JellyKnees Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 I was taking some photos of some gear I'm trying to sell, and though it was time I put a few photos of my two basses up here... The KGB headless was made for me by KGB music [url="http://www.kgb-music.co.uk/"]http://www.kgb-music.co.uk/[/url] in my hometown of Birkenhead back in 1991. It's basically a status rip off, without the graphite neck. It's made from maple, bird's eye maple and paduak with an ebony figerboard. It has a through neck and bartollini single coil pickups. It's got a great tonal range, is excellent for slap and funk, but can also do more growly tones well too. Headless is not to everyone's taste, but I love it and will never part with it. I think it looks better than the original statuses myself, but I guess I would. There are only about 4 or 5 these in existence as far as I know, so it's quite rare. The Tune fretless I brought early last year. It's piezo only and has a gorgeous sound, great dynamic range and very expressive. I think I'll be keeping this for a long time too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambo Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Nice. Didn't BC and Birkenhead's own Steve-Soar once say he was the proud owner of a KGB bass? I've been very happy with their setup work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 [quote name='Shambo' post='1223286' date='May 7 2011, 03:10 PM']Nice. Didn't BC and Birkenhead's own Steve-Soar once say he was the proud owner of a KGB bass? I've been very happy with their setup work for me.[/quote] I ended up working for Keith, he taught me so many skills. This bass played hundreds of gigs, night after night and lots of studio recordings and never faultered. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=22074&hl=KGB+Status+replica"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...+Status+replica[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambo Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 [quote name='steve-soar' post='1223334' date='May 7 2011, 03:59 PM']This bass played hundreds of gigs, night after night and lots of studio recordings and never faultered. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=22074&hl=KGB+Status+replica"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...+Status+replica[/url][/quote] Nice. I noticed in the photo's your singer is wearing a Scorpio Rising t-shirt. I remember them, was that your old band then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Yeah. That was the last night of a tour supporting Neds Atomic Dustbin. At the end of the gig the singer and I stage dived off into the crowd, then the drummer tried and the crowd just opened up and he belly flopped onto the floor. He was everso slightly winded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Pop Will Eat Itself shirt, to boot! Excellent to see the bass and learn a little more about them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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