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Absolutely! Henceforth ye shall be known as "Number 28". It's great to have you back in the fold!Any chance of a number?
When I first read the title I thought it said Wal Mart Bass Club.
you sir should collect your coat and leave
A question to the experts. I have recently got a 1986 5 string fretted custom.
I have looked in the back compartment and it has the full preamp circuit boards as my other Wal have had, but, it only has two blue dials with the screw head for eq changes / volume control etc. All my other Wals have I am sure had 4 blue dials which I could alter.
Can anyone give any advice as to whether 2 or 4 blue dials is the norm.
Many thanks
Matthew
I have looked in the back compartment and it has the full preamp circuit boards as my other Wal have had, but, it only has two blue dials with the screw head for eq changes / volume control etc. All my other Wals have I am sure had 4 blue dials which I could alter.
Can anyone give any advice as to whether 2 or 4 blue dials is the norm.
Many thanks
Matthew
Matthew,
I think that the trim pots to cut lows for each pickup (#3 in the illustration on [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]) were not included in the earliest versions of the preamp, which was initially designed with only 4-string basses in mind. I believe they were added to the circuit after the 5 had been in production for a couple of years (my '88 5-string had all 4 trim pots, as I recall), out of concern that bass rigs of the time would not be able to handle extended lows on the B string.
Mike
I think that the trim pots to cut lows for each pickup (#3 in the illustration on [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]) were not included in the earliest versions of the preamp, which was initially designed with only 4-string basses in mind. I believe they were added to the circuit after the 5 had been in production for a couple of years (my '88 5-string had all 4 trim pots, as I recall), out of concern that bass rigs of the time would not be able to handle extended lows on the B string.
Mike
Mike, thanks for your reply, what you say makes perfect sense and I now know I have an earlier version so all is good in the world
Regards
Matthew
Regards
Matthew
If anyone at all is planning on selling their Wal 4 OR 5 string (no later than 87 or 88) PLEASE let me know....thank you!!!
I'm not actually selling one, but I may have a line on one. I'll get more details on it first.
Jaymi
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I would love to buy the one that Rocketpriest has but I have to lose a few Rickenbackers to do it!!!
I was thinking about the change in trim pots around 1986 from 2 as in my bass to 4 trim pots so that some control over the bass end of the spectrum. I wonder if todays amps and cabs were available in 1986 whether the 4 trim pots would have been introduced.
Through my clarus and accugrooves the bass is tight and punchy and I do not think that I need the extra 2 trim pots .
What do people think?
Through my clarus and accugrooves the bass is tight and punchy and I do not think that I need the extra 2 trim pots .
What do people think?
matthew,
I don't know of anybody who actually uses the trim pots to cut lows. Most people turn them all the way up, and those that don't turn them up usually don't even know the pots are there or they would!
Mike
I don't know of anybody who actually uses the trim pots to cut lows. Most people turn them all the way up, and those that don't turn them up usually don't even know the pots are there or they would!
Mike
Matthew,
My '86 was built Oct 86, and has the 4 trim pots. But then again, it's just a 4 string. But I didn't like the lowend trimmed off, and run the trims wide open. To me, Wals aren't bottom heavy....high output yeah, but bottom-heavy no.
My '86 was built Oct 86, and has the 4 trim pots. But then again, it's just a 4 string. But I didn't like the lowend trimmed off, and run the trims wide open. To me, Wals aren't bottom heavy....high output yeah, but bottom-heavy no.
Not mine, but gorgeous nonetheless:
This is the one I have a line on, btw.
Is that a MKII body with a MKI neck and a badass bridge?
