Wal Bass Club.

[mikeswals]

There is also still the olive ash Mk1 fretless sitting on reverb. Not such a bad deal nowadays.

You could even have a luthier install Frets and you're still ahead of the game.

 

[Musicman1901]

I wish I could get down with a fretless. I feel like they pop up semi frequently. I wonder what it would cost to have Paul concert one to a fretted.

 

[mikeswals]

About $600 with Paul. Mike Lull will charge 900.
I'm sure I could take it to my new favorite local guy Joe Riggio, and probably have it done for around 400 to 450.

 

[Musicman1901]

About $600 with Paul. Mike Lull will charge 900.
I'm sure I could take it to my new favorite local guy Joe Riggio, and probably have it done for around 400 to 450.

That’s pretty reasonable. Makes me think about grabbing that Birdseye fretless and having it fretted. I’m really just dying for a 4 string in some capacity.

 

[nibs208]

That’s pretty reasonable. Makes me think about grabbing that Birdseye fretless and having it fretted. I’m really just dying for a 4 string in some capacity.

Do you mean Olive Ash? Do it. I was just looking at it and the facings are super sweet. If only my dog didn't just get surgery.

 

[Musicman1901]

Do you mean Olive Ash? Do it. I was just looking at it and the facings are super sweet. If only my dog didn't just get surgery.

Any 4 string haha. I meant the Birdseye one Mike had posted about on Facebook. I’m just looking for a 4 stringer. I’ve played my 5er like crazy the last year, recorded an album with it, gigged it, done YouTube vids with it...but 4 string will always be home for me.

 

[graphics1988]

Any 4 string haha. I meant the Birdseye one Mike had posted about on Facebook. I’m just looking for a 4 stringer. I’ve played my 5er like crazy the last year, recorded an album with it, gigged it, done YouTube vids with it...but 4 string will always be home for me.

 

[dhagopian]

There is also still the olive ash Mk1 fretless sitting on reverb. Not such a bad deal nowadays.

You could even have a luthier install Frets and you're still ahead of the game.

That would be a crime

 

[TolerancEJ]

Bass Direct has had a few Wals in this week, the first two flew out in hours at some pretty high prices!
Now they posted a newer 5 string at 7-Large.... 7 Large! (=9300 US)...

Or about $12,500 Canadian.

 

[nibs208]

Any 4 string haha. I meant the Birdseye one Mike had posted about on Facebook. I’m just looking for a 4 stringer. I’ve played my 5er like crazy the last year, recorded an album with it, gigged it, done YouTube vids with it...but 4 string will always be home for me.

Whoops. I’m an idiot. The pro is wicked too.

Edit: I'm a super idiot. Not on the same page at all lol.

 

[Musicman1901]

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[Les Fret]

Bass Direct has had a few Wals in this week, the first two flew out in hours at some pretty high prices!
Now they posted a newer 5 string at 7-Large.... 7 Large! (=9300 US)

I'm sure interested to see if a Fiver sells for more than a Mk2 4 banger which is typically the top of the pyramid.

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Chef, you missed your chance, you could have bought it 'cheaper' before it went to consignment.

I wonder why we see so many recent Wals for sale these days? Are they not happy with it (can’t imagine that)? Did they buy it for resale? I think it is strange that you sell a bass that you have waited for so long so quickly.

 

[mikeswals]

Les, it was two guys selling their basses.
The one guy with the 5 string mentioned 'financials' forcing him to sell off his three Wals.
The other guy always has a new build going on and buys and sells a bit. I know he has a new order going, as well as at least one other older one in his fleet.

 

[ColonelZulu]

 

[kulit17]

Screw it! This bass stays with me!
Not letting it go!

Love that burst....annnd I'm a black hardware fan too. Love it.

i'm typically a fan of black hardware too, but with the chrome string tree here, i think i like the chrome better

 

[kulit17]

Ya know what surprises me is the massive difference in MK1 prices. I saw that MK1 fretless you had posted about on Facebook and they’re only asking roughly $6,200. I understand part of it is that we are talking a 1988 vs a 2018 but sheesh...3 grand in price difference is massive.

fretless tends to get priced lower than there fretted counter parts......if that fretless was fretted, it prob be offered for a bit more money....so the year it was made is just part of it.

 

[mikeswals]

Yeah if that bass were fretted it would have been sold in hours.

That would be a crime

If you've hung around the basschat Wal page it goes both ways, so many fretteds had been defretted as well as fretlesses fretted. I wouldn't loose sleep over converting it knowing many of them have been floating around already done for years.

 

[claudel]

If I were to buy a fretless Wal, would Wal sell me a fretted neck so that I could switch back & forth when I felt the whim?

 

[nibs208]

If I were to buy a fretless Wal, would Wal sell me a fretted neck so that I could switch back & forth when I felt the whim?

I believe they would.

 

[kulit17]

If I were to buy a fretless Wal, would Wal sell me a fretted neck so that I could switch back & forth when I felt the whim?

yes, wait time for it would be less prob 12-14 months.... not sure what cost would be.....last i inquired about a neck 3-4 years ago it cost a little bit more than a 1/3rd of getting a full build....so i'd guestimate it would be about £1900-2100 for a neck from Wal.