lettsguitars Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 been workin on the wal shape for a copy request. still needs refining to match perfectly. when the deposit comes through, i'll get on it. mahogany and maple body and neck (bolt on). hipshot supertone bridge, and tuners. imp pickups. rosewood fretboard etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass_Guardian Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Oooh cant wait to see how this turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 [quote name='Bass_Guardian' post='1105580' date='Jan 27 2011, 09:10 PM']Oooh cant wait to see how this turns out [/quote] yea. it'll be interested to see if ben feels like winding 16 seperate coils on the wal style humbuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 OOOOOH OOOOH, consider my interest piqued!!! Any idea of a rough cost? I'm a lefty as well, if that makes a difference. Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilmour Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 [quote name='lettsguitars' post='1106630' date='Jan 28 2011, 07:30 PM']yea. it'll be interested to see if ben feels like winding 16 seperate coils on the wal style humbuckers. [/quote] Good luck - there's a long thread about that on TB... [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=432803"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=432803[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 [quote name='yorick' post='1106643' date='Jan 28 2011, 07:45 PM']OOOOOH OOOOH, consider my interest piqued!!! Any idea of a rough cost? I'm a lefty as well, if that makes a difference. Nige[/quote] hey nige. this guys looking at about £600 with all the extra pickups, hipshot supertone bridge, string retainer and all that stuff. 50% deposit to get the bass built. birdsey maple top and laminated neck. i'm looking forward to it, i must say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Any updates on this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 [quote name='yorick' post='1145581' date='Mar 1 2011, 11:50 AM']Any updates on this one?[/quote] i've got the templates ready, and the go ahead from i.m.p for doing some special wal type coil winding. just waiting for the go ahead. could be a while as the guy who ordered is having band trouble as far as i know. may fall by the way as it's been a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind pilot Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 This WILL be built, thats for sure, just trying to save like mad, but its a hard process just now! lol I will be putting up one of my basses soon to help fund the bugger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I see you have the pickups covered, but what are you planning to do about the other important bespoke Wal parts namely the pre-amp and the bridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind pilot Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 [quote name='BigRedX' post='1147271' date='Mar 2 2011, 03:51 PM']I see you have the pickups covered, but what are you planning to do about the other important bespoke Wal parts namely the pre-amp and the bridge?[/quote] SGD are in the process of making a pre-amp to the same specs - big thread here >http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f38/won-wal-pickup-ebay-432803/index7.html Failing that, the ACG02 gets pretty close I am told. And as for the bridge, the hipshot supertone is as close as I can find!> [attachment=73703:vault_ha...upertone.jpg] I love the look of the Wal, but I just can never see myself affording the price tag, hence why I looked into a clone,mainly for looks,butIf we can come close on tone, then thats a bonus, as I am happy with my tone with my Dean and the pedals I use. The woods are the same, so..........it should be close! As I say for me first its the look of the thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Interesting stuff! As regards the ACG02 pre-amp, the filter is great. However for me the real flexibility of the Wal pre-amp is the fact that it has a separate filter for each pickup, whereas the ACG02 just has a single filter that both pickups go through. ACG do a pre-amp with individual filters but these days the only way you can get one is to buy an ACG bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind pilot Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Might have to use 2 acg's . Joking aside. the first thing Is to have something that looks like the Wal, the tone of the thing can (and probably will be) tweeked in time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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