Wal spotting.

[NancyJohnson]

Look, I know we're not supposed to post Gumtree links, so I won't, go look yourself, but there's a very nice, decently priced 1985 one up for £8k in Hounslow.  Save yourself a few £££.

 

Look for it yourself.

 

 

[Piers_Williamson]

It's not yours by any chance is it?

[NancyJohnson]

1 hour ago, Piers_Williamson said:

It's not yours by any chance is it?

 

Bwahaha.

 

The seller always seems to have a bundle of decent kit on sale!

 

[Bagman]

Hi ,does Wal rhyme with Ball? or is it more like wishing "well" ?

 

I can't recollect hearing the word 

[Piers_Williamson]

1 hour ago, Bagman said:

Hi ,does Wal rhyme with Ball? or is it more like wishing "well" ?

 

I can't recollect hearing the word 

I think that might depend on whether one has a plum in ones mouth (while playing one's Wal, naturally).  Or there may be an Aussie interpretation of this too.....

[cetera]

1 hour ago, Bagman said:

Hi ,does Wal rhyme with Ball? or is it more like wishing "well" ?

 

I can't recollect hearing the word 

More like rhyming with 'hole'

[Piers_Williamson]

11 minutes ago, cetera said:

More like rhyming with 'hole'

As in: I am a Mal and I live in a Hal

 

[Bagman]

Thanks lads 

[NancyJohnson]

Say the word 'wally' and leave off the lee.  

Edited Monday at 16:29 by NancyJohnson

[ped]

Just adding the obligatory comment about being offered one for -£300 in the 80s

[Misdee]

If people are willing to pay £9 grand for a vintage Wal then good luck to them, and well done to whoever is managing to sell them at that price.

 

I  would love to buy a Wal but I don't want an old one and all the associated problems for that kind of money. I'd much rather have a new one made by Paul Herman, but last I heard it was a six year wait. When you get to a certain age six years is a maybe rather than a when. I'll just have to make do with something else.

Edited Monday at 20:26 by Misdee

[Misdee]

10 hours ago, Bagman said:

Hi ,does Wal rhyme with Ball? or is it more like wishing "well" ?

 

I can't recollect hearing the word 

Waller, but without the "ler" at the end. From Ian Waller, co-founder of the company.

[Mrbigstuff]

1 hour ago, Misdee said:

If people are willing to pay £9 grand for a vintage Wal then good luck to them, and well done to whoever is managing to sell them at that price.

 

I  would love to buy a Wal but I don't want an old one and all the associated problems for that kind of money. I'd much rather have a new one made by Paul Herman, but last I heard it was a six year wait. When you get to a certain age six years is a maybe rather than a when. I'll just have to make do with something else.

Plenty of other fantastic basses out there for much less!

[Misdee]

11 hours ago, Mrbigstuff said:

Plenty of other fantastic basses out there for much less!

I know, but nothing sounds like a Wal. A proper Alembic would be an acceptable substitute, I suppose. That's a whole other can of worms.

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 08:53 by Misdee

[Rich]

23 hours ago, Bagman said:

Hi ,does Wal rhyme with Ball? or is it more like wishing "well" ?

 

I can't recollect hearing the word 

Rhymes with "doll".

 

14 hours ago, ped said:

Just adding the obligatory comment about being offered one for -£300 in the 80s

Paid £330 for mine in '86.

[snorkie635]

Have posted about this a while ago, but following on from Rich, I thought I'd re-state my first Wal cost £50 (fifty), in 1989, and, no, it wasn't stolen.

[HeadlessBassist]

I've never seen the attraction, personally. Played a couple and wasn't particularly impressed. And now at £8k? Nah. The rich collectors are welcome to them.

[snorkie635]

3 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

I've never seen the attraction, personally. Played a couple and wasn't particularly impressed. And now at £8k? Nah. The rich collectors are welcome to them.

Agree wholeheartedly.