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    Show your Wals... Appreciation Thread

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    Posted

    [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1435823121' post='2812656']
    Was lovely to meet Paul yesterday, he's such a passion for building the best instruments he can. We were talking about pricing in the future and it was obvious that compromise was not part of his vocabulary. He wanted every part of the instruments he makes to be faithful to the original design whilst using the best of materials for everything. So much goes into these, there was a guy chrome plating individual bridge saddles. Just the bridge looked like a work of art let alone everything else...

    I mentioned you when I dropped off the Shedua sixer and he said he'd set up basses for you in the past and would use the same strings, action etc. as the others you've had :)

    The only differences between the new sixer and the Shedua one are the tuners (Gotoh on the Shedua and Hipshot on the Ziricote) and the neck profile is slightly different (chunkier on the Ziricote and flatter on the Shedua) also the Shedua has a gloss finish on the back of the neck, the Ziricote is satin. They both weigh the same (11.2lb) and aside from a few scuffs on the body and some of the chrome plating flaking on the bridge on the Shedua (it is 20 years old) the basses are almost identical.
    [/quote]

    Great Rob!

    Yes, indeed Paul has already built three "new" Wals for me: the white MKII and the green MKI shown on the Wal gallery page, and the new fretless one you're going to get soon.
    All of them are flawless and if money wasn't an issue they'd all have stayed with me here ...
    I was thinking about asking you to have Paul switch the old Gotoh tuners for new Hipshot Ultralight ones while the Shedua is with him for service? Doable?

    Best wishes from scorching hot Germany
    Oliver

    Show your Wals... Appreciation Thread

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    Great news Rob! So maybe I'm going to be into playing sixstring again very soon :)

    Order one more if you can afford it - you can't have enough of these fine basses ;)

    I own three of them and each of them is just awesome. Your sixer is going to be my 15th Wal - I guess I definately have the Wal virus.

    Cheers
    Oliver[attachment=194756:SDC15488.JPG][attachment=194758:SDC13603.JPG][attachment=194759:SDC13611.JPG]

    Show your Wals... Appreciation Thread

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    [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1432649179' post='2783563']
    My new Ziricote MK3 sixer is due in six weeks so I decided it might be time to think about moving on my Shedua MK3 sixer... so I replied to a buyers PM who has been interested for a while and put a plan in place to sell it on...

    ... and then I noticed he had put this up for sale to raise the funds;



    a 2014 fretless MK1 with gorgeous stained sycamore facings.

    ... and so a trade was done and following the arrival of my new MK3 and a service of my current one, this beauty will be making it's way to me :)

    Can't wait...
    [/quote]

    Hey Rob,

    haven't been on the show your Wals thread for a long time - wow - your sixer's going to be absolutely awesome! That ziricote looks fantastic!

    Yes - the MK I fretless is mine a wonderful instrument with a great tone and playability -

    I reckoned that since I purchased a fretless MKII fiver Wal from 1995 in mint condition while waiting for the new one to arrive (guess a lot of us does that to pass the time until that new one arrives ...)

    I should sell on the new MKI to get some money together for your lovely shedua sixer, since no one seems interested in buying my Taylor AB4 acoustic bass.

    Can hardly wait for the sixer now - having owned two sixers already: jensenmann's fretless one and little eel's one which had been fretted. I know I shouldn't have sold them at that time ...

    #WITHDRAWN# Wal Bass Mk1 Custom

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by spiritchaser

    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1416600918' post='2611885']
    Holy Mary Mother of God!! :blink: :gas:
    [/quote]

    That MK2 from 2010 is mine - still beating every other Wal I've owned. The offered MKI looks awesome, too.
    Best of luck with the sale jfader101!

    feedback for comno

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    Comno and I just did a straight swap - everything went smoothly and very satisfactorily.

    I got his Ken Smith and he my Alembic.

    Very trustworthy and honest guy.

    Cheers again for making that trade possible! :D

    Wal Bass MK II #2830 - traded

    in Basses For Sale

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    I can only recommend buying from Tom - a very honest and trustworthy guy - plus he's selling my old red Wal fiver which is just a fantastic instrument.
    Only reason I sold it on was the weight. Otherwise I'd have kept it. Someone snatch that beauty!
    Best of luck with the sale Tom!

    FS: 1988 Wal MK1...SOLD.

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by spiritchaser

    Bump for a very trustworthy German basschatter - that Wal was mine for a short period of time after having swapped it for my Wal 6 fretless with "Funkgod".

    Then I got my new Wal MK I with sycamore facings from Paul and thus sold the Irish Yew Wal to djaxup.

    The Wal is in fantastic condition - I can really second that. Someone go for it!

    Viel Glück beim Verkauf Timm!

    Feedback for rpsequeira

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    Great guy - was very patient and honest when something was wrong with the stageclix I sold to him.

    He made sure it came back to me very safely, so that I now can contact stageclix about it and have them repair/replace it.

    Cheers again Roger! And keep rocking!

    sold!

    in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale

    Posted · Edited by spiritchaser

    Hi all,

    I've decided to sell my Stageclix Jack in the original package including a brand new extension kit by Stageclix with the cable and leather pouch (plus original invoice by Thomann) for attaching the sender to a strap.

    It's in excellent used condition - only some small scratches on the plastic. Reason for selling is I just don't really use/need it.

    I'm in Germany. Shipping costs to discuss.

    Some info from the manufacturer and pictures can be found here:
    [url="http://stageclix.com/"]http://stageclix.com/[/url]

    Bestest
    Oliver

    Show us your rig!

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    Posted

    Here're my weapons of choice:

    Trace Elliot AH1200
    - Mesa 15" Diesel Wedge 400W/8Ohms,
    - Mesa 15" Diesel 400W/8Ohms ,
    - Glockenklang Quattro 4x10" 800W/4Ohms

    + Engl Squeeze guitar tube amp (for emulated rhythm guitar signal via Akai Unibass + Mesa VTwin)

    Sounds tremendous with my Wals - drummers and guitarists beware ;)

    Show your Wals... Appreciation Thread

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    Posted

    English olive ash facings on that one. Don't know about varying pickup placements on MKIIs though - maybe Mike's was a custom configuration?
    But, seriously - you don't need it to be nearer the neck unless you want to start WW3 with it ;)
    I just used the Wal for recordings - what a nuclear assault ...

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