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A little history of Walter and these great amps.....back in the 1980's I bought one from Walter Woods direct from the USA, they were expensive for the time but... double bass player Rufus Reid was playing one at Ronnie Scotts with the mighty saxophonist Dexter Gordon. I asked during a break what 'that little red box was' that was powering two Bose cabinets, (the ones used in PA systems). It was a WW 100 watt amp. He convinced me, a budding double bass player, to get one. I called Walter to order and asked how he made such a small amplifier and he explained that when the USA government started releasing previously held information from the public, he went to the N.A.S.A. info 'pages' to find out how a space craft could send a coherent voice signal from the moon to Earth and he nabbed the technology for his amps and so made possibly the first digital commercial amplifiers.. Good luck with the sale robbuu, the amp looks to be in great shape.

To add to the fact that apart from being a really good bass, (I’ve owned one since new), it is a Passive bass but there are a lot of various tones to be had from the pickups and wiring, much more than a standard bass. It is also a superb recording bass. I believe the pickups may have been designed by Bill Lawrence (RIP) for this Fender bass. Made for Roscoe Beck who is a great player who recorded and toured for many years with USA guitarist Robben Ford and the Blue Line. Check out Roscoe’s inventive lines on those albums and you will probably be hearing both his four and five string playing.

On hold now for you Mario….thanks.

I play with rock blues bands and it does well to hold its own with them. I'm not talking big stages/outdoor festival stuff, just indoor music clubs etc gigs. Depends how loud your bands are?

ToLo … the answer lies as our esteemed Basschatters have already mentioned above.

Thanks for adding this Merton.

Selling one of my impressive Barefaced 12” cabs, maybe to get a 2x12 at some stage. These cabs have a big sound especially when paired up to another cab, love the single cab for smaller gigs and tiny stages. It’s super lightweight and can go loud with an impressive clear low end. I’ve only gigged it a few times, there were a few small minor knocks on the thin front side edges, probably the one drawback of having these lightweight cabs and no cover. Don’t know postage rates, collection welcome or meet up A3/M25 or A3 south coast area is okay for me.

Now SOLD I have these four pots to move on. I’ve more than likely taken them from old (like 1970’s old) Fender basses that the owners wanted new stuff put in and they’ve been stored in a sealed box for many years. They all turn without any hindrances internally. I’ve tried to price via looking at online sites which has been difficult, ranging from £18 to £35 each….so I’m putting them out there at a ‘medium’ price of £60 for all of them to include postage… .A) I hope someone would need them and B) that the price suits….let me know if you are interested please.

Yes I still have them…. pm if you want them and we can arrange…thanks Alain.

Asking £35 (not £42 ….can’t seem to change that particular part of script?) I've got a set of these in that 'spares' box and apart from a few very minor surface marking, they look virtually unused, maybe I tried them on a new bass but preferred the usual black ones that I often use . Basically as new...All the parts and chrome securing screws are present but not the original box. The link below should show the specs/sizes, I think it shows that they weight around 60g per tuner. I've used this Gotoh tuner model on a lot of new made basses and found them to be excellent and they have a smooth turn action. Collection always good but can be posted. https://g-gotoh.com/images/pdf/GB707-Dim.pdf

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