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all four are great! 2 will make for the coolest upper horn on a Mk2 I guess. 3 is my fav though with the sharp contrasts
Yeah mate they are all Wenge facings. And yep it will be a 6 string hence the large black out at the neck.
Without all the black outs for the pickups and neck 3 was a clear winner for sure. So cool but I don't like that the pickups will cover up the 'eyes" on the top. After a lot of thinking about it I chose 2. Mainly because i love the mixture of different styles of grain and how it all moves around. The two horns look the most interesting as well. Each top was killer though.
Lol seller made a price drop
ps @2112 - you are still looking for one right?
I might be in the minority here but I've never had a particular interest in the black geddy mk1 wal as far as looks are concerned. Not that it's bad looking by any means, but I'd definitely prefer the red mk2 he was rocking for Roll the Bones. Though if I recall correctly, and I may be wrong, the Ged man recorded Power Windows with Peter Collins' Wal bass which was an mk1 with shedua facings, or something of similar ilk, but I do not believe it was the black mk1 on power windows, I think he used that on Hold Your Fire and Presto... and let's be honest, while all of Geddy's Wal tones are great, we all know Power Windows is the quintessential Wal tone that probably got a lot of us hooked. I know that's the album that hooked me 
Thank you for thinking of me... if this was Geddy'd out with gold hardware and a nice ebony board I'd be all over it (pending approval from Beautiful Wife, of course).
I used to. But, in a fit of stupidity, I sold it many years ago.
So, I just have the 2 right now... the Red Ged Mk2 and my fretless natural birdseye maple/ebony fretless Mk1.
Lol seller made a price drop
Wal Mk1 Pro (till '86)? That's a bit odd description isn't it? Why the Pro?
Good choice. If I look at it now, option 2 is the nicest indeed. Will it be fretless. You also have fretted 6 in your avatar? I bet a wenge 6 will be fairly heavy? Wenge is a bit more heavy wood I think...
Yes, there's a straightforward explanation for that particular phraseology…
…he's talking b@ll*cks.
Cheers! very excited! It will be fretted as fretless skills have so far eluded me lol. The bass in my avatar I built and its called Walwannbe and it pays homage to a Wal (multicoils, filter pre) and as lovely as it is it's no Wal.
As for weight, what will be will be. Tone wins lol! I have a NT6 thumb that is unbelievably heavy but the sound of that bass bears the sacrifice. I have worn it for an hour on stage and it was certainly noticeable but with a huge Levy strap is doable. I doubt the Wal will be that heavy and its much better ergonomics than the thumb.
Cheers!
Balance is the biggest key.
My 91 Mk2 5 has a solid maple body, it was 11.7 lbs, and was rather headstock heavy. I put the new Schaller light tuners, and not only did it bring the weight 'down' to 11.0 lbs, it relieved the headstock wanting to dive and it stays angled upward without having to hold it up.
We play 3 and sometimes 4 hour nights and with excellent balance I don't feel any of it.
My 91 Mk2 5 has a solid maple body, it was 11.7 lbs, and was rather headstock heavy. I put the new Schaller light tuners, and not only did it bring the weight 'down' to 11.0 lbs, it relieved the headstock wanting to dive and it stays angled upward without having to hold it up.
We play 3 and sometimes 4 hour nights and with excellent balance I don't feel any of it.
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I've been very fortunate to have owned this bad boy for a good amount of time.
This bass, which I still call "Gmork", was mine back in January 2019 bought from the original owner.
Unfortunately I'm not playing much at all as lots has changed in my life since purchasing and it's the one bass I've held onto. This bass offers intrinsic value to my life, even though ownership is extrinsic. I owned a 1988 MK2 5 which lives in Switzerland that was my former favourite Wal which I had the pleasure of owning for 5 years. This one, won the battle in the end. It's tough to think of parting with this one, but I'm always into trying new basses and my financial investment in instruments had dwindled dramatically. It's a curse to have a need to try new stuff but I've learned a lot about instruments (repairs, construction, issues, etc). It's been fun.
I've got a brand new custom Olinto 4J being built for me that is due for shipment any minute now. And I just decided to buy another instrument (not an Wal) over the past week as a bit distraction / fill the need for trying something new.
Anyway, hoping the Wal
Club is still happy and healthy.
Is Paul still holding new orders into the foreseeable future?
Wish I could join the club , played one once whilst in Ireland.........does that count ?
I believe there is still a maintained "Wal Club List of owners" with this thread here on TB. But it's an open forum to anyone.
Obviously those aspiring to become owners
. Facebook of course has some highly active groups as well.
