Idiot Needs To Restring A Status 3000

[Stephen Baldwin]

Good evening bassists:
I have a very easy question for those in the know.
I have owned a Status 3000 graphite headless for many years and I'm finally going to use it for real :-)
I suddenly realised that I have no replacement strings for it, and, having never owned a headless bass before, would be unsure as to how to correctly restring it.

Would anyone know?
Are the strings single or double-balled?
The scale length?
Clues/links/tips etc. as to how to string it correctly?

Rgds
Steve Baldwin

[Tim C.]

I'm sure if you email Rob Green at Status he'll tell you everything you need to know, and you'll probably get a response within the next two days. Fantastic customer service.

[Cannabass]

just look at the strings and see if theyre double ball...

and take a tape measure and measure from the nut to the bridge and theres your scale length


so that takes care of your first 2 questions

[Stephen Baldwin]

Thanks guys for your responses.
Tim: I will call Status.
Canabass: looking at the strings isn't so easy since I can only see the ball[s] at the head end. On the '3000, at the bridge end, the strings disappear under a plate that is screwed down.
I am unclear as to whether it is necessary to dismantle this to look at/change the strings or not. I don't want to upset the setup of the machine by doing something I shouldn't.
I believe double-balled strings are a standard length? 35 3/4 inches or sthg? From my measuring, I suspect the '3000 is double-balled.

Again fellows, thanks for taking the trouble to respond.

[Stephen Baldwin]

Just to complete the saga.
Per Tim's recommendation I called Status and had a productive chat with Dawn who gave me all sorts of useful info on my guitar.
It is actually a 4000.
And it will take single or double-balled strings [double recommended]. To remove the [double-balled] strings simply loosen the strings at the bridge/tuning end. Each bridge-end ball sits in its own movable slot which slides out [towards the neck] as the string loosens, revealing the bridge-end ball. Simplicity itself to lift the balls out of the slot at the bridge and the [non]head end.

A learning experience.