Wal Bass Club.

[mikeswals]

So the new Geddy bass book coming out. Does anyone here have a copy on order? Seems its out in Canada aleady.
I made comment about the elusive 5 string no one has ever seen, and a TB'er responded with this:

No mystery. That bass is in here too. Black 1986 Wal MK II Five-string.

But no one has shown a pic of it. ​

 

[2112]

So the new Geddy bass book coming out. Does anyone here have a copy on order? Seems its out in Canada aleady.
I made comment about the elusive 5 string no one has ever seen, and a TB'er responded with this:

But no one has shown a pic of it. ​

I have a copy on order, but I ain't seen hide nor hair of it yet... when it gets here I'll look for the elusive 5'er...

 

[kulit17]

sweet looking solid body shedua fretless Mk1 popped up FS in basschat. killer price too!

1981 Wal MK1

 

[mikeswals]

Oooh, a solid shedua body too. Kinda like what Rob Burns first had. Looks like this was likely fretted originally

 

[kulit17]

Oooh, a solid shedua body too. Kinda like what Rob Burns first had. Looks like this was likely fretted originally

Yup pretty old too with PB serial and chrome bridge.

 

[Toolmybass]

Damn
Wal Mk3 Bass 4 string fretted
@kulit17 ...what year did the bone cases stop. This is a 2002. Owner says orig case

 

[kulit17]

Damn
Wal Mk3 Bass 4 string fretted

lol i was gonna try to hold that one..... wanted to check with someone that may have been looking....wanted to check first before i posted it, but too late. lol

if someone statesidd wanted to go the same route i did, add another £1575 (actually included assistance with the CITES paperwork too cause of the RW fingerboard)

make it look this(or whatever you feel like doing)

Or this....

 

[kozyko]

Damn
Wal Mk3 Bass 4 string fretted
@kulit17 ...what year did the bone cases stop. This is a 2002. Owner says orig case

I would ACTUALLY consider this and do the refin...but I'd need to part with my MkII 5er first...and there isn't anything about it that would make we want. Wheels are turning! LOL

 

[Toolmybass]

lol i was gonna try to hold that one..... wanted to check with someone that may have been looking....wanted to check first before i posted it, but too late. lol

if someone statesidd wanted to go the same route i did, add another £1575 (actually included assistance with the CITES paperwork too cause of the RW fingerboard)

make it look this(or whatever you feel like doing)

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Or this....

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It is a very light RW and could pass for Pau Ferro easily (with seller mailing backplate separately)
BOOM..no cites

 

[kulit17]

Damn
Wal Mk3 Bass 4 string fretted
@kulit17 ...what year did the bone cases stop. This is a 2002. Owner says orig case

i had thought bone cases stopped 99-00.....pete very well could've had some stashed around and used that but i have a 2001 with a non-branded hiscox case.

 

[kulit17]

@Toolmybass if you look at the imprint of the top lid....looks like it was originally housing his 6 string Wal.....LOL

look at my original 4 string Mk3 case from 96....

 

[Toolmybass]

Me? I would go one step further and have the pups and electronics taken completely out and sent to Paul for service (probably due anyways) with the backplate.
Would be easy to set a low value with a gutted bass and avoid the duty/tax. Just that alone (in Canada) anyways would pay for most of the service!

 

[Toolmybass]

@Toolmybass if you look at the imprint of the top lid....looks like it was originally housing his 6 string Wal.....LOL


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look at my original 4 string Mk3 case from 96....

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Yep...he obviously want the better case for one of his 6'ers. I emailed him about it

 

[kulit17]

Yep...he obviously want the better case for one of his 6'ers. I emailed him about it

Lol its still a Wal OHSC.......albeit not period correct.

 

[kulit17]

Me? I would go one step further and have the pups and electronics taken completely out and sent to Paul for service (probably due anyways) with the backplate.
Would be easy to set a low value with a gutted bass and avoid the duty/tax. Just that alone (in Canada) anyways would pay for most of the service!

Probably would end up breaking even with customs saving with the current cost of servicing preamps and shipping the preamps to and from..... But yes it would probably be most likely due for it anyways.

 

[GHOST AT]

Probably would end up breaking even with customs saving with the current cost of servicing preamps and shipping the preamps to and from..... But yes it would probably be most likely due for it anyways.

Sorry I don't know how CITES works, since he has the original paperwork would one still have to pay the Rosewood fee?

 

[kulit17]

Sorry I don't know how CITES works, since he has the original paperwork would one still have to pay the Rosewood fee?

see @Toolmybass previous comments....since its a private sale, it might be easier to "work around it".....if you are getting it from a business (since i had Sims do the exporting), anything that contains rosewood would require a CITES certificate, but its such a PITA process.

 

[TrevorR]

Warning all Walnuts of The Solar Federation, this is “International Rush Day”!

 

[TrevorR]

...well, here in the UK anyway!

 

[HeavyJazz]

Still my favorite "Geddy tone" - that punchy Wal from Roll the Bones. Wish they had recorded it that way on Presto.