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[quote name='Rich' post='718061' date='Jan 19 2010, 05:52 PM']For my money, these are two of the most gorgeous instruments ever to have graced this forum.[/quote]

[quote name='bassatnight' post='715625' date='Jan 17 2010, 01:54 PM']Folks, I have been offered my dream bass, a lovely custom Wal from a decent chap on here. I am really after a fretless Wal and due to their rarity and vastly inflated prices as new (£5k!) I was wondering about getting a decent pro Luthier to de-fret the neck and turn it into a lined fretless possibly even getting Electric wood to do it. Am I mad? should I just keep waiting for a fretless? am I stealing a decent fretted from the world? Thoughts? Steve.[/quote] Steve, I had my green WAL MK II 5 turned into a lined fretless and since I've never looked back - it smokes! However, I also own another MK II 5 fretted, so, no loss here soundwise. Just do it. tc Oliver

[quote name='wombatboter' post='709480' date='Jan 11 2010, 11:11 PM']This dancing routine by Gabriel is terrible (clearly a case of white men who aren't use to dance who do ridiculous attempts)[/quote] Ha, ha! Yes - or like having a fit on stage like Ian Curtis ...

[quote name='wombatboter' post='692936' date='Dec 24 2009, 02:37 PM']Not sure which sort of wood this is...it's not mentionned on the inside.[/quote] Hi Geert & merry Christmas! I think the top is sycamore. Beautiful Wal. tc Oliver

My evil twins: WAL MKII 5 fretted & fretless. Nothing like them soundwise.

Recently had Rüdiger from Bassline Basses Germany convert the green fiver to a lined fretless and it sounds and plays incredibly well. Still having a hard time waiting for Paul Herman to finish my white 2010 fretted WAL 4string, though. Should be ready around March or April. Should roughly look like the one in the attachment, but in the MK2 shape.

yeah, me - due JULY. ta

The six-string's gone, in came the green (already turned into a lined fretless) and the black one turned red in its wrath : (Gonna get a white MKII 4 Moby Dick soon)

Can't get enough of both my red and my green WAL 5 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=42375&hl=wal+geddy"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;hl=wal+geddy[/url] ta Oliver

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='478110' date='May 3 2009, 11:44 AM']Went to the new Wal factory yesterday with Mike G and had a great couple of hours... Paul Herman gave us his time and showed us around which was fantastic, so a big thanks to Paul for that! Very briefly, the details on prices, build times etc, etc will all be available soon on the new website which is about to be launched though there isn't a date set for that yet. Quite wisely, Paul is ensuring that things are done very carefully so that the re-launch of Wal Basses is done with great care and respect for the brand name and also, to manage the considerable expectation that there is out there from amongst the Wal bass community! With that in mind, I've said to Paul I'll let him see any photos I took yesterday before posting them up here or on the Walbassesnaturally group on Yahoo, so when he's had a look at them first and okay'd them, I'll put them up in another thread...[/quote] [b]Any update on the above?[/b] ta Oliver

[quote name='jmesa' post='583430' date='Aug 28 2009, 01:15 PM']Hey all, I'm down to just one bass now, after selling my Wal to a very happy Brummie. It's a 3EQ Stingray. The preamp is blown, so I'm looking to replace it. Also thinking about swapping the pickup out as it's always suffered from the 'Weak G' thing.. I'm pretty bored of the 'trademark' Stingray sound, so I'm looking for suggestions for a new pickup / preamp that may steer away from this slightly. Aguilar springs to mind preamp-wise, but I have no clue as to MM-sized replacement pickups. Any suggestions welcome [/quote] Hi there, sold your WAL at last! Well, I once had a Stingray like yours and pimped it with an Aguilar OBP3 pre and a Bartolini MM Replacement PU - worked like a charm and tore every normal Stingray to pieces! ta Oliver

[quote name='chris_b' post='490312' date='May 17 2009, 03:05 AM']There's a guy in Germany selling a 6 string Wal. You should have enough change to get some Bergantino cabs as well![/quote] Yes, that's me - and the WAL is still here

Great news!

seconded. And maybe you could check whether he has 5 golden replacement screws for the control cav of my 1987 MK II 5? Cheers mate tc oliver