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Where's the Status Love?

#41
Caca de Kick said:
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.
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I like Muse a lot, although the breadth of following they've developed given the weirdness of the music they write boggles my mind. Don't try this at home, folks.

I'm sure Status is doing lots of business these days because of Muse. That said, let there be no mistake. Mark King is the guy whose image lifted that company to where it is, and there would be no Status in 2013 if not for Mark King.
 
#43
WJGreer said:
I like Muse a lot, although the breadth of following they've developed given the weirdness of the music they write boggles my mind. Don't try this at home, folks.

I'm sure Status is doing lots of business these days because of Muse. That said, let there be no mistake. Mark King is the guy whose image lifted that company to where it was, and there would be no Status in 2013 if not for Mark King.
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Oh I agree with you there. But I also have to remember the rest of the world is different from the US music wise...lots of other going on out there.
I've seen the Status club on basschat, and another one called Statii(?) that seem to indicate new basses are regularly being made.
 
#44
Jazz Ad said:
I completely disagree with this statement although I don't have the numbers to support it.
Mark King played Jaydee and Alembic back then, he only got really involved with Status about 15 years ago.
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They did start designing signature models about that long ago, he had one in his rotation much earlier. Look at the cover of "A Physical Presence", their 1984 live album:

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Personally I got into Level 42 in 1986, and I remember Guitar Resurrection in Austin had an S2 hanging from their wall for a long time before someone coughed up the $2500 they wanted for it. I used to go in there and stare at it...
 
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#46
My main axe now:

Status S2, 5 strings, headless, neck through, with graphite shell (alder body inside):

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Status S2, 5 strings, headed, neck through, mahogany body. Currently on sale through a Spanish bass shop (if interested PM and I'll send the link to the web, I understand is against the rules promoting it otherwise)

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And.... I have a 4 strings Kingbass Paramatrix on order !!! :hyper:
 
#48
Status basses are awesome! Exactly the kind of thing that should never have gone out of style. One of my favorite players, Paul Raven from Killing Joke, was using the S2 in the mid 80s (Night Time and Brighter Than A Thousand Suns albums) and that bass tone is just fantastic. (Their original bassist Youth is currently using a Status semi hollow P bass)
 
#50
WJGreer said:
They did start designing signature models about that long ago, he had one in his rotation much earlier. Look at the cover of "A Physical Presence", their 1984 live album:

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Personally I got into Level 42 in 1986, and I remember Guitar Resurrection in Austin had an S2 hanging from their wall for a long time before someone coughed up the $2500 they wanted for it. I used to go in there and stare at it...
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Yes, and Mark King was often photographed with a Status around the time of the Running In The Family album (1987). I also remember seeing Status mentioned in the liner notes of at least one of the Level 42 albums pre-Staring At The Sun. As much as Mark King seemed to favour his Jaydee basses during live performances, the bass company I associated with him most in the 80s was Status.
 
#51
bass12 said:
Yes, and Mark King was often photographed with a Status around the time of the Running In The Family album (1987). I also remember seeing Status mentioned in the liner notes of at least one of the Level 42 albums pre-Staring At The Sun. As much as Mark King seemed to favour his Jaydee basses during live performances, the bass company I associated with him most in the 80s was Status.
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Mark King was using Status basses earlier than that - at least 1984. They weren't signature models though, just off the peg instruments. Same with Jaydee. The model most people associate with Mark, the Series I Classic, wasn't built specifically for him. It was actually built for Stanley Clarke.
 
#52
JDGA fan said:
Mark King was using Status basses earlier than that - at least 1984. They weren't signature models though, just off the peg instruments. Same with Jaydee. The model most people associate with Mark, the Series I Classic, wasn't built specifically for him. It was actually built for Stanley Clarke.
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I checked some liner notes and Status basses are acknowledged in the notes from 1984s True Colours album.
 

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