup between them) had an AMAZING sound. Can anyone remember what make its pickups were? Something american I'd never heard of. ... and he's selling it for only £1850!
  2. Ah pics at last! My own wal is a bit beat up, sounds none the worse for it and I love it all the more - it has bit more personality imo and I'm not afraid to take it out to (eg) the odd bass bash This is a real bargain for someone wanting to play a wal (as opposed to someone wanting to be seen playing a Wal!). If you were fussed, the cost of a full refurb from Electric Wood still wouldn't put the total cost over the market value for a mint 1980/90s Wal Custom.
  3. It could have a neck made of barbed wire, and it would still be worth it for the sound. 😉 anyway ... how is this not sold already?? Have a bump.
  4. I'll bring it ( and more importantly, the roll of labels ). In truth I do very occasionally find a missing earth or something
  5. Even at that price it would be mad to buy without pictures, serial number and, preferably a photo of the build label. It may not even exist.
  6. Shall I bring my PAT tester then? I can PAT test everyone's extensions, leads, amps and PSUs for free. as a chartered electrical engineer I will also be able to confirm that the process is largely bollocks.
  7. The go to funk bass before Mark King bought a JD. But what DO all those knobs do?
  8. He isn't wrong. Maple through neck and a killer reverse precision pickup.
  9. Very happy with my PJB flight case (£250 from these very pages). it's very transparent and has an input impedance high enough for a preamp to make no difference. Not that loud though at a "gentle" 150W. So I have the pb300 to go underneath it when playing cathedrals without a PA Tried an acoustic image (coda?) at a bass bash and it was also v good. The only Aer I could find to try was an amp 1. Very clean, build quality is just .. stunning; but a bit boring sounding somehow.
  10. By coincidence I traded my bb2000 for a wal (got £160 for the bb2000 .. then again, only paid £650 for the Wal) . Wish I'd bought the Wal AND kept the Yamaha. Why would you sell two such great basses. Glwts tho.
  11. Unusually and surprisingly there are a few Pro 2es for sale right now ... but this is the best looking IMHO ... and the price is nice too!
  12. I certainly enjoy " the nerdy stuff". Look, no op amps! And no buffer before the (single pole) filters. And the mid boost instead of the variable q filters. Totally different from what (I think) is inside my Custom. ... and yet, both sound recognisably Wal like. I'd love a go on one of these.
  13. "Wal bass lovers of the world unite" on Facebook, https://m.facebook.com/groups/2413094311 is the place we mostly gather to speak of wals. That's where I just copied the add to. Are there other Wal forums? Please share.
  14. Lovely bass. I'd buy it myself if I didn't already own one of its brothers. I just copied your add to the Wal Facebook page; hope that's alright. There are a mix of collector types there ( who want perfect shiny with spotless gold hardware ) numerous Tool fans ( who want frets ) but fretless fans too. Maybe a better place to specifically sell a Wal. And no-one will be asking about string spacing then saying " oh that's too wide / narrow for me" 🙂 Good luck with the sale ... but also sorry for your loss. Mine will have to be prised from my cold dead hands.
  15. Pickups make difference. Did you try your own and the tutor's bass without amplification? if he had a £400 schertler and you have a £25 shadow ..... Probably the bass tho . I can vouch for Bassace's Bryant with its new extra wide bridge. He gave me a go at a bass bash. Very playable. I've tried basses in dealers that were on sale for £12k to £20k that were not nicer to play ..tho often older and frequently smothered in repair work. If the one on musical chairs is really the same quality for £2800 it is a bargain indeed. My own bass is a big old German one (4/4 size but not unplayably deep in the chest). Valued 7-8£k. It's louder and fuller sounding than the bryant and has amazing sustain; but on the other hand I would not rate its playability. The hefty build, extra scale and consequent string tension mean It's really quite hard work. Basses I like the sound of as much, but which are smaller and easier to get a nice sound out, of seem to come in around 12k at dealers. If you try lots of basses you may find your soul mate. But easy to play Basses with a great sound don't come cheap. There's a reason your tutor's bass cost him 10k!: PS: just check your bridge and sound post haven't shifted. My bass felt awful for a few months, till I realised that smacking the bridge on a door frame leaving an orchestra rehearsal had shifted the bridge 5mm to one side - pushing it back made a surprisingly huge difference.
  16. Tried one of these in the Seoul music market in the 1990s when I lived in Korea. £440 asking price ( before the inevitable bargaining). Should have bought it. Bit quiet acoustically, but really nice amped up. Couldn't find its like in the UK when I moved back. Rare to find here. If you want an acoustic bass ... Well worth a punt. Kinda tempted myself .....
  17. Googled bb5000 and the first result was "why are bb5000s so hard to find". I guess it's because 5 string basses weren't comon in the 80s. Anyway, the bb5000 appears to have a normal not a reverse p neck pickup (reverse being the "correct" way imho), so not quite a 5 string bb2000. I found a bb2004 which is an active bb2000 and a bb2005 which is a 5-string version .. but that one has two J pickups. The search continues.
  18. I had a 1980s BB2000 for a while; traded it in against another bass and now really wish I'd kept it. Unusual in being a through neck and having a reverse P bridge pickup. For a passive bass it was awesomely clean and punchy. If I ever see one for sale, I probably buy it ... was there ever a 5-string version of that bass? If so I'm going hunting.
  19. 1. jebroad 2. Len_Derby 3. Jabba_the_gut 4. Spondonbassed - Hohner B2A, Steinberger Spirit XT25 5. Andyjr1515 6. Jimothe y 7. Mojo 8. Owen 9. Teebs 10. Josie 11. Aidan63 12. Frank Blank 13. petecarlton (newbie) 14. Bassman Sam. NR Custom built Thunderbird, Ashdown 2x10 combo, MM P-bass. 15. ChrisLovatt (bassbash virgin) 16. Stub Mandrel - Fender Pe rformer 17. Richard R. (newbie too). I'l l bring along my Brawley Artemis, if anyone is inte rested. 18. Marillionred - John Letts fretless 5, Warwick Dolphin SN 5, Michael Kelly Dragonfl y acoustic 5 (this one is for sale 🙂 ) 19. Skinnyman - only a possible at this stage but I'll try and make it with a BF One10, possibly one of their new GXII cabs, and a b donkey or two 20. LukeFRC Mesa Walkabout and a few Basses 21. Nick A: Wal custom fretless, Warwick dolphin pro1, bitsa with a very nice acg-eq-01 preamp in it. PJB flight case and pb300 ...
  20. Bought mine (a Tanglwood rosewood reserve):to play at folk sessions ( where electrics are frowned upon or simply banned ) rather than lug a double bass to the pub. So quiet against a guitar a fiddle or two and a couple of squeeze boxes no one knew I was playing. ... maybe a good thing 🙂
  21. Find my Warwick Dolphin ( active MEC pickups and 9v tronics) a bit "polite" sounding sometimes. Lovely sound and a joy to play but lacks a certain fundamental frequency THUMP. Was thinking of buying a Stingray!!! 🙂
  22. Some people love those extensions. Better than a 5 string as you keep the string spacing and the neck width of a 4 string plus can still really DIG IN to a fat bottom E ( most often the lowest note you need). Drop tuners are an option but when you deploy them, all the other strings go out of tune. There is a lot of classical music that needs bottom D or C so mostly we retune to D A D G or C G D G between pieces. It's a pain and smaller basses suffer string flap when tuned down so low. an extension is probs the cure ... But UGLY, can't bring myself to adulterate my bass with one.
  23. I've have spent many hours and GBP's trying to make my amplified double bass sound like that upright sound in my head !!
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