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is the customized Wal Fretless Bass I've played since 1983
- although it didn't actually look like this 'till 1994 when I had a new
Fender-style body made by the Wal people. The beautiful Sycamore wood veneer
used for the body facing was apparently found in a skip in Leeds. The neck
is much slender than a regular Wal neck (which is unfathomably chunky for
no good reason). This is more like an old-fashioned Fender Jazz bass. The
body had excessive amounts of wood carved from the back and front at my
request (where your hand drops down to the playing position). This makes
it much more comfortable and a lot lighter than a regular Wal - which weighs
an absolute ton...I should know...I struggled through the Stump
days with one. I tend to play it with a high action - the very opposite
of how I like my acoustic guitars set up. Incidently, I've never felt the
need to 'upgrade' to 5 strings - 4 are quite enough, thank you. Although my interest in the bass guitar as an instrument has faded dramatically in the last few years, ( I confess, I hardly ever play it now ) I can honestly say that it's the best bass I have ever played and no other I've encountered comes close in terms of balance, comfort and tone. |
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I like
small-bodied acoustic guitars. I don't own any electrics. I still haven't
found the perfect one yet - none of these guitars are quite right. I have
to work hard on my guitar playing - it doesn't really come naturally to
me and it's a totally different technique to playing a big, heavy instrument
with thick strings -like the bass guitar.
Playing a guitar suits me at the moment as I'm writing songs and need
a chordal instrument. |
