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Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: Barklessdog on July 31, 2009, 06:28:34 AM

Title: Lefty wal
Post by: Barklessdog on July 31, 2009, 06:28:34 AM

Nice Wal, I never saw a lefty before


http://cgi.ebay.com/Wal-MK-III-Lefty-Bass-4-String_W0QQitemZ200367584357QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item2ea6d6b465&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_1500wt_1119

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: gearHed289 on July 31, 2009, 08:41:59 AM

That's a beauty. Those things are pricey!

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: gweimer on July 31, 2009, 08:46:00 AM

Where's our resident left-handed drummer?   :mrgreen:

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: Barklessdog on July 31, 2009, 10:37:57 AM

Quote from: gearHed289 on July 31, 2009, 08:41:59 AM

That's a beauty. Those things are pricey!

I can't see them ever going down in value. I agree it seems pricey but they always do. They will not be made again anytime soon.

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: gweimer on July 31, 2009, 11:13:34 AM

Quote from: Barklessdog on July 31, 2009, 10:37:57 AM

I can't see them ever going down in value. I agree it seems pricey but they always do. They will not be made again anytime soon.

Kind of like a middle-class Zemaitis.

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: kungfusheriff on July 31, 2009, 12:06:58 PM

Steve Chesney, the original owner, was a DP member. He once posted a pic of his 'Wal wall' before he started selling off his collection. Woulda made you sick...just an amazing lineup that guy had.
Word is that one of the Sei guys is taking over Wal and is now repairing older basses, with production of new instruments to begin soon.

Quote from: Barklessdog on July 31, 2009, 06:28:34 AM

Nice Wal, I never saw a lefty before


http://cgi.ebay.com/Wal-MK-III-Lefty-Bass-4-String_W0QQitemZ200367584357QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item2ea6d6b465&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_1500wt_1119

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: Barklessdog on July 31, 2009, 01:02:01 PM

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Word is that one of the Sei guys is taking over Wal and is now repairing older basses, with production of new instruments to begin soon.

I thought we heard that several years ago

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: Dave W on July 31, 2009, 01:09:23 PM

I read that a guy named Paul Herman had taken it over, was he with Sei?

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on July 31, 2009, 01:20:58 PM

Really, really nice! I don't like stripes tho.  ;D

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: Dave W on July 31, 2009, 01:22:21 PM

You know you want it, Terry.

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on July 31, 2009, 02:26:46 PM

My shrink told me to differentiate between wants & needs.  :P

Oh~ & drop the y please. I'm Terr

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: nofi on July 31, 2009, 08:24:48 PM

i have never wanted much and that is exactly what i have. ;)

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: Lightyear on August 01, 2009, 09:40:38 AM

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Oh~ & drop the y please. I'm Terr

Liza, Madonna, Sting, Prince, Cher....................TERR  :mrgreen: :P ( sorry, no emoticon for "jazz hands"

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: kungfusheriff on August 02, 2009, 12:11:07 AM

Quote from: Dave W on July 31, 2009, 01:09:23 PM

I read that a guy named Paul Herman had taken it over, was he with Sei?

True and true. It is also true that this is old news, and exactly one new Wal that the internet bass community knows about is being gigged by Martin Kemp for the Spandau reunion tour. Hopefully, the new Wal guy has done away with the V-shaped necks and the sharp fingerboard edges. I tried one at Manny's in Manhattan in 1991 or so and didn't play it for more than a minute.  Love the way they sound, hate the way they play.

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: Dave W on August 02, 2009, 09:26:38 AM

I've only played one, it was formerly owned by fattychugs (from DP v.1), he loaned it to me for a couple of weeks. Nice olive ash top and back. I don't remember any sharp edges on the board but I do remember not liking the neck profile.

Title: Re: Lefty wal
Post by: kungfusheriff on August 02, 2009, 10:34:18 AM

The one I played was one of the red-and-black Geddy types...dunno if it had a phenolic fingerboard or what, but 18 years later I clearly remember how hard and sharp the edges of that fingerboard felt. Yuck.