jmesa Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) Got a 1979 Pro1e recently.. was fitted with a Wal custom neck at some point, very nice. The serial number is not listed in the Wal notebook along with 3 others of the same period... some kind of custom order or something Apparently Pete Stevens wanted to buy it back from the previous owner...! Anyway, mine goes up to 11... do all the Pro1's do this? Edit: Pardon my ignorance! Edited March 22, 2009 by jmesa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Must be a 'Spinal Tap' special......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmesa Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 It's a most amusing touch, but I have no idea if this was standard at the time...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='jmesa' post='441677' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:19 PM']Got a 1979 Pro1e recently.. was fitted with a Wal custom neck at some point, very nice. The serial number is not listed in the Wal notebook along with 3 others of the same period... some kind of custom order or something Apparently Pete Stevens wanted to buy it back from the previous owner...! Anyway, mine goes up to 11... do all the Pro1's do this? Edit: Pardon my ignorance![/quote] Yes - they all went up to 11! Wal & Pete were way ahead of the game in the trivial rock 'n' roll humour stakes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmesa Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Cheers Nick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Thats one louder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalMan Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Have you looked in the control cavity yet? There is often a bit of masking tape with some more details about the bass, woods etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmesa Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 I shall do that this evening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 How does it sound through the Mesa 400+? That's an unusual amp / bass combination but I'd imagine would sound pretty damn sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmesa Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 Sounds like any bass through a Mesa... incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmesa Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 [quote name='WalMan' post='442962' date='Mar 23 2009, 07:30 PM']Have you looked in the control cavity yet? There is often a bit of masking tape with some more details about the bass, woods etc.[/quote] Nothing in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmesa Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 [quote name='Shaggy' post='443087' date='Mar 23 2009, 08:54 PM']That's an unusual amp / bass combination[/quote] What makes you say that just out of interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I can just see you doing that on stage, looking obsessively impressed, "This, ladies & gentlemen, is a WAL bass... And if you look very closely..." Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmesa Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 [quote name='WalMan' post='442962' date='Mar 23 2009, 07:30 PM']Have you looked in the control cavity yet? There is often a bit of masking tape with some more details about the bass, woods etc.[/quote] I think they only started doing that with the Custom models, from about 1981/2 onwards... More information here: [url="http://www4.cs.fau.de/~koesters/Privat/Wal/walspec.html"]http://www4.cs.fau.de/~koesters/Privat/Wal/walspec.html[/url] and here: [url="http://www.trevorandthea.eclipse.co.uk/wal_history.htm"]http://www.trevorandthea.eclipse.co.uk/wal_history.htm[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmesa Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 How much do you think an original Wal hard case is worth out of interest? The brown one with the logo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 [quote name='jmesa' post='447475' date='Mar 27 2009, 04:30 PM']How much do you think an original Wal hard case is worth out of interest? The brown one with the logo...[/quote] I sold one of the later (grey) cases for £200 at the height of Wal mania a couple of years ago, but tbh I would suggest you just stick it in the attic if you aren't going to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmesa Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Cool, cheers mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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