Get your STATUS-GRAPHITE basses out!

[Alan Wilkes]

Any status users on here, just curiouos. No snobbery intended?😎

[pbasspecial]

Not sure if it counts but I have 2 P basses with status necks. Well actually one with a status jazz neck and the other a GMT P bass neck. GMT was the original company Rob Green had before Status. 

[Chezz55]

I used a Status Stealth II (5-String; Headless) exclusively for about 10 years. 

 

It’s a lovely bass but a conventional 4-string bass seems to work better in my current rock covers  bands.

 

 

[LeftyJ]

I have two lefty bolt-on S2 Classics, a 4-string and a 5-string. I love them! 

[Alan Wilkes]

7 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

I have two lefty bolt-on S2 Classics, a 4-string and a 5-string. I love them! 

Wow, nice pieces of kit

 

[Alan Wilkes]

1 hour ago, Chezz55 said:

I used a Status Stealth II (5-String; Headless) exclusively for about 10 years. 

 

It’s a lovely bass but a conventional 4-string bass seems to work better in my current rock covers  bands.

 

 

Do you still have the 5?

[Alan Wilkes]

1 hour ago, pbasspecial said:

Not sure if it counts but I have 2 P basses with status necks. Well actually one with a status jazz neck and the other a GMT P bass neck. GMT was the original company Rob Green had before Status. 

Still counts if it has Status on it.😎

[Chezz55]

56 minutes ago, Alan Wilkes said:

Do you still have the 5?

Yep, it's the one in my avatar - through-neck CFC with red tint and red side LEDs.

 

it doesn't get played much these days but every so often I'll open the case and look at it for a few minutes - then pick it up and noodle for a while and then put it back in its case until the next time ................. bit of a waste really I should play it much more than I do.

[Old Horse Murphy]

Just picked this up in a trade. I've owned a 3000 and a S2 Headed 5 String before but never a Kingbass. 
 

I'm closer in playing style to Billy Jean King than I am to Mark King but the combination of the 32" scale and the 16.5mm spacing feels really good. I forgot how nice graphite necks are too play too. 
 

The body shape is taking a bit of getting used to and the lower frets feel a long way away due to the placement of the strap button. It's early days though and although I can dial in some great sounds, I do feel a bit of a fraud in playing a stunt bass

 

Here it is with my other recent acquisition; a Fender US 75th Anniversary P Bass. Talk about chalk and cheese...

[AndyTravis]

@Old Horse Murphy I want that soooo much 😢

[Lesfunk]

I’m back in the club, representing Status over here in the the States

[gazhowe]

Yes, not my main gigging bass anymore but my S2 Classic was my ‘go to’ for about 10 years. I’ve owned a Streamline and earlier model (can’t remember which) lined fretless. 

[peteb]

I had one for about 10 minutes back in the 90s. I think it was one of the mid-price models - played great but I wasn't too keen on the sound, so I tried to put in a different active preamp, which didn't work out too well. Fortunately, I still managed to sell it for more than I paid for it and ended up buying a Warwick Streamer! 

 

I recently saw Rhino Edwards playing in a tiny venue with a headed Status four string, which looked and sounded great...! 

 

Edited June 10, 2022 by peteb

[woodyratm]

I’ve a Status Chris Wolstenholme 4 in woven chrome/burst. With red LEDs.

 

and a 1988 S2 headless 5 string. 
 

Amazing basses. I’m after another 5 string with wider spacing when their books open again. 😊

Edited June 10, 2022 by woodyratm

[yorks5stringer]

Just dug out this to remind myself what it sounds like as other basses have found themselves at the top of the use pile....! Its a GP custom or something similar.

Edited June 11, 2022 by yorks5stringer

[Oldman]

Mine and a Steinberger, that just happened to be passing. Status Streamliner up for sale.

Edited June 11, 2022 by Oldman

[AndyTravis]

2 hours ago, yorks5stringer said:

Just dug out this to remind myself what it sounds like as other basses have found themselves at the top of the use pile....! Its a GP custom or soemthing similar.

Ah, much missed 😘

[yorks5stringer]

55 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Ah, much missed 😘

I bet you say that to all your exe's.....( and there's been a few)!

[AndyTravis]

26 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

I bet you say that to all your exe's.....( and there's been a few)!

Yeah. Yeah - true.

 

was talking to @Old Horse Murphyabout Kingbasses last night…

 

gutted I never kept this one I traded with Martin (@mb1😎)

[Roger2611]

Yes, a 2019 S2 

 

Works really well in the rock band I play in, however, I think it would be unappreciated in the punk band!!

[ubit]

A Status Eclipse was my main gigging bass from the mid 90's up until about 2005. A great bass which sounded lovely. black burst which looked awesome too.

 

 

Like this one

 

 

[SuperSeagull]

I'm on my second. The first a Rhino Edwards Charger, this one is a S2 built for me a couple of years ago. 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

On 09/06/2022 at 16:45, LeftyJ said:

I have two lefty bolt-on S2 Classics, a 4-string and a 5-string. I love them! 

Love those inlays!

[LeftyJ]

1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Love those inlays!

Thanks, me too! They're a custom option derived from the John Entwistle Buzzard models. They're actually not inlaid, but rather liquid white epoxy resin that was cast into routings in the fingerboard - so they're absolutely seamless. I love the contrast with the ultra black phenolic fingerboard and how they closely match the white of the body. So much that I chose one as my avatar 😎

It's the looks of this bass that made me want it in the first place, and made me buy it without trying or hearing it first. No regrets! 

Edited June 12, 2022 by LeftyJ

[gafbass02]

Alas no longer, but I used to play a couple of sixers back in the day