Recent content by Jansson

Yep, pretty bottomed out. A shim is what the luthier would use if he saw it work well.

Well, we'll see. Everything is so expensivein this country when it comes to stuff like for example music gear, so I think we would expect to pay a bit more over here. However, it is a bit hefty, the price tag on this very instrument. Went to the luthiers today to visit my own bass. It was...

My old bass teacher is selling one of his Wal bass guitars (PB1295 – another red beauty): [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] This is the first Wal bass that was introduced in my life, and apart from his other Pro (fretless) the only one I ever played before I got my own Pro II. Nostalgia. He's...

My impression was that my Pro II was heavy too – at first. Pretty small body and a weighty, compact feel. However, when I took up my Musicman Sabre (-79/80) and my weirdly "customised" Fender Jazz, both of them proved to be quite heavier than the little Wal. Maybe it's good for my neck that I...

Ah, that's what I paid too. But obviously my instrument was in need of some attention. Nevertheless, finding them so rare here in Sweden, I guess I would have had to pay quite a bit of cash for shipping and insurance if I would have bought it from an international seller. Right now it's at the...

Wow, what a difference compared with the circuit board of the passive one.

I see. Well then it is diffucult to know if you pay a reasonable price. I think I paid a bit much, but like I said I don't very many of these bass guitars here in Sweden. And compared with the Wal Custom pricing on e.g. ebay, even what I paid for the Pro II could be considered cheap. But I...

Glad someone else even found the pics useful! I just took the opportunity to ask the luthier to take a look inside the bass when I left it for service and re-fretting.

Thanks for the information! I thought it looked funny. I'll pass all this info on to the luthier – maybe he can even do something about the master vol pot, so it ends up as best as can be considering the siutation. I am aware this is an old instrument, and that various electronic components...

So, here I go again. This is what my last post was supposed to look like: Decided to take my Pro II to a luthier in town in order to get it re-fretted and fix the electronics. Hopefully there will be no more scratch noise or switch glitch after the guy is done with it. And it's gonna be nice to...

Sorry, I managed to post before I was done with the entire text. (will post the whole thing below) Well, there are some scratch noises and some glitches going on with the small mic switches + the input jack. No biggie unless the pots are too worn.

Hi again Decided to take my Pro II to a luthier in town in order to get it re-fretted and fix the electronics. Hopefully there will be no more scratch noise or switch glitch after the guy is done with it. And it's gonna be nice to play on frets that are rounded, giving a bit of distance between...

I see. Guess the angle/slope of the fret is what's wrong then? I thought the frets were just worn and nothing had been done in order to shape them up. The guy who owned the bass before me has owned it since 1990, and claims he has done nothing with the bass at all – playing it every now and...

Here's a few pictures showing part of the fretboard (fret 3, 5, 9 and 12in order from top left to bottom right)

Ah, that's an idea. I don't know how much more these frets have to give in that respect, but it is probably worthwile to take the bass to a luthier or something to get a professional's opinion on what can and can't be done. Thanks for the advice – I hadn't thought of that one. The sound of the...