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All good, I'm just so sick of the debate I've put a few people on ignore because of it.
What can I say?
You only turn 40 and decide to get yourself your life-long ultimate dream bass once.
quite true .. on your deathbed you can lament that you never did manage to get that dream bass but on the upside you saved yourself a few quid.
It's a fantastic instrument.
Nice to have a Wal that isn't a boat anchor at 9.49lbs. Very happy with this purchase.
It's a good morning when you wake up to an e-mail from Paul! All the specs for my Mk3 build are locked in, it's time to choose facings. He'll be sending me some facing samples to choose from in the next few weeks! Getting so close to that dream bass! I'm so excited I wish you could all see the stupid grin on my face !! 
It was time for another Wal bass video. Using a three finger technique here. Still love my fretted shedua Mk1! Love the sound....Using bridge pickup only. For the slapping I used the neck pickup also.
It was time for another Wal bass video. Using a three finger technique here. Still love my fretted shedua Mk1! Love the sound....Using bridge pickup only. For the slapping I used the neck pickup also.
So nice to hear/see a fretted Wal not being used to cop a Justin Chancellor tone.
Haha....For me this is the Wal sound. Bridge pickup on full. I am not interested in the Justin Chancellor tone myself. But everybody's taste is different of course. Good that we have all the options.
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Awesome as usual Barend! I really need to turn my bridge pickup off and try that more, I'm irritated with myself for having that sound available but not making the effort to explore the entire gamut of Wal sound (I came from a "different taste but not Chancellor" direction). My new build is being shipped in fretless configuration, and bridge-only is where I'll be starting on it.
Ok cool, curious about your new bass! when is it expected? Is it a Mk1?
I am curious what you mean by 'I came from a "different taste but not Chancellor"?
Mk1, expected in a couple of months I think. It's going to be blue! I don't want to risk an off-topic strike, I come from the Ged Wal direction.
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Ok great. Curious about your bass. Ged is fine too! Been listening to 80s Rush a lot again. My favorite Rush period
I ordered a Mk1, also in blue! ordered Oct 2020, overdue at this point.
Mine was December 2020, so you're probably ahead of me. All specs and string gauges (and payment) finalized, just waiting on hopeful in-progress bench pics soon. "Blue burst" (think sunburst except with blue) and gold hardware, birdseye maple underneath and matching headstock, looking forward to seeing how this turns out.
A blueburst Wal sounds lovely. Anyone got pics of a blue Wal to share?
It was time for another Wal bass video. Using a three finger technique here. Still love my fretted shedua Mk1! Love the sound....Using bridge pickup only. For the slapping I used the neck pickup also.
Cool playing and killer tone. Three fingers though? Two fingers and a thumb - or am i missing something?
