joe_geezer

Great song and great bass playing! Reminds me of The Cure / Simon Gallup, great job, wish you luck!

Nothing (IMO) comes close to Yamaha Mk 1 tones but at the price that your hand needs to navigate a considerably wider fretboard.

I would advise against modifying any Yamaha Mk 1s. They are so well built and constructed that changing the fingerboard will decrease the value and probably the playability. Just save up for a JP 1 if you want ebony or be happy with a rosewood. All Yamaha MK 1s have fender style string spacing, if you don't like that then you won't like Yamahas, take a look at the Ibanez Prestige series . all made in Japan and have tight string spacing for smaller hands.

My Advice is get a JP MK 1 34" scale. It was good enough for JP to record on most if not all Chick Corea's albums on GPR label as well as most of his solo albums. I think the 35" is just no good for a 6 string because the tension of the high C string is too taught / tight. Some folk complain about floppy B strings but again, thousands of albums were recorded and are still recorded with 5 strings with a 34" scale and sound great & unless you have Stanley Clarkes hand size then i'd stick to 34 (btw Stanley actually plays a 30" scale bass)

Another snippet of the Jaydee in actions... sorry about the knee in the video frame

Whole heartedly agree! I'm just a horder

Whenever I've had 1 bass I seem to play it a lot more and am generally happier with it... now I have 7 basses and hardly play

I actually agree, Jaydee for sure should charge more, just after i get my Supernatural pearl series 2 ordered

I love this bass, especially the red one, prefer it to the new white one. I wonder if Status would stick that bridge on a S2 classic instead of the mono rails?

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I did mention this to the mod awhile ago.. I pretty much got the answer to the original question, people are generally positive about Wal and are happy with the situation, I a 2-3 others are the exception.

Thanks, that's all i was asking for lol Yea i just think it's a shame that we no longer have an option to purchase one, well most of us don't. But i agree it's 100% their decision to run the company however they want and from a financial position they are making the absolute best choices for their own new Wals and for owners of used Wals.

Yep, it's absurd but the used market might now dictate the price of a new Wal. As long as Wal do not create too many basses, that price will increase by at least £375 a year based on the 2010-2020 prices but lately I am seeing used Wals at £8000+ so it's exponentially increasing... basically just forget ever owning a Wal.

So your glad you'll never be able to afford a Wal... lovely stuff And if you go back and checkout the Status prices on my previous post you can see that Status manage to create affordable instruments as do all other UK bass companies with Wal being the exception because their basses may be priced based on the current perceived market value not on the actual value.

Wrong again, Jaydee are popular, try and find one for sale on the 2nd hand market, yes theres one in the whole world now on reverb for £4500 which is double what they cost brand new.... John could easily charge double but he chooses not to, let that sink in - he choose not to... i wonder why that is? And I'm not an antiques salesman, doctor or lawyer, i have no interest in buying an instrument as an investment, i want to play it! Thats why i'm asking , should Wal scale up their operation or sell the brand to someone thats can produce reasonable priced instruments & that can produce Wals that are as good as the originals (not this elusive perfection that no one can put their finger on) but at a reasonable price so that all us real bassist (people that can actually play bass not just gas about them) can enjoy Wals.

Bassists that have played an original Wal: John Giblin (Simple Minds / Brand X) Laurence Cottle (Session, amazing Jazz bassist) Chris Squire Geddy Lee Macca Percy Jones John Entwistle Flea Justin Chancellor .etc Bassists playing new Wals: Martin Kemp Any other notable bassists playing new Wals (no doctors or lawyers, even if they are notable)?

I want a Wal, I have the cash for one but it is too painful to wait 6+ years and £8000.... I had a weak moment back there where in theory I could get one but in reality it's just absolutely outrageous under these current conditions, im mad but not that mad

Price increases since 2010 for a Wal bass: 2010: Prices from £3200. (https://web.archive.org/web/20100206152353/http://www.walbasses.co.uk/Ordering and Pricing) 2012: Prices from £3500. (https://web.archive.org/web/20100206152353/http://www.walbasses.co.uk/Ordering and Pricing) 2013: Prices from £3650. (https://web.archive.org/web/20130602181010/http://www.walbasses.co.uk/Ordering and Pricing) 2014 : Prices from £3850. (https://web.archive.org/web/20140605222820/http://www.walbasses.co.uk/Ordering and Pricing) 2015: Wal 4-string Mk1 - £4050 (https://web.archive.org/web/20150216000620/http://www.walbasses.co.uk/Ordering and Pricing) 2016: Wal 4-string Mk1 - £4450 (https://web.archive.org/web/20160128234324/http://www.walbasses.co.uk/Ordering and Pricing) 2017: Wal 4-string Mk1 - £5300 (https://web.archive.org/web/20170427020827/http://www.walbasses.co.uk:80/Ordering and Pricing) price remains the same until: 2019: Mk1 4-string – from £6050 (https://web.archive.org/web/20200810215913/https://walbasses.co.uk/order-and-contact/) 2020: Price is not disclosed from this point onwards 2022 - If the we take the years from 2017-19 and the price increase of £750 then we can estimate that at least this is added again, possibly even more in 2022 making £6800 - but realistically we are probably looking at £7000+ And compare them to Status basses Status bass: 2010: £1975 S2-Classic 4-string through-neck (https://web.archive.org/web/20090824011929/http://www.status-graphite.com/status/pricelist/Status_Bass_09_INC-VAT.pdf) 2022: £3198.00 S2-Classic 4-string through-neck (http://www.status-graphite.com/status/pricelist/Status_Bass_Pricelist.pdf) I could go and bring up ebay sales from 2010-2022 of used Wal basses and they would probably match the prices of new Wals as shown above...

Wow what a beauty!

If you look at the prices right from when Wal started up again under new owners the prices for an original Wal was around £4000 on ebay & a new Wal was also £4000. The prices now for an original Wal is anywhere from £6000 upwards and a new Wal is £6000 upwards (depending on options). If the price of an original Wal goes up to £8000 (theres one on reverb now for that price) will a new Wal also go up to £8000...? Is the price for a Wal based on the perceived market price rather than the sum of its parts + labour or is this a coincidence and the price increases just reflect inflation?

hhmmm wrong on both points... Status are just taking a break & will be back making basses again very soon. Jaydee's are incredibly popular & there is a waiting list but they have a large enough team to meet the demand in at least half of Wal's turn around time.