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    WAL 5 Geddy Lee Custom

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    Posted · Edited by spiritchaser

    [quote name='JPJ' post='472825' date='Apr 26 2009, 07:18 PM']Ooh that's made me come over all perculiar :rolleyes:

    After my earlier post, I was thinking about building a five string fretless Wal'alike and the shot of your two has just convinced me.

    A couple of years back I had a lovely slab of English Sycamore which I had resawn and I used for the top and sides of a jewelry box for Mrs JPJ. She loves and treasures the jewelry box but I cant help thinking it would have made a nicer bass top :)[/quote]

    Well,
    maybe my self-made buckeyed burl Pro WAL (only the 1979 fretless neck is original) could also tempt and inspire you to build a bass. We tried to copy the body shape of the MKI I owned at that time and realized it with the help of my wife, who's a joiner by profession and luthier Rüdiger Ziesemann of Bassline Basses Germany:
    tc
    Oliver

    Withdrawn - Wal Custom MK1 4 string

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    [quote name='Sercet' post='459660' date='Apr 10 2009, 11:24 PM']I often see people on this forum selling basses because their wife/girlfriend impose a one in one out rule and others who would like to buy a bass but can't, again because of the wife/girlfriend. Well, my wife has stopped me selling this - she's always liked the look of it (she doesn't play), and when she found out it was made in August '89 (the month/year we got married) she put her foot down. I was going to use the funds raised to but a new EUB...which she insists I go ahead and buy. It's effectively her bass now.

    Apologies to those who came close to buying it (You should buy Beedster's Wal instead).

    Steve[/quote]

    That's what I'd call a cool wife!
    Cheers
    Oliver

    1983 Wal fretless SOLD

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    Hi Chris,
    just wanted to tell you that you've got some very nice stained English olive faces on that WAL. It's almost like the wood on my MK II 5 which I had had refinished in crimson red.
    These Wals really have addictive potential - I can tell :)
    Best of luck with the sale!
    Cheers
    Oliver

    WAL 5 Geddy Lee Custom

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    Posted

    [quote name='MoJoKe' post='433858' date='Mar 13 2009, 05:19 PM']I am loving the body colour! It picks up the wood finish beautifully. I'm tempted to do this to my Olive Ash Mach I!!! What about the neck though? I'm surprised you didn't take this back to the original natural finish, as the black makes it look quite dark and heavy?[/quote]

    Hi & cheers for all your nice comments!
    I can only encourage anybody to do the same. To answer your question: I didn't touch the neck, because of the wonderful contrasting colours (red/gold/black) and because stripping down the neck'd have meant problems with fitting the neck neatly into the shaft of the body again, for the paint was really thick - about 2-3 millimetres. Too risky.
    Cheers
    Oliver

    Sold: ZON LEGACY ELITE 4 - NEW PICS!

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    [quote name='Stockholm Syndrome' post='427829' date='Mar 7 2009, 09:04 AM']What is the switch for on the preamp?[/quote]

    Hi there,
    the switch is to choose between PU 1 (neck), both PUs, or only PU 2(bridge). The knobs are two for each PU (Vol + tone). Plenty of tonal variations possible.
    Cheers
    Oliver

    Sold: ZON LEGACY ELITE 4 - NEW PICS!

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    Posted · Edited by spiritchaser

    Hi all,
    anyone interested in a ZON Elite Legacy 4 bass? I don't use it - got it together with another boutique bass for my Ritter Classic last weekend and I could use a few bucks for other things these days :)

    [list]
    [*]flamed maple top
    [*]Made in USA
    [*]super fast Graphite neck
    [*]black finished neck and back
    [*]two hyperactive Bartolini humbuckers
    [*]ZON active preamp
    [*]monstrous output and perfect playability
    [*]very light - about 4 kgs
    [*]made in the USA mid 1990 I reckon
    [/list]

    It's a player with some dings and dongs, yet it looks and plays really nice. The sound should be comparable to a Vigier Passion. Comes with a new gigbag.
    The bass is in Germany. Will ship worldwide.

    I'd like to have 1400€ for it. They currently sell for roughly 5000 USD.

    Cheers
    Oliver

    Withdrawn

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    Hi Gareth,

    can't believe what you're doing! :) But, well, in the end it's only wood and some electronics. And sometimes there are priorities to follow ...
    Best wishes for the sale anyway! Hope someone really has to bleed to own it :rolleyes:
    Cheers
    Oliver

    WAL 5 Geddy Lee Custom

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    Posted · Edited by spiritchaser

    [quote name='johnnylager' post='420825' date='Feb 27 2009, 01:49 PM']One of me mates has a 4-string in black poly that was owned [and had a bunch of the poly removed] by some goth band in the 80's. It looks f***ing dreadful at the mo and the edges of the ripped off poly catch yer arm when playing, so he uses his fretless all the time as he's too tight to pay for a strip & refinish. I'll post him a link to this thread...[/quote]

    Hi there,
    yes - it's really worth it - I paid around 400€ for the refin job which was a real steal. But be sure to check out what's really below the paint (see electronics cavity cover for details) - I know that sometimes the paints only purpose was to hide some faulty piece of wood beneath and sell it anyway ...
    I was also pondering on putting some clear coating on the body when I saw that beautiful olive wood, but then there was the problem of the old black poly sticking to the pores of the wood - thus Rüdiger and I decided to give it a new translucent colour. I first thought of blue, but the olive wood'd have been to dark to shine brightly. For that you really need some very nice light maple faces. I feel like I have a new bass now ;)
    Cheers
    Oliver

    WAL 5 Geddy Lee Custom

    in Gear Gallery

    Posted

    [quote name='BigRedX' post='420783' date='Feb 27 2009, 01:05 PM']Very nice looking that is indeed!

    Any reason why you didn't get the neck done as well?[/quote]

    I wanted it to stay that way - very nice contrast and great playability.
    cheers
    Oliver

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