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Where's the Status Love?

#21
I don't have 100% Status bass, but I do have four 50% Status basses!
Two Jazz (fretted and fretless) and two Stingray 5 clones (fretted and fretless).
Great necks! I love the feel and I love the sound, but most of all I love the stability: going from a winter storm outside to the stage-light solarium and not having to tune is amazing!
 
#22
I have owned 9 status basses, of which 5 different models and options represented from Rob's line. I'm still in posession of my headless Stealth II and a Streamline. Both have 16.5mm spacing, and the Streamline has the 32"/Bendwell option.
I have all sets of double ball end strings- Round(statinlees&nickel), half wound, flats, nylons.
I found that changing the strings captures tone nuances I'm after, and with the headless its a 2 minute deal. Plus I like the consistency of playing the same instrument and not having to tote more than one.
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#24
I've owned two Status basses in the past (a Series 2000 and an S2) and they were both superb, but over a period of time I realised I'm just hooked on Jazz basses. So nowadays, I have two custom Js with Status necks (fretted and fretless). I got them both 8 years ago and these are pretty much the only two basses I play now, one or the other gets used for every gig. I can't see me ever wanting anything else and I've sold most of the rest of my collection including my Ric and my Stingray.

+1 to the comments about stability. Tuning is something that only ever needs the tiniest of adjustments from gig to gig, and never needs even thinking about during a set.
 
#26
I bought my Status Energy 2nd hand. Headed, 4 string, graphite bolt-on neck, walnut body, black bits. It quickly became my number one instrument. It's stable, light, beautiful, balanced, the action is low and I can play deep woody sounds for blues or lovely bright piano tones. And no, I don't slap. If I had cash to spare (and if I'd already bought the light modern sound rig I wish I had) I'd talk to Rob about an S2 or a streamline, but I have an idea a new one would only be prettier not a more useful instrument.
To go back to the OP: I've always assumed these relatively expensive UK basses aren't common in the US, particularly not common on the racks in shops. So it's a bit of a leap in the dark and some fuss to order one in the land of Fender, so they don't get much of a mention on TB because not many people have one.
 
#29
kurosawa said:
Just a quick heads up for Status fans, I'll be selling my Jonas Hellborg soon in the TB classifieds. I've pretty much sold everything that's not nailed down to stay afloat during this divorce. It's a bad one. Now I'm down to my gear.
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Damn, hate to hear that.. Been there myself so I know what you're going through.
 
#31
WJGreer said:
I certainly didn't mean to suggest that a player has to slap to own a Status bass - but I do think Mark King has had a lot to do with Rob Green's success, and in the aggregate people probably think of a Status as a slapping bass brand. And, sadly, the kids don't much slap these days.
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Chris W from Muse has his own S2 model now, (he's not much of a slapper). The pickup placement is different than the other Status offerings (closer to the neck with both p/u's). My Streamline has this spacing, I like the tonal offerings more from this setup, since I'm not a slapper. Giving me GAS to order another Stealth with that pickup spacing. ohh Rob………..???
 
#34
WJGreer said:
Flashy basses and flashy bass players are out of fashion right now. All the kids are playing P-Basses and T-Birds. (I guess T-Birds are flashy in their way.) For better or worse, I associate Status basses with Mark King in particular and slap playing in general, and I don't think that carries a brand these days.

Sadly.
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Actually the most popular bass player around these days (aka Chris from Muse) plays Status and they sell like hot cakes. Most of the youngsters don't even know who Mark King is.

Status basses are very versatile and can do a lot more than being flashy. Extraordinary instruments.
 
#37
Jazz Ad said:
Actually the most popular bass player around these days (aka Chris from Muse) plays Status and they sell like hot cakes. Most of the youngsters don't even know who Mark King is.

Status basses are very versatile and can do a lot more than being flashy. Extraordinary instruments.
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I was actually going to mention that this is definitely a good reason Status is crazy busy right now and it certainly doesn't involve slap bass.

I actually just ordered a neck from Rob for a project I'm working on right now with the LED's in the fretboard. Here's my last project with a neck from them which i absolutely love. Not sure I'll be going back to wood necks very often.

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#40
WJGreer said:
Flashy basses and flashy bass players are out of fashion right now. All the kids are playing P-Basses and T-Birds. (I guess T-Birds are flashy in their way.) For better or worse, I associate Status basses with Mark King in particular and slap playing in general, and I don't think that carries a brand these days.

Sadly.
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Except that Chris from Muse has been using them for a while now, so a different kind of player is being watched on the biggest stages in the world. There's no way Level 42 had that kind of visibility.

I've always enjoyed Helmut Hattler in Tab Two with his S2's.
Someday I'd love to own a headed Stealth 4.
 

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