The Last Bass Outpost
Main Forums => The Bass Zone => Topic started by: gweimer on January 12, 2014, 03:51:31 PM
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I decided to go to the guitar show here in Columbus today. It was lit up, for a change, and there was a big room of not much to interest me. There was a Guild B-302 for $650 that wasn't too bad. Two items caught my eye.
Wal bass - the owner wasn't around, but the other person in the booth told me that this bass was sent back to Wal for a new finish, and to remove the bridge pickup, and install a couple of switches, which you probably can't see on the pickguard, right below the pickup. Price was $2500, which I thought might be a really good deal.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/WalBass_1_zps1202e348.jpg) (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/gweimer/media/WalBass_1_zps1202e348.jpg.html)
A Crown 12-string guitar. I've never heard of these, but it was interesting looking.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/CrownGuitar_zpsabf441d7.jpg) (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/gweimer/media/CrownGuitar_zpsabf441d7.jpg.html)
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Not a fan of the Wal sound but that probably was a good price.
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Does seem like a great price. Love Sonic & Daphne Blue. Don't think I've ever seen a Wal with a pastel or any bright color other than white before. Is it a lined fretless or fretted? Hard to tell from the pic.
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Does seem like a great price. Love Sonic & Daphne Blue. Don't think I've ever seen a Wal with a pastel or any bright color other than white before. Is it a lined fretless or fretted? Hard to tell from the pic.
Geez...it was only yesterday...I want to say it was a lined fretless fingerboard. :-\
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I know Gustafson's was lined from construction... never seen one plain...
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They made Pro I and Pro II models. Not sure why they'd fill in the back pickup route. Probably just a refinished Pro I bass. Here is an old photo of my long gone Pro II.
(http://i40.tinypic.com/2csb807.jpg)
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They made Pro I and Pro II models. Not sure why they'd fill in the back pickup route. Probably just a refinished Pro I bass.
Up close, there was a faint outline of where they filled in the bridge pickup route. I would have expected a little better from Wal. There were also 2 small black switches installed on the pickguard. I'm guessing it was on the coil selection.