Prog bassist Colin Edwin has been sharing details of his bass arsenal on his blog, including his exquisite Wal Mk 1 Fretless. The Porcupine Tree member explains that the model is probably his most played bass as he used it exclusively for several years.
“Made in 1984 at Electric Wood in the UK, my Wal fretless has a Brazillian Mahogany Core with American Cherry wood facings and an Indian Ebony fretboard,” Edwin writes. “[It has] Wal’s own design active pick-ups, extremely flexible in terms of tone. Note the worn varnish above the pick-ups, I had the bass revarnished by Electric Wood some years ago.”
The bass is also fitted with an XLR output adjacent to its standard 1/4-inch output. Edwin says the extra ouput is useful for recording and taking a direct signal from the bass. He strings it with flatwounds, and the tuning machines include a Hipshot D-tuner.
Here’s a clip of the bass in action with Edwin laying it down on Porcupine Tree’s “I Drive the Hearse”:
All photos were taken by Phil Richardson. For more information, check out Colin Edwin’s personal blog.
