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So it looks like i got some decisions to make this morning. Got my choices of mock up pictures of billets for my build. i've already sent my choice, but thought i should share 
man getting excited again!!!!
man getting excited again!!!!
Simply gorgeous!! Congrats!QUOTE="Caca de Kick, post: 18876558, member: 27957"]And now the Mk3 5 string arrived today. Paul really knocked it out of the park: birdseye maple, violet gloss, 10.00 lbs.
Oh my........
OMG!
I'll take that one and that one and that one.
Seriously if you are up in the Vermont area and want to give me one of those Wals for free I'm game! Especially that black one hiding behind the Rick...right over there? "Big Money goes around the world!"
Take care,
Brent
I'll actually be up in Vermont in a couple weeks
I'll be having kids in tow though, not basses.
Well if I were to watch one of your basses i.e. The Black Wal...think of the extra time you could spend with the kids?I'll actually be up in Vermont in a couple weeks
I'll be having kids in tow though, not basses.
Take care Man I hope you enjoy the Green Mountains.
Brent
There's 31 days in July, you have one on the way, looks like you need to buy 10 more pal.
Wow, impressive collection.
Just curious, do you prefer MK I, II or III ?
Do you find any tonal difference between them ?
In my experience, MkIII was the most comfortable and well balanced, but there's a "classic cool" factor to the MkI and II.
Fretboard wood (ebony vs. rosewood) and overall weight, and to a lesser degree facing wood and hard lacquer or standard satin finish seem to impact the tone. The shape itself doesn't affect the tone, except that MkIII tends to be the lightest and MkII tends to be the heaviest, though it really depends on the individual pieces of wood.
As far as 4 string basses go, the pickup placement is different on all three bodystyles. They are furthest apart on the Mk1, closer on the Mk2, and even closer together on the Mk3.
Didn't know that.
I guess pickup placement plays an important factor too
(like 60's vs 70's jazz basses)
So it looks like i got some decisions to make this morning. Got my choices of mock up pictures of billets for my build. i've already sent my choice, but thought i should share
man getting excited again!!!!
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Extra cool.. Is this the trans blue Mk3 you mentioned a while back? For a second I thought the space was an ebony laminate down the center.. Ideas are brewing!!
Extra cool.. Is this the trans blue Mk3 you mentioned a while back? For a second I thought the space was an ebony laminate down the center.. Ideas are brewing!!
indeed it is! trans-blueburst actually.....and indeed that is a piece of ebony going down the center
i concur with what @mikezimmerman and @Caca de Kick mentioned. i do like the coolness factor of my flamed maple mk2
although, i really don't have a preference on any of my Wals. I like all flavors. One thing that is pretty minor but still others are nit picky on is the neck....there's no real way of determining the profile since it may have been spec'd out that way, but i have two Wals that has medium/hard V-shape neck and the rest has a softer v shape. personally i prefer the medium/hard v-shape neck, which my black mk1 and my greenburst mk3 has.
indeed it is! trans-blueburst actually.....and indeed that is a piece of ebony going down the center
Haha well there ya go.. Excellent choice on the ebony laminate.. That will surly be one of the most exotic Wals yet.. Looks like a 4 string?
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