Rich Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Colin Edwin played a Wal on all the early Porcupine Tree stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 [quote name='Shaggy' post='1204248' date='Apr 18 2011, 10:43 PM']I seeem to recall one was used on Buggles "Video killed the Radio Star", but could be wrong.......[/quote] That was an Aria SB1000. [quote name='Rich' post='1204544' date='Apr 19 2011, 10:55 AM']Colin Edwin played a Wal on all the early Porcupine Tree stuff.[/quote] He still does play them on most of their stuff, though he uses Spectors now too. When I saw them last year he used the Wals 90% of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 [quote name='matski' post='1204439' date='Apr 19 2011, 08:57 AM']....John Entwistle also had an early Wal, featuring possibly the most horrible scratchplate known to humanity....[/quote] These are the JG basses with embossed leather "scratch plates" and are some of the best sounding basses ever made. One difference is that they have a parallel/series switch on each pickup and sound like magic. After seeing the Martin Kemp/Alan Spenner JG bass being played in the Bass Cellar, I asked Pete Sevens to make a 5 string one for me. He said he couldn't do it anymore and thought the reason for their sound could be that they were made with pickups that had been wound with imperial (pre metric) sized wire. So the number of windings changed after they went metric and that changed the sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 The guy from Imagination (Just An Illusion), Ashley Ingram, played one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 [quote name='Bilbo' post='1204601' date='Apr 19 2011, 11:39 AM']The guy from Imagination (Just An Illusion), Ashley Ingram, played one.[/quote] No he didn't - It was Just an Illusion. Fretless one - was it not? My first five string - Yep a Wal, [1988] Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverickwood Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Also, if not already mentioned, I think Colin Moulding of XTC used one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 [quote name='steverickwood' post='1205663' date='Apr 20 2011, 11:50 AM']Also, if not already mentioned, I think Colin Moulding of XTC used one.[/quote] He did indeed, along with an old Epiphone Newport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 ...and don't forget Leigh Gorman from Adam & The Ants (circa 1979/80) and BowWowWow of course.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) Jack Brand used one of the early JG Wal basses in Meal Ticket. Edited April 20, 2011 by chris_b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 [quote name='silverfoxnik' post='1205778' date='Apr 20 2011, 01:16 PM']...and don't forget Leigh Gorman from Adam & The Ants (circa 1979/80) and BowWowWow of course....[/quote] Big +1. My favourite Wal player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 [quote name='Mike' post='1201334' date='Apr 15 2011, 11:30 PM']Janek Gwizdala used to use a Wal.[/quote] And he sold it to Marcus Miller,who's still got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Hansford Rowe (of "Pierre Moerlen's Gong") who also played on Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells - Knebworth Live 1980" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Just beaten to the Leigh Gorman comment! Also, Peter Gee from Pendragon uses one some of the time - a fretless five string... Nik Kershaw played one on his debut album - most notably on the track "Gone to Pieces" - even though it was apperently speeded up as he can't play that fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind pilot Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I will maybe be playing one, sometime in 2045! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 This is a list of most of the Wals built...I believe...http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~koesters/Privat/Wal/walspec.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJoKe Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Still haven't learned how to mime properly....!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiritchaser Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 there you go: Wonderful Life/Black - great song; didn't know at that time what a Wal Bass was - actually it seems they propped up on every second song I listened to as a teenager, and now I play them myself - cool [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YCE_LAiSdU&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YCE_LAiSdU...feature=related[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 [quote name='steverickwood' post='1204198' date='Apr 18 2011, 09:55 PM']I think Peter Collins (Rush producer, amongst others) introduced Geddy Lee to the Wal, and thus began a new phase of tone for said bass player. Dire straits bassist also used one (if he hasn't been mentioned) and Rob Burns (TV sessions etc and tutor at basstech) used them extensively. they are fab![/quote] This is correct. Peter favoured them as he had come straight from the English pop scene where they were the bass of choice for the studio. He let Geddy use his which IIRC was used to record the Power Windows demo, Geddy bought a couple of his own and took delivery of them prior to recording Power Windows properly. Best tone he had ever had! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themurm523 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Bump for my paper which is due soon. How long is the waiting list for one of these? About a year more or less? Then how long does it take to build it another year? Anyone who owns one know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 [quote name='themurm523' post='1229237' date='May 12 2011, 07:58 PM']Bump for my paper which is due soon. How long is the waiting list for one of these? About a year more or less? Then how long does it take to build it another year? Anyone who owns one know?[/quote] Laurence is having a fretless Mk1 made and he told me the order time (from order to delivery, to be clear) is about one year right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalMan Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 [quote name='Clarky' post='1229238' date='May 12 2011, 07:59 PM']Laurence is having a fretless Mk1 made and he told me the order time (from order to delivery, to be clear) is about one year right now[/quote] Ouch. Still not Pete territory towards the end of his time though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleblob Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 [quote name='themurm523' post='1229237' date='May 12 2011, 07:58 PM']Bump for my paper which is due soon. How long is the waiting list for one of these? About a year more or less? Then how long does it take to build it another year? Anyone who owns one know?[/quote] I've got one being built at the moment and I think Paul said it'd take about a year (which will give me time to save up to pay for it ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 [quote name='chris_b' post='1201810' date='Apr 16 2011, 01:50 PM']John Perry playing his Wal. Supposedly the first Wal made. [/quote] I'm sure I saw that drummer playing with Bjork in the mid nineties!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I'm sure that one used to be at the factory in High Wycombe....Serial number W1111 I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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