Ok great! 17mm is not too bad. Looks much wider. But might be because of the small body. Curious how six string Wals balance. Are they neck heavy?
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Ok great! 17mm is not too bad. Looks much wider. But might be because of the small body. Curious how six string Wals balance. Are they neck heavy?
Check this out, y’all: here in Japan where I live: Wal／Mach1／中古／¥885000／状態：B+
If this isn’t a paint over, maybe not a bad price: 8,500 for an 87 Mk 1 with color?
If this isn’t a paint over, maybe not a bad price: 8,500 for an 87 Mk 1 with color?
In the few painted finish Wal for-sale listings I can find that has the back plate open, they mentioned the finish there. That listing doesn't mention it, so I'm guessing the paint came later. Given the age of the bass (and a personal worry it wasn't maintained the way a Wal should be given the paint job) I'd want to try it and hear it before risking 8500, which would go most of the way toward a more recent Mk1 when it comes up.
Seems like a Failure inspired paint job
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Yep, my thoughts exactly: it should’ve had the finish written inside, I thought. I also wonder if the parts weren’t replaced: tuners and bridge don’t look so worn….
Yep, my thoughts exactly: it should’ve had the finish written inside, I thought. I also wonder if the parts weren’t replaced: tuners and bridge don’t look so worn….
new listing... gorgeous lefty fretless in Denmark for sale... Condition looks pretty good.
https://reverb.com/item/46195506-wal-mk-ii-custom-iv-fretless-1995-lefthanded
https://reverb.com/item/46195506-wal-mk-ii-custom-iv-fretless-1995-lefthanded
Yes its a refin in a battleship gray color. I remember this bass back from one of the old defunct chat boards back around the same time I was refinning my 1st Mk1.
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Hi and thanks for the info! Do you think the Wal shop refinished it, or was this an outside job?
Deffo a refin. The real giveaway is that the shim on the back of the neck has been painted over. No way Wal are doing a paint job that way since shimming will happen at assembly not spraying!
considering you can probably get it refinished nicely by a good shop, or even Wal, a decent price for an otherwise great bass.
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It would be easy restoring the correct shielding paint.
I'd leave the finish, it looks cool enough and the bass wouldn't kill you if you scratched that finish like a new one would.
I'd leave the finish, it looks cool enough and the bass wouldn't kill you if you scratched that finish like a new one would.
Agreed. Don't think I'm not tempted to buy it now that I'm firmly entrenched in my "refins with character" mode. I wouldn't change a thing except to put the shielding paint back.
This is because it’s not the shop selling it that posted this: it’s an idiot who plans to buy it once someone pulls the trigger and bail if someone else buys it and he/she can’t fulfill the deal.
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Yes on the two trees.
The long tree came in about the start of 89
The long tree came in about the start of 89
