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Any Status lovers out there?

#41
I have the 5 string twin to this. Came to me from fullrangebass. Awesome build quality. I dig the LEDs as well!

atrapp said:
Status basses? Loved 'em since the mid 80's. Buddy of mine played one in a touring cover band, probably a series one... but not sure about that.

I've had two, a Series II Classic Headed 5 which I sold and an Eclipse Ltd Ed Custom Shop 4 #50/100 that I still own.

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#42
OutToPlayJazz said:
The Groove was a mid 90's model, a sort of competitor to the MusicMan range. A more traditional body shape with a graphite poled wooden neck & as you said, the tri-max pickup system. Trimax is basically a pair of j-type pickups joined around a third hum-cancelling unit, fashioned into one block, located near the bridge. They were produced until around 1999, but there were a couple of bodies left over & Rob put graphite necks on the last two.

I've had two Grooves. One 4-string sunburst model & currently have a 5-string in wine red. They're a hugely underrated bass, only fetching small amounts these days, but still a great bass with the right name :)

Here's mine...

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I used to have one of these and I agree that it was a great, under-rated bass. I had two gripes with it: it was heavy, and I mean really heavy; about 14LBs. and I thought that the huge tri-max pickup should have had some coil splitting options.
 
#44
If it weren't for the horrible exchange rate right now I'd be the owner of a 5 string Stealth fretless and a fretted 5 string S-2 bolt on!! They're a couple of my "dream basses"!!

Some day....
 
#48
Kingbass rocks my world....

It kind of falls in the same vein that my Les Paul Custom is.. it's almost too nice to play out.. I'd be bummed if stolen or broken.

This is where the Peavey Unity stuff comes in.

Funny thing is that I do have a $40 Craigs list bass that plays better than the Status... doesn't sound as good.
 
#49
Matt Morgan said:
If it weren't for the horrible exchange rate right now I'd be the owner of a 5 string Stealth fretless and a fretted 5 string S-2 bolt on!! They're a couple of my "dream basses"!!

Some day....
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I just got a quote from Rob the other day, and 1,500 pounds is $2,138 US. I thought that was pretty good.

The quote was for a delivered in case S2 classic 5 bolt on but he was so open to any custom ideas I might play with things a bit.

I'm thinking this as a 5 in Sherwood Green. That should stay unique for quite some time ;)

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#51
KeithPas said:
I used to have one of these and I agree that it was a great, under-rated bass. I had two gripes with it: it was heavy, and I mean really heavy; about 14LBs. and I thought that the huge tri-max pickup should have had some coil splitting options.
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I used to have a Groove 5 and never found it too heavy. It was light as a feather. I still have a Groove 4 fretless, wikkid bass.

My main axe thesedays, though, it this:

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(this is a render I did before mine was built. THis is the real thing:
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Yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum. :hyper:
 
#52
I love Status basses. I've owned a Series 2000 (over twenty years ago) and an S2 Classic. I kind of wish I'd kept it, but it wasn't quite EXACTLY the one I wanted. Now I'm gassing for another, or a Streamline.

I still love my two Status neck Jazzes, though, fretted and fretless. I play one or the other of these on pretty much every gig now.

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#59
My Status S-1 6 string with a (custom ordered) 3 piece maple neck/ebony fingerboard. This bass plays like a dream, the low B sounds like the thunder of the gods! :D

alder body/ash top/ 34 3/4" scale neck.

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Just ordered a new body for the original graphite neck. :hyper:

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