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Wal Bass Club.

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@Phantom Valley ok thanks. i guess if you were ever curious, you can try to see if the regular A tuners would fit the E tuner position. it'd fill my curiousity :cool: anyhu, ya I bought 3 EB4's and none of them fit properly since it wasn't really centered and fitting the ferrules was not possible. i had 6 different Wal neck to fit em too. Here's a pic of it on one of them:

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sooooo if anyone was thinking about putting a EB4 on their Wal, better think twice..... i remember earlier discussion in previous threads people mentioned getting them, but no pictures were ever posted with them on...
 
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Hi Guys... I have received my Wal back from HG Thor today and thought some people might like a little feedback. As far as the workmanship it is 110% Top Notch. The fingerboard looks like liquid glass as I stated earlier. He shipped it to me with the fingerboard wrapped to prevent sting contact during shipping. When I the wrap it revealed a beautifully smooth shiny fingerboard. It was tuned down just about a half step. I took a picture of it which I will post that shows the reflection of one of my skylights in the high gloss fingerboard.

So I tuned it up and plugged it in. I never thought it would make that much of a difference and was really surprised as to how different the bass plays. We all know that a Wal's tone is one of the most awesome sounding fretless tones ever. The notes are huge and full and sound tremendous. The vibrato sounds incredible and is very easy to achieve and the fingerboard plays evenly all over the neck. This Wal was made for me new back in 1988 and I know how this bass has played over the years being it's original owner for so long. Some notes in certain positions did not sustain as well as others. The typical problem notes that exist on a lot of basses, the C on the G string for instance. I no longer have those problem notes , all the notes sustain for hours now (just an expression of course). By adjusting my finger pressure I can control how much I make a note growl now, I wasn't able to do that before. I have another fretless in the works, this time a MkIII and I will be doing that one as well.

A TB'r contacted me regarding HG Thor and all I can say is his work is pristine. There are other guys out there doing this work as well and if it's done right and it's a good job, I'm sure you will be happy. I wouldn't just trust my Wal to anyone though. A bass like a Wal deserves the best job it can get in my opinion...to me that is HG Thor.For those wondering if it is worth doing an epoxy job in general....I can say in my experience I am extremely happy I have had it done.

For those interested in the website:

HG Thor Epoxy Fretless

I don't know how it comes across in the pictures but just using my phone for the camera. Thanks for reading!
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umm... did you read the post... some shop appraised it for $8k!! So your getting close to 30% discount!!

In all fairness though, he does mention best offers so maybe he knows his assessment is kind of 'off'

player worn body, painful looking headstock, converted neck, and doesn't include original case $4200 at best IMO.
 
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kulit17 said:
umm... did you read the post... some shop appraised it for $8k!! So your getting close to 30% discount!!

In all fairness though, he does mention best offers so maybe he knows his assessment is kind of 'off'

player worn body, painful looking headstock, converted neck, and doesn't include original case $4200 at best IMO.
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After nearly a decade of saving and searching I bought the buddy posted above (thanks to kulit17 and caca de kick for advice). It came complete with a dollar bill stuffed in the battery cavity. I've never really played one of these. It's going to take some getting used to sonically. I have only heard this bass in the context of other peoples music. Now I'm playing my parts with it and it's a little shocking (through '73 SVT and '74 V4 each into 8 x 10 cab poopie is thunderous). I'm stoked to acclimate though! So in addition to having the caps replaced (as I read about in this thread) I also noticed that the bridge won't accommodate my E and G strings (I play ernie ball power slinky .110, .90, .75, .55). Anyone else dealt with this? I was thinking of having a luthier file the bridge to accommodate. Will ya'll let me in the club? I'll give a dollar.
 
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Brandon Cancho said:
After nearly a decade of saving and searching I bought the buddy posted above (thanks to kulit17 and caca de kick for advice). It came complete with a dollar bill stuffed in the battery cavity. I've never really played one of these. It's going to take some getting used to sonically. I have only heard this bass in the context of other peoples music. Now I'm playing my parts with it and it's a little shocking (through '73 SVT and '74 V4 each into 8 x 10 cab **** is thunderous). I'm stoked to acclimate though! So in addition to having the caps replaced (as I read about in this thread) I also noticed that the bridge won't accommodate my E and G strings (I play ernie ball power slinky .110, .90, .75, .55). Anyone else dealt with this? I was thinking of having a luthier file the bridge to accommodate. Will ya'll let me in the club? I'll give a dollar.
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Lightly pinch the string right behind the brass ball (with a pair of pliers)
Have to do that with my .110 power slinky
 
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That makes sense about pinching the string. Thanks. And because I know ya'll track pricing and because I don't want anyone to think I'm a total sucker, I paid $4500 for it. Actually $4499. That seemed within the range of reason to me based on what I've seen. I guess at some point this bass either belonged to a dude in the Counting crows or a dude who produced the Counting Crows and was played on one or more of their records. I'm not a fan but always interested in the history of my instruments. I guess I'll have to go back and listen.
 

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