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For sale 2015 Wal MK2 5 string

Sold
$15,000.00
Strings
5
Status
This item has been sold and is no longer available!
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Details

Introducing my 2015 Wal MK2:
I’m the second owner since January 2019.
This bass holds sentimental value to me as its longest standing instrument I’ve owned since 2019. And it’s my favourite Wal I’ve owned to date. Second place goes to a 1988 MK2 5 I sold in 2020 that I also owned for 5 years.

Key specs:
-Indian Ebony fretboard with MOP blocks
-Mahogany Core
-Zebranowood Facings
-Pat Wilkins completed the latest finish in Poly on October 18th, 2017 (This is the only Wal with this finish in existence)
-Weight 11.3 lbs on my Rapala Fish Scale
-Currently strung with my favourite strings: Fodera Nickel Light 40 to 120
-String spacing is 18mm at bridge (non adjustable)
-Nut Width is 47mm

Here are some additional pictures:
WAL dataBass detail view

As for trades, fretted or fretless 4 or 5 strings. Preference for handmade basses built in the U.S.A., Canada (F-bass, Dingwall) and the UK. (Wal, if you’ve got fretless or 4 string) Adding in Stenback from Finland.

Not interested in Elrick, Warwicks, or Warrior. Just not my type of basses.
I generally prefer many builders from New York and California.

Asking price is $15,000USD with shipping included to the Lower 48 United States and within Canada. Preferences is for a trade or trade plus cash.

Condition of my Wal isn’t mint, it has some very minor nicks as pictured from being played. Overall very clean condition.

Contact me via private message to discuss a trade. Don’t post trade offers to the thread. Send me pictures and specs via private message.

Enjoy the pictures!

Wal T-Shirt size is a medium and hasn’t been worn.

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Comments

Erithon

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Apr 2, 2018
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I know you are the owner, Chris :) @Bogun's comment suggests there is some story or unique reputation behind this bass. That's what I'm asking about.
 

bassballs27

Supporting Member
Aug 12, 2002
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Ontario, Canada
I know you are the owner, Chris :) @Bogun's comment suggests there is some story or unique reputation behind this bass. That's what I'm asking about.

He might be referring to the fact that the original owner hired Pat Wilkins in California to modify the original Poly finish.

This was one of 3 Wal 5 strings the owner purchased around the same time period.
Most Wal Club members from here on talkbass have told me not to sell this instrument. I rarely keep any bass for long as some know, but this one has stayed with me for years.

Every time I post this instrument to talkbass or Facebook, I get great comments on how it looks. It’s all subjective. Most people love it just the way it is. It’s a well liked instrument, what more can I say. This is its story.
 
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Aug 25, 2022
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Wouldn’t it be easier to sell it and then use that money to find this unique and special bass you are after that way? seems to me you’re actually making it more difficult for yourself to achieve this by only going via the trade route…. and by the way, I’m not trying to talk you into selling it because believe me I want to Wal but at the current prices people are asking I got no dog in the fight.
 
Nov 4, 2000
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Montreal, QC, CA
Wouldn’t it be easier to sell it and then use that money to find this unique and special bass you are after that way? seems to me you’re actually making it more difficult for yourself to achieve this by only going via the trade route…. and by the way, I’m not trying to talk you into selling it because believe me I want to Wal but at the current prices people are asking I got no dog in the fight.

I disagree.

I believe Bassballs27 is on to something with his "in order to get something great, you need to offer something great".
 

bassballs27

Supporting Member
Aug 12, 2002
4,177
8,583
Ontario, Canada
Much love for a good Wal! I imagine perhaps that despite Pat Wilkins' stature, this finish on this particular guitar might be polarizing? Nonetheless, she looks like a true, pristine player to me. GLWTS!

Pat is about the only person I’d trust with this finish. And well…Paul Herman is being asked regularly to replicate my bass, so what does that say? :)
 

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