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11-21-2001, 05:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: PA | | | Wal Bass Guitars
Does anyone know where I can get a hold of a Wal bass guitar??? im a huge tool fan, and i know justin chancellor swears by that bass. the only thing i know about that bass is that it has an awsome mid-range sound (hence why he uses it).
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11-21-2001, 05:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Sweden | | Getting a Wal because a player you like uses it is simply the wrong reason. Anyhow, there's a used one on www.bassnw.com I would think.
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11-21-2001, 05:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Seattle | | Also, specifically he started using it because it had more mids than the Stingray. Really, it's got a lot of sounds, very powerful EQ on board. But, as far as I can tell, his sound doesn't have much midrange! 
The biggest seller of Wals in the US is Bass Central. www.basscentral.com.
They aren't cheap. I would really suggest trying out a bunch of different basses in that price range first. |
11-21-2001, 10:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | | Wals are indeed rare in the States, though Bass Central seems to stock quite a few--they're probably the only ones over here that do. THere are a few US dealers, though--what part of the country are you in?
Plan on spending bout $3k for a new one, or $1500-$2000 for a used one, if you can find one.
I've got one myself, though, and there are a few other folks around who are big fans, if you have any questions.
Mike
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11-22-2001, 03:14 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | | I've heard a few players get wonderful sounds out of WAL basses and they are cheaper in the UK. But I have had the chance to play a few of these basses in London and I couldn't get on with them at all.
I mean I really wanted to like them but firstly they seem quite big and bulky with thick necks that are hard to play. Secondly they have strange - non-standard tone controls - I was told they are parametric with a Q control. But despite playing two of these for about 20 minutes each I couldn't get one usable sound out of them. Well - not a sound that I liked and the guys in the Bass Centre in London couldn't tell me how to get a sound I liked out of them. Whereas there were dozens of basses I tried at the same time where I could get a great sound within seconds.
I've seen 3 or 4 in other London shops, but again they weren't very playable and I'm afraid that now I don't even bother plugging them in!
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11-22-2001, 09:42 AM
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Pre-owned Wal bass on ~ www.basspalace.com $2,389.00
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11-22-2001, 01:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Manassas, VA | | | they turn up on Ebay from time to time
don't seem to be any right now though, but I've seen as many as 6 at one time in the past |
09-01-2011, 11:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Colorado | | | Oh man. We should have bought all the used wals for 1500.00 |
09-02-2011, 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by sandmangeck Oh man. We should have bought all the used wals for 1500.00 | Oh hindsight, how you taunt us so!
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09-02-2011, 12:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cape Town, South Africa | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield  I've heard a few players get wonderful sounds out of WAL basses and they are cheaper in the UK. But I have had the chance to play a few of these basses in London and I couldn't get on with them at all.
I mean I really wanted to like them but firstly they seem quite big and bulky with thick necks that are hard to play. Secondly they have strange - non-standard tone controls - I was told they are parametric with a Q control. But despite playing two of these for about 20 minutes each I couldn't get one usable sound out of them. Well - not a sound that I liked and the guys in the Bass Centre in London couldn't tell me how to get a sound I liked out of them. Whereas there were dozens of basses I tried at the same time where I could get a great sound within seconds.
I've seen 3 or 4 in other London shops, but again they weren't very playable and I'm afraid that now I don't even bother plugging them in! | HA HA HA, I thought it was just me.In the mid 80's I had the cash, I took train to london, sooooo wanted to love them (huge mick karn fan).No matter how hard I tried to convince myself that I could work with it, I just couldnt get on with that odd neck profile, almost triangular.  I wanted to cry when I walked out.   Now if only they would sell the P/u's and pre amp as parts.  
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09-02-2011, 01:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Colorado | | | Check out SGD Luthiery. He's working on building those exact pickups, and a similar preamp. |
09-02-2011, 01:20 AM
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09-02-2011, 02:05 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: N. Fort Worth,Texas | | | I remember having a Wal 5 in 2001 that I eventually traded for a Rob Allen because no one would buy for it the price I had it listed..$1700. |
09-02-2011, 08:55 AM
| | | | Off topic but why does bassnw's site look like its from the late 90's? Haven't they updated the layout?
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09-02-2011, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by BassPlayerGush im a huge tool | Wait, wut? |
09-02-2011, 09:07 AM
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09-02-2011, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by mmbongo Holy thread revival, Batman! | What's 10 years between friends?
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09-02-2011, 09:22 AM
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09-02-2011, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by MOSCOWBASS | The OP is from 2001, he hopefully found a place to check one out in the meantime 
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09-02-2011, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Thombas The OP is from 2001, he hopefully found a place to check one out in the meantime | 10 Years....was that not the extent of the Wal waiting list up till it was taken over by Paul Herman! Pehaps I should have kept mine
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