Yeah, it's just interesting because MK hasn't (to my knowledge) used Jaydees since the '80s - and Status basses have been his live go-tos for at least the past twenty years.
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I thought, some of you would like to buy this beauty.
Its not mine, just saw this add.
Status Bass 6-Saiter Headless Carbon
Its not mine, just saw this add.
Status Bass 6-Saiter Headless Carbon
The lack of a recess for the tuners is not typical of Status. Neither is the wood fretboard on a carbon fibre neck. The pickup size and placement looks wrong, as does the placement of the electronics controls. The jack is on the side of the body (not typical of Series I, II or Empathy models). Body shape and horns look off to me. But other than that...
The lack of a recess for the tuners is not typical of Status. Neither is the wood fretboard on a carbon fibre neck. The pickup size and placement looks wrong, as does the placement of the electronics controls. The jack is on the side of the body (not typical of Series I, II or Empathy models). Body shape and horns look off to me. But other than that...
just did a translate on the german text…yep it's been heavily modded electronically, probably a new body from what you flagged.
And the wooden fretboard. I'm guessing it's not a Status at all.
Well yes…I was thinking that might be an original special option but probably not…the carbon neck and hardware are probably the only bits that have survived.
I don't think it is a Status at all, and if it is, it's been modified to hell and back. That sloppy paint job and obvious routing of the wood body around the pickups... yuck. And where's the red Status logo? You can't just remove that and I doubt Rob would ever make a Status bass without that unmistakable logo. Red flags abound. Even the graphite weave looks off compared with the Status products I've owned.
I would be surprised if the neck was fake, that's the one thing I would have thought would be hard to do even badly.
You can do a lot with faux carbon vinyl wraps these days.
If that bass is even 1% actual Status bass, I'd be completely flabbergasted.
If that bass is even 1% actual Status bass, I'd be completely flabbergasted.
I ordered a fretless Status neck earlier this year and as-received it needed to be planed. It buzzed really badly in some spots and upon truing the string paths myself it became quite obvious that there were multiple high spots and low spots. After truing it up, it plays really nicely.
Sounds like a neck worthy of return, no? The buzzing issue seems to be a bit of a trend with Status...
I figured there was no guarantee of getting another one that was in good working order. They obviously don't mount these to bodies and actually play test them since they don't come pre-drilled. Everything else was fine and since I have some experience truing fretless boards I decided to just do it myself. I don't know what their return policy is and I didn't want to ship it back to the UK from the US.
Well the body seems to be Status. Would be more than 1%?
But ok, i wouldnt buy it either, after reading the description, which says that it had multiple changes from the original.
Why in hell would you do that, to a status bass?
Well the body seems to be Status. Would be more than 1%?
But ok, i wouldnt buy it either, after reading the description, which says that it had multiple changes from the original.
Why in hell would you do that, to a status bass?
Madness comes in many forms..
I guess I was hoping that £350 on a neck would get me something good to go, but that is probably not the case. I've maintained my own wood fingerboards for years but I don't fancy doing the phenolic. So that adds £120 for a trip to Charlie's. I could probably have a new ebony board fitted and shot for less.
Well, others have reported receiving a fretless Status neck that was good to go. I may have been unlucky. The phenolic board wasn't difficult to work with. It was very similar to the ebony boards I've leveled. The Status neck makes for a really snappy sounding bass.
My two Status products have been a 2009 Precision-type replacement neck and now my B-2 built last year.
I believe the replacement necks are not mounted to bodies or adjusted under pressure of tuned-to-pitch strings before they are shipped. Frankly I don't think it would be time or cost effective for them to do this given how relatively affordable their replacement necks are.
I play with a very low action and a nearly dead-straight neck, and thus there is no room for error when it comes to the frets being perfect, and I mean perfect.
Both the Status P-neck and my B-2 needed a tiny bit of fret work after I received them to get them to perfect; I think if I played with a more typical relief/action they would have been just fine out of the box but I'm super picky about setup. Both took a trip to Chicago Fretworks and played *perfectly* afterwards; both necks were/are unbelievably stable (I sold the P bass, stupidly enough) and play/played like dreams after a simple fret job each. The B-2's neck is laser-straight.
I look at it like a high-performance car; the tighter the tolerances, the more likely things might need a tweak or two to get them exactly as you like them, compared with the family sedan that "gets the job done." Maybe that's wrong-headed? But at least for my B-2, the cost of a simple fret job paled in comparison to the cost of the bass and the result is the finest playing instrument I have ever owned, and I've owned a piano, saxophones, clarinets, and several basses. The Chicago Fretworks guys also told me there is plenty of fret material left to work with when the time comes the frets get worn and need a dressing in the future. I'd happily order another Status bass.
Interestingly enough, I saw on their Instagram some time back, a phenolic fingerboard getting the frets installed *before* the fingerboard had been mounted to the neck itself. It was interesting.
I believe the replacement necks are not mounted to bodies or adjusted under pressure of tuned-to-pitch strings before they are shipped. Frankly I don't think it would be time or cost effective for them to do this given how relatively affordable their replacement necks are.
I play with a very low action and a nearly dead-straight neck, and thus there is no room for error when it comes to the frets being perfect, and I mean perfect.
Both the Status P-neck and my B-2 needed a tiny bit of fret work after I received them to get them to perfect; I think if I played with a more typical relief/action they would have been just fine out of the box but I'm super picky about setup. Both took a trip to Chicago Fretworks and played *perfectly* afterwards; both necks were/are unbelievably stable (I sold the P bass, stupidly enough) and play/played like dreams after a simple fret job each. The B-2's neck is laser-straight.
I look at it like a high-performance car; the tighter the tolerances, the more likely things might need a tweak or two to get them exactly as you like them, compared with the family sedan that "gets the job done." Maybe that's wrong-headed? But at least for my B-2, the cost of a simple fret job paled in comparison to the cost of the bass and the result is the finest playing instrument I have ever owned, and I've owned a piano, saxophones, clarinets, and several basses. The Chicago Fretworks guys also told me there is plenty of fret material left to work with when the time comes the frets get worn and need a dressing in the future. I'd happily order another Status bass.
Interestingly enough, I saw on their Instagram some time back, a phenolic fingerboard getting the frets installed *before* the fingerboard had been mounted to the neck itself. It was interesting.
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