Attention, Wal freaks and fans!

[wraub]

So, was cleaning out the garage, and found some info from back in the day, that I had been sent by request from the good folks at Wal.

Not exactly a catalog, more like a brochure with pics, price sheet, user list, and magazine reviews.

If anyone is interested, I have scanned it as a PDF file, and have it hosted here :

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Enjoy!

 

[PazzoBasso]

Cool. Thanks!

Love those 80's prices... Looks like they are shown in US$ too...

 

[mikeswals]

Fire up the Delorean Doc, we need to get back to the year 1985!

 

[j.kernodle]

wow. £1000 for a Wal. wow. of course. minimum wage was something like $3.50/hour then too.

 

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Thanks for sharing that piece of history.

Regards
Sam

 

[wraub]

wow. £1000 for a Wal. wow. of course. minimum wage was something like $3.50/hour then too.

It actually says 1000 dollars, not pounds.

How's that for inflation?

Glad the scans were appreciated. I may have other similarly ancient catalogs and stuff out there, I'll keep digging.

 

[mikeswals]

wow. £1000 for a Wal. wow. of course. minimum wage was something like $3.50/hour then too.

I have a Japanese store Wal ad also from 1985, and the prices back then printed on it ranged from 460,000 to 520,000 Yen! So, back then they were pretty insanely expensive over there.

 

[joe_f]

Really cool. As a kid I was a sucker for all that colorful ad copy and glossy pics. Nowadays you think, Man, I could've found some way to put that kind of money together, and then hold onto that instrument for sale decades later or to keep. But of course, cheap as it seems now, $1000 for a kid means the world.

I remember sending away for a Warwick catalog and loving all the peculiar phrasing in the description of each instrument. The whole thing sounded like it was written by some kind of stuffy British tv character. Guess I was expecting deadpan German tech-speak. Of course the pics were great and I was jonesing hard for a Dolphin with all those exotic wood species. Anyway, thanks for sharing that catalog!

 

[Marcury]

That artists roster is an amazing list

 

[Tjluke]

Very cool, thanks!

 

[swing]

Thanks for this!

 

[kulit17]

Excellent find wraub!! Thanks for posting and sharing!!!!

 

[wraub]

Glad you all dig it. Glad to do it.

Again, I have many old catalogs lurking around here. Still searching for 'em all.

Anyone interested in an old Chapman Stick package?

 

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Glad the scans were appreciated. I may have other similarly ancient catalogs and stuff out there, I'll keep digging.

Please do, I for one always get a kick looking at old catalogs/brochures.

That artists roster is an amazing list

It's probably just me, but does there seem to be a heavyish Malcolm McLaren / Brit Punk influenced artist count in Wal users?

Anyone interested in an old Chapman Stick package?

Hell yeah .

Regards
Sam

 

[wraub]

Sorry, missed this. Be up asap.

 

[Shedua511]

Anyone interested in an old Chapman Stick package?

Definitely!

 

[wraub]

Shedua511, T-Bird, Thanks for your patience on this.

The rest of you... What the hell, thanks to you too.

Knew I had seen it in the garage boxes somewhere, just had to go and find it. Took a bit, and it's actually a bit more stuff than I had remembered, so, it's gonna be a while still.
Scanning commences now. Post to follow, probably in a dedicated thread. Will post link.

Aloha.

 

[wraub]

As promised...


http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/attention-chapman-stick-freaks-fans-1026290/#post15051851

Enjoy!