Sercet

Thanks to everyone for their comments - both here and via PM - and for keeping this on the first page of the for sale board. Gareth - you are of course correct, this does warrant more than five words and a number if I want to sell it. maybe there is some sub-conscious thing going on where part of me doesn't want to sell this. ED Straker - you are correct, it is birdseye maple. So here goes...this was made in 1989 and I bought it 1995. It's the standard Wal construction and active electronics - mahogany body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, twin pickups. Rotary controls are volume, pickup pan, bass and treble. The volume control can be "pulled up" to activate pick attack, where a narrow band of frequencies are boosted. The bass and treble rotaries can also be pulled to boost a range of the frequencies based on the current bass or treble positions. This one has a nice birdseye maple top and the gold coloured hardware. It's in good condition for a twenty year old bass but there are some marks. There is a black dot on the top horn where the maple was either flawed or has been slightly indented; there are some scratches to the top side of the horn - i.e. in the mahogany rather than the maple. The back has several light scratches to the lacquer. I can't photograph these - you can only see them when you hold the bass up at a certain angle to the light. At one time I used this bass for all rehearsals, gigs and recording. Over the last ten years I've been lucky to own several nice basses. A Fender Custom Shop Precision and a double bass get most use and the Wal has been in it's case for most of the last five years or so. I'm selling as I would like to buy an Eminence upright. Thanks again for all of your comments. The pictures below show the electronics, back plate and some the scratches.

Wal MK1 4 string Flamed Maple £2,300 I am in Worcester. Thanks Steve

This is a Wal fretless neck. It's labelled as a custom, but it is the Pro paddle style headstock. I've used this on a Custom MK1. The tuners are Ovation branded Schallers - they are exactly the same as those used by Wal, but labelled Ovation. IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/Neck/P3292459.jpg[/IMG] £395 I am in Worcester. Thanks Steve

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£390 I'm in Worcester Thanks Steve

[quote name='Sercet' post='440681' date='Mar 20 2009, 10:01 PM']If someone had an unlined fretless precision I'd be interested in a trade. Thanks Steve[/quote] ...or a Fender '55 Precision

[quote name='Sercet' post='442909' date='Mar 23 2009, 07:08 PM']...or a Stingray in sunburst or natural...[/quote] ...or offers?

[quote name='Sercet' post='441736' date='Mar 22 2009, 02:18 PM']...or a fretted Wal Pro...[/quote] ...or a Stingray in sunburst or natural...

[quote name='Sercet' post='440681' date='Mar 20 2009, 10:01 PM']If someone had an unlined fretless precision I'd be interested in a trade. Thanks Steve[/quote] ...or a fretted Wal Pro...

This has a tube preamp section with a solid state power section. [list] [*]50 watts at 4 ohms [*]Rotary controls are Gain, Aural Enhancer Level, Subwave (Octave) level, bass, Midrange Level, Midrange Frequency, Treble, FX Blend, Master Volume [*]Rear panel has effects send and return, subwave footswitch, tuner out and XLR level [/list] I have used this with active and passive basses, EUB and double bass and it always sounds great [url="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/SWR/?action=view&current=swr5m.jpg"][/url] [url="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/SWR/?action=view&current=swr4m.jpg"][/url] [url="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/SWR/?action=view&current=swr3m.jpg"][/url] [url="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/SWR/?action=view&current=swr2m.jpg"][/url] [url="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/sercet/SWR/?action=view&current=swr1m.jpg"][/url] I am based in Worcester. Thanks Steve

If someone had an unlined fretless precision I'd be interested in a trade. Thanks Steve

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This is an electric double bass that combines traditional materials for the bridge, neck and tuners with a carbon fibre body. It has a built in pickup, sounds and plays great. Looking for £1,200. I'm in Worcester. Thanks Steve [url="http://www.bridgeinstruments.co.uk/elec_bass.html"]http://www.bridgeinstruments.co.uk/elec_bass.html[/url] Moulded carbon fibre composite body Maple neck and headstock Ebony fingerboard and nut Piezo bridge pickup Volume / tone controls 42 inch scale length This is really hard to photo as the surface is very shiny.

Sorry, managed to double post...please see here... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=43385&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=43385&hl=[/url] This is an electric double bass that combines traditional materials for the bridge, neck and tuners with a carbon fibre body. It has a built in pickup, sounds and plays great. Looking for £1,200. I'm in Worcester. Thanks Steve [url="http://www.bridgeinstruments.co.uk/elec_bass.html"]http://www.bridgeinstruments.co.uk/elec_bass.html[/url] Moulded carbon fibre composite body Maple neck and headstock Ebony fingerboard and nut Piezo bridge pickup Volume / tone controls 42 inch scale length

[quote name='metaltime' post='403804' date='Feb 8 2009, 09:22 PM']I have reduced the prices as i think my estimates may have been a bit optimistic. cab £175 preaamp+power amp £375[/quote] Let me know if you can sell the pre without the power. Thanks Steve