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I have an ACG that exhibits this very thing. The answer is to use a strap even when seated. If you follow the usual advice to have the bass at the same height standing as it is sitting then you won't even have to adjust the strap length.

Don’t know how long these have been available but I saw a Norway based band/ actor/ audio-visual thing at the Edinburgh Fringe pre-Covid and the drummer was using something like this ie invisible drums. Was impressed then with how good they were/ he was.

I read the topic a couple of days ago but didn’t have time to play the song. Now I have and I’m intrigued. There’s a version of Bohemian Rhapsody on there which is weirdly compulsive listening as well. More study needed.

Have voted for Squire, Gunnarsson, Pastorious in rough chronological order of when they started to influence me. Conspicuously missing from the list; Louis Johnson, Dee Murray, John Giblin

As usual, late to the party here... I had this issue actually way back at the beginning of the year with strings I had bought online last august! Bass centre swapped them for other sets I was needing but quite surprised that this is still marching on. I was led to believe it was only the .040 gauge sets which had the problem but that seems to not be the case. Status have their strings back in stock and so I bought a few sets from them- can confirm the lengths are correct. They're easy to deal with too.

Credit where due - really enjoyed your set!

Dee Murray has been hugely influential on my playing throughout my musical career. He could hold down the groove effortlessly whilst still filling in melody and harmony to not just support but enhance the song. You don't have to be hyper technical to be a bass god!

Excellent player and his five string (Yamaha?) got best bass sound of the night award from me! Crystal clear and punchy.

Saw them in Glasgow last Wednesday. I've seen them 4 or 5 times over the years but this was far and away the best yet. King/ Lindup both at the top of their game and the rest of the band absolutely on fire. Top notch sound and lights as well. All this and the excellent Christians as support. Great gig.

Man's a genius.

You are an amazing and very innovative Stick player Kevin. Great work as ever!

Pics please! You can just drag them into your post where you see the paperclip or click the link which will open your file browser for you to choose which ones. The brass parts like most of the '70s style brass parts were lacquered to prevent them from tarnishing. If they are tarnished, it means that the lacquer has been chipped or has peeled off allowing the air to get at it and the oxidisation to start. Very tricky to clean using polish if some parts still have the lacquer on. To make them like new you'd probably have to find a way to remove any lacquer left on and then polish and re-lacquer. Might be better and definitely easier to just accept it as is, relic style?

Thanks all who have chipped in ideas. I tried the box spanner thing but the ones I have are still too thick. I got a pair of small jeweller type needle nosed pliers and have managed to get enough on it to tighten it up for now. In addition, I have discovered tools I had no idea existed, which I have enjoyed.

Nice one - I'm sure it is a great bass - enjoy!

I know... well tighten it up then! Problem is the jacks, switches etc. on the Briefcase are mounted recessed into the aluminium front panel of the amp head and there is not enough room around them for any of my small sockets to fit in the gap. Any ideas how to do this?

iTunes is still available to download for PC so it still exists and can run on Mac or PC. Apple music is Apple's music streaming offering. @Roxy import your audio files onto your computer and add them to an iTunes library. Then you can pop them back onto the apple music library on your iPhone. An added benefit if they're only in existence on your phone at the moment is that you'll now have a backup on your computer.

I’m wondering if it’s all about recognising that the entire market didn’t eventually fall to all carbon fibre instruments. All of Ned Steinberger’s current instruments use a similar neck construction of wood with carbon stiffeners as do many high end and some mass market traditional looking designs. And when Rob says that these neck’s essentially sound the same as the graphite models he may be right. All my carbon necked/ wood/carbon necked/ wooden necked basses do indeed sound like basses.

Thanks- I didn’t spot that image.

And none headless? I don't get it either. Seems to be removing the very essence of what it was made a Status Bass in the first place- essentially the same concept as the Washburn Status in the 80s.

Period correct!

Noticed this on Amazon the other day and bought a copy. It's an interesting read for those of us who look fondly upon these rare instruments.

Nice one Roger. When the time comes (as it surely will) for me to thin my herd of basses, my original L2 will be the last to go - in fact I'll probably go first! Had a quick look at the TB thread. As someone there mentioned, the pickups were originally labelled SS. EMG renamed them to HB several years into production so if your bass is as early as 81, it's likely had replacement pickups for some reason.

Haven't been on here for a couple of weeks and hadn't heard this. Genuinely sad - he was an inspirational and influential player to me.

I'm late as usual... That's a lovely thing. Contrary to what you have suggested, it looks to me as if a previous owner has lavished a *lot* of care on this bass. As it stands, you have something way better than a stock fretless precision. The active circuit probably adds to it's versatility but if you don't want that, the EMGs will work perfectly well with a passive circuit - just make sure the pot values are correct. If it was me - new nut and strings and a careful setup. I wouldn't mess up that lovely board by having it fretted! If you feel that you're not great with fretless then let this be the start of your great fretless journey. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

I'm a child of the prog rock era so I've always taken multiple instruments since the 70s. Back then it would be a Rick, a Precision and a Precision fretless... oh and bass pedals of course. These days it's whatever tonal colours I need to feed the music's requirements- usually a fretted, a fretless and a Chapman Stick. If we're stuck for space, the fretless will probably not come along.