The man who bought the Wal

[Plucky]

I'm still nervous and shaky, but it's all worth it. After years of waiting for something like this to happen, it finally did, and it's as great as i thought it'd would be, although I still have to play it. I got this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170000691463

yeah, i still cannot believe it too, but IT'S NO LONGER A CURSE TO BE A LEFTY...


...at least for me anyways...

 

[Figjam]

So you got that one, nice Its cool to see leftys actually get a better deal every once in a while. I love the all black look

 

[Mark Wilson]

Wow! Congrats!
I wish I owned a Wal I'm so jealous.


-Mark

 

[Plucky]

I've never played a fretless, anyone can tell me how it was for him/her the transition from fretted to 'less?

 

[Matt Till]

It's going to be a bit rough. You'll be a bass n00b all over again. But it will be worth it, this bass will sound fantastic. Good buy.

 

[Tbirdbassist]

Nice score!


But it's not fair...

 

[bassjigga]

The toughest thing is intonation. But it looks like you've got a lined board so that will help. It takes time like anything else. I'm still not as good on fretless as I am on fretted, but I sure love that fretless sound!

 

[Hiperi0n]

ah you are lucky guy!!!!
I HATED YOU FOR BE LEFTY AND ME NOT ,for that bass!!! eheheheh

nice buy..and at a great price..you was really lucky...enjoy it!!!!!!

 

[crkempton]

it's times like these that i wish i was ambidextrous.

 

[smperry]

I'm glad someone here got it. Congratulations!

Marshall

 

[SoComSurfing]

If I had seen that before, there may have been a bit of a bidding war going on! I actually enjoy playing lefty every now and then. Not well, mind you, but I still have fun with it.

 

[fretless Bob]

nice buy!!!


Dave

 

[steve21]

You lucky, lucky, lucky lefty.

 

[lbpark]

Gorgeous. You're going to love it!

 

[john turner]

woah, very cool. i've always wanted a wal, too bad they don't make 7's

 

[Mental Octopus]

If I ever got a Wal, it would be that exact same one...

except it would be a righty, of course

 

[SFjonstarr]

If I were you I would just have a luthier install frets. But, I'd give it a whirl for a while to see if it suits your playing.

 

[Plucky]

If I were you I would just have a luthier install frets. But, I'd give it a whirl for a while to see if it suits your playing.

I have some questions regarding this: would it be too much of a hassle? What are the potential problems of doing it? Do you have to add a new nut to the bass?

I doubt I will get it fretted, but if I "hate" the fretless as it is I'm going to get some info before doing anything with it.

*edit: Also, could it be possible to send the bass to Pete and have him put frets on it? Or anyone thinks it's a crapshoot?*

 

[SamJ]

Jolly good find! Man, if I were only a Lefty! For that price, you couldn't get a Chinese made copy, much less a Pete Stevens made one!

There is a beautiful Mach III for sale here: http://walbasses.homestead.com/ for $2600 new!!! I knew there had to be an advantage to being a lefty!

 

[superbassman2000]

great bass plucky!