Chris2112

Nothing to do with the craftsmanship and everything to do with different materials expanding and contracting at different rates. I've heard of this happening on many lined fretless basses, even on high end handmade Pedulla Buzz and F Basses, and I doubt anyone would ever say they weren't expertly crafted.

That is absolutely foul.

I've since spoke to a previous owner who confirms it was traded in France and then believed to have been sold again, so I'll consider it effectively off the radar now with no active leads. As it happens, someone had tagged the builder, Heiko Hoepfinger, in one of my Facebook posts. He has advised me that he'll let me know if it surfaces (I've previously bought a used Basslab instrument through him and would do so again).

Thanks for the heads up! I will try and speak with him and see if that comes up with anything.

A few years ago a very cool blue Basslab Standard VI was traded through the Basschat. I looked at it at the time and gave serious thought to buying it although I didn't go ahead then (much to my regret). It was first listed in 2014 by a seller in France and I believe it came to the UK after that. It was last listed in 2018 (I think, it doesn't feel like that long ago but according to Google, maybe it was). I believe the Basschat user that last listed it was in Glasgow and it was traded off. I've seen a message to the seller, @Djooh, but he hasn't been on the site for a couple of years. It's fair to say with Basschat that they're not to everyone's taste but they certainly suit mine and I'd like to track this one down to put it alongside my L-Bow 5. With it being a unique and highly distinctive instrument I thought someone might recognise it or have an idea where it ended up.

It's not one that I owned but I looked at this Basslab Standard when it was for sale on Basschat a couple of years ago and gave serious consideration to buying it. Wish I knew where it was now as I'd buy it in an instant, probably. I have an L-Bow five string and it's mind-blowingly good, perfectly suited to me really. https://i.imgur.com/0N5ChcG.jpeg

Over £5000 for an S2000 or over £7000 for a 40th Anniversary, Jesus wept. I love Status but this feels like one final gouge before the lights go out. I suppose this is what one must think of when shutting up business for good.

They really are the place to look if you want something more exotic than a Fender. They've always got something interesting in.

This is the best thread title ever.

That is an absolute beauty. I'm sure I saw it on one of Alan's recent Facebook posts for instruments he was working on. In any event, enjoy playing. ACG are amongst the very best basses you can find.

There was. He didn't use them for long and the run of basses had a reputation for being pretty shoddy. The only video I can think of of the top of my head where he was using his Fender was the Princes Trust 1999 show. Later on the same year he was using some GB basses live but they didn't last long either and the Status Kingbass soon followed.

In the olden days of the internet (well, about eighteen years ago) I used to search around for disc copies of Hellborg's records. I spent a considerable amount getting hold of some of them. The original Jonas Hellborg Group album is one I could never find for a good price, though I did get a copy of 'e' that was pretty cool. I was glad when Jonas started working with Shawn Lane as that heralded a golden age. He started playing Status Graphite basses too which sounded a lot better to my ears. Some of the best bass tones I've ever heard came from Jonas on a Status. What a musician! What a thinker! A true visionary on the bass. Back when he recorded his first solo albums I don't think anyone had recorded an album of unaccompanied bass guitar.

Here is a banger from 1987 with Mark King playing a Jaydee. Mark Brzezicki on the drums, what a combo these guys are. Imagine if they had recorded more together. I've loved this video for years. Mark is just killing it.

John could be a real derrière but his collection of Conklin basses was impressive. I'm thankful for the support he gave Bill Conklin as it meant that he could keep doing business and making basses for great players like Bill Dickens. This double neck was always a bridge too far for me though, despite the amazing woodworking. It looks like it weighs as much as the moon. The picture of John playing the fretless neck gives the impression that it is extremely bulky and unwieldy. Something about double necks has always appealed to me but when a lot of bass designers struggle to a great ergonomic instrument with one neck, the scope of design problem becomes clear. On that basis, the Basslab DN1000 is easily the bass I GAS for most these days. I can imagine it being an extremely light and resonant instrument due to the materials that Heiko uses. Kai Eckhardt's Schack double neck was probably quite manageable too. I've only ever seen him using it once, on some footage from the old John McLaughlin Trio in 1989.

Yes, I had thought so, but even still it looks usefully more compact and smaller than the S1. I wouldn't say no to any of them though, they are all super cool.

I love the slimline look of the second body shape.

I was trying to find out what these pickups sound like today, predictably the press material just consisted of bad references to Primus song titles. I'll look for a demo instead. Seems odd that they'd release this without a bridge pickup to go with it though.