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[quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1444807046' post='2886115'] Shall we let it die? [/quote] No, instead please tell us what will replace the ACG.

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1444576606' post='2884219'] Can you even paint a bass in automotive lacquer?. [/quote] [quote name='fun size nick' timestamp='1444804513' post='2886090'] I remember reading somewhere that the classic '60s fender colours were automotive finishes...don't quote me on that though. [/quote] They are car colours originally. 1965 Mercury Comet in Ocean Turquoise:

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1444804007' post='2886085'] This must be the most extreme case ever of a disguised advert. Do you think Davey-Schmavey has managed to sell his Wal yet? [/quote] No, but I believe he has had several offers for his sideboard.

[quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1444771476' post='2885967'] So - quite a number of posters have mentioned the gains they have made by selling on Wals for 2, 3 and 4 x the original cost. I can't help but draw parallels between art lovers who invest in art as opposed to those who are invested in the art - if you get my distinction. Is a Wal bass an investment (like property in a good area) or is it a purchase from the heart? The people should know! (or something like that). [/quote] Those options are not mutually exclusive.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1444768823' post='2885910'] Of course it isn't if you play a Bender. [/quote] Does that mean Fender? The make of bass that the great majority of FUNK was played on?

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1444768823' post='2885910'] Of course it isn't if you play a Bender. [/quote] I only said it because you asked me to. I've actually no idea what that tone is.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1444768367' post='2885897'] Tell me Blood Sugar is not a great bass tone. [/quote] Blood Sugar is not a great bass tone.

[quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1444765064' post='2885827'] Clean, lean and organic. Understated and fluid. Projects forward. Doesn't look like it was made in Strangeways and doesn't look like a table with a big slice of veneer on top. Kind regards! Mac [/quote] Ah OK I see .....

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1444765116' post='2885830'] [/quote] Are you OK?

With an offset bodied bass like a Jazz those stands are less effective. in my experience.

Very nice.

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1444761381' post='2885753'] So they're like Marmite then yes? [/quote] I think he may have said they looked like they were dipped in Marmite.

I've never actually had a go on a Wal. Are they any good?

[quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1444758211' post='2885711'] ... I 'get' the unique look ... [/quote] Not totally unique because it's a bit like a Hayman or a Shergold.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1444758509' post='2885715'] I'm looking forward to threads entitled "Fender Schmender", "Gibson Schmibson", and of course "Rickenbacker no don't go there". [/quote] But what about ACG Recurves?

[quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1444757394' post='2885700'] ... and I will never feel about the Wal bass the way some of you do. But I am OK with that. [/quote] You don't [i]sound[/i] OK with that.

Why exactly are you upset by Wal basses?

[quote name='Naetharu' timestamp='1444720145' post='2885229'] I'd have to disagree - I'd be perfectly fine asking them to demonstrate that it works. I'm sure they would want to do it themselves rather than let me get my paws on it but if they outright refused I'd walk. Same with a private sale - if I was selling a bass and someone asked to check the truss-rod I'd offer to demonstrate it working for them. I'd not let them do it themselves since I'd be worried they could be a 'prize special' and try and doing a 1080 spin on it and bust the neck. But I'd have no issue demoing the rod being moved in order to confirm the bass was in good working order. [/quote] I'd be perfectly fine with all that too so it seems we agree not disagree.

Imagine, in a shop, 'Excuse me do you have some tools so I can adjust this truss rod? Just a little tweak.'' I don't think so.

If I was the seller then I wouldn't expect the prospective buyer to be messing with my truss rod until he or she had parted with some cash. I'd be able to say whether the truss rod was working. If it did turn out that the truss rod was faulty - which is highly unlikely - then I would return the cash and get my bass back. In over forty years of bass playing I have never come across a broken truss rod. I've heard of them but I have never seen one.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1444578382' post='2884244'] Ah, I see. Sorry I misread that. [/quote] Me too.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1444576850' post='2884224'] That's why I said "will sound the same... except they won't..." [/quote] Yes, I was meaning to support your point.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1444559100' post='2884015'] You'll get chased with pitchforks for saying stuff like that. Of course when the "P bass is the only bass you need" brigade have their way and eradicate all other basses from the world then all basses will sound the same Except they won't and we'll be subjected to endless maple vs. rosewood and alder vs. ash debates and how everything was better before 1965. [/quote] Not even all Precisions sound the same.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1444475613' post='2883511'] Different basses for different bands but also with some overlap between some of them. [/quote] Apologies for quoting myself but I wanted to add that usually I would only buy a particular bass because I see it being used with a particular band.