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It is a huge sum of money. Knowing our luck, we'll place an order and Wal will introduce an import line for half the price.

That is a good point I'll fire off an email to them.

Oh no, don't get me wrong, I'm not expecting the price to change from initial point of order to delivery, more that the asking price keeps going up, and if I keep on waiting, I'll likely end up having to endure an even worse wait time.

Apologies if I didn't make sense, it's late in the day/morning! I've essentially been holding off on the expectation that wait times might come down! But it seems to be going in the opposite direction! The longer I wait in placing the order, the more I'll have to pay and wait (seemingly). However I barely have the willpower or patience to wait 3 years as it is!

Morning all! I'm currently toying with the idea of placing an order for a Wal Mk1 but note that the wait times and pricing have risen quite a bit in the past couple of years. They were under 5k with a year wait time 2-3 years ago. They now come in at £6050 with a three year wait. Should I just place an order in the expectation that if I don't do it now both wait times and the cost will keep increasing? Apologies for seeming a bit dumb as I have no experience of high end bass luthiery. I know not all basses are made the same or created equal, but is this a 'normal' wait time? What do other builders/luthiers do when their wait times get excessive? Any experiences or tips on how to stay sane during the build time very much appreciated! 😄

15/15! Edit - am I the only one that knew the T-Bird was Kim Gordon?

Well that escalated quickly!

Flea on Red Hot Chili Peppers ' Live in Hyde Park'. I was there! The intro track is what got me hooked on Modulus.

I thought it all began with the German Pro Series back in 2015? This where they began using standard nickel/steel fret-wire on German basses, not sure why. Even though I doubt there is any tonal difference, I think the bronze frets are part of the Warwick DNA and should be on all Warwick basses.

Congrats! They're truly wicked basses. Tone in spades and real funk machines. Mine isn't going anywhere.

Another vote for return to standard and sell the parts. You'd probably recoup a bit more that way.

Yeah, this is pretty much it. Certainly as The Jam went on, Bruce began using the P in a live situation almost exclusively.

I didn't say they weren't wonderful basses or badly made, just that they don't have a unique voice. If I was listening to an recording of one, I couldn't tell you "that's an Ibanez SR!" but I'd hazard a bet I could spot a Wal at a hundred yards.

I feel your pain. For such a huge company, I think rather bizarrely, the options on new Fenders can be quite limited. I'd absolutely love a Fiesta Red P-Bass with tort pickguard. The only models that fulfill this seem to a discontinued Squier CV 60's or a Pino Palladino Signature at £3500

That Status is lovely! Don't get me wrong, It's not the look of boutique basses. It the way they mostly don't tend to have very unique voices. I totally get some people desire that ability, but for me, I love a distinctive tone.

I don't find any bass boring per-se in terms of visuals but I don't like vanilla sounding basses with no character. Since I started playing, I've always been attracted to Basses with very unique sounds (Modulus, Wal, Rickenbacker, Travis Bean, Warwick etc). Basses I don't like are usually high-end boutique, coffee table stuff, for the reason that they always seem to sound very generic and polite, with no unique voice. I'm not saying they're bad basses at all. Same reason I don't like Ibanez, just quite generic sounding to me. Horses for courses and all that.

I played a buttercream Player Series P-Bass recently. It was utterly exceptional, under 8lbs easily and finished beautifully with a great core P-Bass tone. Definitely on my 'to purchase' list this year.

No need to apologise.

I wasn't being literal? It was a turn of phrase.

I've had 2 Fleas. A 2005 one with the Seymour Duncan pickup (which is allegedly a reverse engineered LP) and Aguilar OBP-1, and my current one - A 1997 model with an original Lane Poor and Bartolini NTBT. The difference is very small and could be down to other factors, but the LP is definitely a little cleaner in the mids and top end than the SD. Whereas the SD was a bit growlier in the low end, although I think this could well have been the Aguilar Pre-amp causing this. Interestingly all of Flea's own Moduli sport the LP.

I don't get the hate. It was played by Dee Dee Ramone during and close to the height of the Punk era. It's a piece of rock and roll history. I'd dare say Dee Dee Ramone is more well known and more influential than most of the names that get bandied about this forum. His ability is borderline irrelevant to the the sale of this instrument.

I've read that the pickups themselves are a wide aperture type called a 'sidewinder' but know nothing beyond that. The original Lane Poor pickups for the Flea were made from 97-01 and they could be shipped with a couple of pre-amps, the standard option back then was the Bartolini NTBT with the Aguilar OBP series as a small upcharge. In terms of tone, it's like having a reference quality microphone bolted to your bass. It gives you every frequency in the spectrum from top to bottom, with incredible clarity.

I believe I sold you one of those Status necks? I had a similar experience. It tightened up the Stingray sound, adding its own unique twist, but it sounded absolutely nothing like the Modulus Flea. They've just got this incredibly unique tone that I haven't heard another bass get near.

You can't beat a Modulus Flea. IMO the greatest bass guitar ever made. Like I ever need an excuse to post pictures of mine . . .