Would just be a matter of you telling Paul if you want the soft v or not with the 12" FB radius.
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Would just be a matter of you telling Paul if you want the soft v or not with the 12" FB radius.
Not sure what 2009 would have to do with it. But since there are no 13" FB radius tools out there, im still going to guess that it was a typo and should have said 12"
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/guitar-radius-gauge
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Unfortunately, no. I'm having a custom fretless built (not Wal, can't afford another one right now), and I want the neck to have the same dimensions as my Wal.
Well in that case, all you can do is take your Wal 5 to whoever your builder is to show them the neck shape so they can copy it.
The back of the neck is not classed as a radius, per se. It's a shape.
My MkII 5 starts out as a wide-soft V toward the headstock, and flattens to a C by around the 10th fret.
Oli, i believe its been discussed in one of the earlier threads.... here's a link:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/wa...post14390286/?highlight=hornbeam#post14390286
Yeah, hornbeam could be mistaken for maple, but it's got a more subtle grain pattern from what I can tell. here's my 92 mkI with hornbeam between the stringers and maple on the outside of the stringers.
Oli, i believe its been discussed in one of the earlier threads.... here's a link:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/wa...post14390286/?highlight=hornbeam#post14390286
Thank you!
So, there's a bit of additional info. While my '93 Mk2 clearly has a neck center of hornbeam (juding from hornbeam timber pics found on the web), my newly acquired Mk3 (yeah, yeah, I know, no pics, no bass) from March 2001 does have a MysteryBeam(TM) center.
It's a tad lighter and differently figured than the maple pieces of the neck or any other maple I've seen. But it has s very distinct figuring with fine dark streaks looking like combed hair.
That's the best way I would describe hornbeam. On all mine with it, the hornbeam is lighter in shade and the grain is much tighter than maple. The streaks I would describe as like paint brush style streaks.
oli@bass said:It's a tad lighter and differently figured than the maple pieces of the neck or any other maple I've seen. But it has s very distinct figuring with fine dark streaks looking like combed hair.
Great, so we know that in March 2001 there were still Wals made with hornbeam neck centers.
Very educational, because my '93 and the pics I found on the web (also j.kernodle's pic) generally show a light greyish wood with tight grain but very little figuring without these distinct brush stroke patterns. Methinks the web needs more hornbeam pics!
Very educational, because my '93 and the pics I found on the web (also j.kernodle's pic) generally show a light greyish wood with tight grain but very little figuring without these distinct brush stroke patterns. Methinks the web needs more hornbeam pics!
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Hello,
Just to show you my 85 MKI bass Tuners, they are M4S as expected , but with a black piece of plastic where is engraved the Schaller logo, interesting. This is the only one I saw with this tuners.
Just to show you my 85 MKI bass Tuners, they are M4S as expected , but with a black piece of plastic where is engraved the Schaller logo, interesting. This is the only one I saw with this tuners.
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Yes, it's possible. I do not have any radius rules to measure it. So I can't confirm this for my Paul's era Wals. Sorry.
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PJ, my black poly 86 has these tuners too. They are odd. I have some spare plastic Schaller logos for them and just mailed one to a guy in UK who was missing one. He said Schaller hasnt had them since forever.
Hello,
Just to show you my 85 MKI bass Tuners, they are M4S as expected , but with a black piece of plastic where is engraved the Schaller logo, interesting. This is the only one I saw with this tuners.
I had communication with Paul in May, 2013 and when I asked what radius they use, he said 13. He eMailed:
"Assuming theyre standard, the fingerboard radius should be 13 on all of them."
They could have made their own tools to fashion a 13 radius. As I posted earlier, I checked my fretted Wals after communicating with Paul and found they are 12s....I haven't checked my fretlesses....
