CamdenRob

4 minutes ago, Monkey Steve said:

yeah, balance is spot on.  Feels a touch lighter than my memory of the previous Wals too (but I may be wrong)

On comparing the neck, it's a touch wider than my Warwick Stage 1 and feels a little flatter, but if anything is a bit speedier to get round

The feel of the wood is much better than previously - the other ones looked fantastic but had a slightly plastic-y feel to them.  The finish on this one feels much thinner and silkier

 

I’m with you. I think they are wonderful instruments 🙂

I hope it gives you a lifetime of service to make up for the wait!

Look at that 😍

Bet it sounds the business too 🙂

I was surprised at how thin from to back the necks on my recent build Wals were, but as you say they are very comfortable.

Bet the balance is spot on as well? 

End of a loooooong wait which will be completely forgotten by next week 🙂

Could always buy something you like and get it defretted?

9 hours ago, acidbass said:

Perhaps room for one or two more

That’s the spirit 👍 

37 minutes ago, therealting said:

I think the fretless market is a lot smaller than the fretted one.

I was discussing this with Mrs C yesterday when I was butchering various popular classics on my fretless to pass the afternoon... There really can’t be much of a market for fretless basses? Especially at the bottom end? 🤔 

Looks the business 👍 

Anyway this is a Smith thread and that new one is a belter 😍

3 hours ago, ped said:

IMO the big hitters which are easily identifiable by sound alone are Precision, Jazz, Stingray and Smith. 

Gotta put Wal in there as well for me. Stingray is close for my money but I reckon there is an appreciable enough difference to warrant a separate spot for Wal 😊

I used to use different strings for each bass but these days I just use Newtone Diamonds (Round Core Nickel Plated) on everything...

28 minutes ago, FLoydElgar said:

I'm in the club 

 

2013 TNV6

 

 

😮 🔥 

BC doesn’t strike me as the best choice to try and sell something for more than it’s worth... Everyone here is pretty knowledgeable about bass gear and how much it costs. A fair number of us spend a large part of the day looking at bass gear on the internet when we should be doing something else 😕

Covered by other comments above really but Markbass and Trace are at opposite ends of the spectrum really... If the suggestions above don’t work out and you do end up going for some different gear try some of the light weight GK or Glockenklang gear. 👍 

All the cool instruments were taken when we formed our first band at 13 so I ended up on the bass.

Very glad I did though. I love the role of the bass and even though the music I play has changed over the years I still approach it the same way.

I haven’t heard of most of the players often sited as inspiration here on BC or the bands they play in.

Always preferred to approach music my own way, that’s where the fun lies for me. In all honesty I’ve very little interest in anyone else’s playing 😕

On 09/04/2020 at 14:18, ubit said:

Yeah thanks for that... got lockdown GAS for a matched Fender P & J pair now... 😡

 No to all except 20) 👍 

*edit - actually 17 as well. Most of the guitarists I have played with have been stand up guys 😊

I got a Squier P bass for my 13th birthday my parents bought from some bloke in the Diamond FreeAds...

It was f***ing s**t... 😐

16 minutes ago, linear said:

When did you place your last order?

14 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

January 2020

11 minutes ago, linear said:

I suspect the change has happened since then.

I suspect this is why I have also always paid in euros then... last order was 2019.

Current crop...

I bought a bass from Thomann last year and was charged in euros. You’ll get whatever exchange rate your card provider gives you - not whatever Thomann say on the site  

3 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

I like the idea that if my rack is full I have to sell. Think it holds 7.

Mine holds 4 and I currently only have 3... 😬 

Welcome to Basschat. My prediction is you’ll own 10 basses by the end of the year and respond to every future post with “it’s all in the fingers” 👍 

I must be doing something wrong... maybe I’ll drop a bass off at proper tech for a set up and see if they can get it any lower without clank or buzz for my playing style.

39 minutes ago, bloke_zero said:

Speaking of which - where are people putting their fretless action?

Weirdly I have a bit of time on my hands and I'm thinking if I can just get the action right on my fretless I'll be able to play like Jaco (not).

Just checked my fretless... roughly a £1 at the 10th so the same as my fretted.

1 minute ago, 4000 said:

Yep, top of the 12th fret to the underside of the string.

 

I think you’re underestimating how lightly some people play, and that, as previously discussed, some of us like a sound that incorporates a little buzz (but not clank). I both fret and pluck very, very, very  lightly. 2 of my 3 current basses have just had a fretstone and have been set at 2mm 12th E, roughly 1mm 12th fret G, but I may drop the E side a hair. 
 

That’s astonishing... I’d have to see it in  action to believe it 😆 

2 minutes ago, Little Dragon said:

I set mine from the 10th fret as I use a pound coin to gauge which is 2.8mm.

I’ve just put a £1 under the E string at the 10th and that’s about where mine is too. The coin fits under but only just and not without touching the string.

I find it astonishing that anyone can have the strings a 1/3 of that distance to the fretboard?