OutToPlayJazz

Simple answer to a simple question, Peter... Yes. Most shops won't let these out of the door for less than about £500. I tried last summer at a place in Hull! Rich.

Nice one, Steve - Never suspected a thing, either! *Duh*

I just tend to walk away - I've just left one outfit and turned down £6k worth of work this year because I'm not prepared to compromise musicality for what promoters think Joe Public may or may not want. (Oh, and an asshole of a moody keyboard player!) Not a problem - One hour after I quit, I got a big theatre job for some serious money. Nay problemo There's always more work or other bands around the corner...

Fair comment, Marcus - I think a lot of it also depends on our hearing. Obviously we all hear different frequencies better & for me a Precision gets buried in the mix, whereas my Status basses always cut through.

[quote name='geilerbass' post='450971' date='Mar 31 2009, 11:15 PM']I'll never get why Precisions are so popular. In my humble opinion, they sound terrible, feel terrible to play, are too heavy and look horrendous. But fashion and I really do not get on well together...[/quote] Agreed. I've had three Precisions and have never yet found one I fully liked the sound of. The 08 American Standard was the closest. Typically, I traded it for another Status, LOL! Rich.

[quote]In fact I played a gig recently with my, pretty expensive USA MTD 535, and had the one person in the audience who was a bass player told me that I could get a decent MIJ Jazz bass instead as I obviously couldn't afford an American Fender.[/quote] [quote]I said that the MTD was quite a nice bass & that he should look out for one to give a try & casually let slip that the USA ones like mine were about £3K new but if he shopped around he might find one for about £2,250 on the used market. His jaw dropped and he quietly slid into the background. . . Bit crass of me really but I couldn't resist[/quote] Nice one, Barrie

I've earned a fortune out of playing elevator music

That's right, let's all knock what we haven't tried, don't understand, or worse still can't afford. The detractors here quite simply have way too much time on their hands.

[quote name='Stuart Clayton' post='450195' date='Mar 31 2009, 01:29 AM']It could be worse. We could have just released a green bass with a bright orange scratchplate. ;-) Stu[/quote] Quote of the year! I like BGM a lot & look forward to the improvements. As for the moaners - You all have way too much time on your hands!

As a musician, the quality of what I do is paramount. I think I'll join Rich in the museum

Seriously nice bass, Dood These last few basses to come out of Jon's workshop have all been simply stunning! Rich.

[quote]I'm picking the glasses up next week.....[/quote] Actually, now you come to mention it, when the statii crew all met up at the O2 arena a few weeks ago, the proportion of us that were bald with glasses was quite alarming, LOL!

Cheers, Jay!

Vintage style instruments are indeed more popular and of course, more accessible. But I'm not really getting this 'fashion' thing people keep mentioning. Have a look at my avatar. I'm a musician. Not some kind of fashion icon, LOL!

Thankfully of course fashion is not indicative of quality, sound or playability.

I think that more than anything people are feeling the pinch. There're a lot of high end basses around for sale at the moment. I only sold two in the last couple of weeks as I wasn't playing one of them & I've bought a more recent, optioned up duplicate of another. Quality like that never goes out of fashion The other thing is that for many, the headed versions are less desirable. Yes, some prefer the headed basses, but for most Status means graphite and headless. Just witness how fast my headless ones have sold! Rich.

Hmmm... Try resting your thumb instead of your wrist. Ouch!