Here another great WAL Mk 1 Bass Guitar Model built in 1984, a handmade guitar from electric woods company put together from a great mixture of exotic woods including Indian mahogany core and American Walnut facings. Brazilian rosewood fretboard with dot markers. This is a cool looking bass and like most other WAL Basses it is a great player too. WAL Basses were once commonplace thoughout the 1980s with a number of bands and music styles.
Here a great WAL Mk 1 Model, great mixture of woods including French Walnut. Pretty bass that has seen action as part of the ‘80s Disco group “Liquid Gold” from Brackley Northants. They were probs most known for their 1980s track “Dance yourself Dizzy”. WAL Basses were once commonplace in the 1980s with a number of bands and music styles.
This WAL bass started its life as an initially fretless Geddy Lee model bass commissioned in all-black with gold hardware by Jürgen Dehmel of the music stream “ Die Neue Deutsche Welle” or Germany’s New Wave, Nena became worldwide known as the band with 99 Luftballons, 99 Air Balloons. The serial number W2053, can be found in theWAL database as being made in 1983 for Nena. As such the bass has been played on recordings and in live appearance throughout 1983-1986 with Nena.
Here an early WAL Mark 1, 4-string bass guitar, made in the Electric Wood Co, at High Wycombe. The MK-1 WALs are considered a vintage classic amongst bass players. This one too, hand-made, custom, bass by Electric Wood in 1982. The bass body and neck are made from a mixture of Woods, including Brazilian mahogy core, American walnut/ Wenge facing and Indian rose fretboard. The backplate has a Serial number PB-1780 engraved. Lives in original WAL hard case
According to the History of Wal Basses website, the bass has “twin pickups with a powerful active circuit offering volume, pickup pan and separate tone controls for each pickup. The volume included a push/pull knob which also activated the ‘pick-attack’ feature. This adds a narrow band of high frequencies to the overall tone setting to provide a more dynamic, percussive attack – ideal for helping the bass cut through a muddy live mix. The tones are low-pass shelving controls governing each pickup. They also each have a push/pull switch which engages an active boost (quasi-parametric) giving a more distinctively ‘active’ tone. A balanced XLR output comes as standard on all ‘Custom series’ basses”.
