TRADED !!! STATUS Electro II 6 Jonas HELLBORG personal model £3000

[Hellzero]

 

Thinning down the herd, so selling the basses I don't use.

FOR SALE OR TRADE (a 4 strings lined fretless with same retail value would be perfect, but hit me with your proposals).

 

Ultra mega rare STATUS Electro II 6 Jonas HELLBORG personal model, only 2 known basses made !!!

 

The specifications :

32 3/9 " scale (as wanted by Jonas HELLBORG himself).

26 frets with zero fret.

1.5 mm action under the C string up to 2 mm under the B string

14 mm strings spacing at the Status Electro bridge (as wanted by Jonas HELLBORG himself).

8 mm at the graphite nut.

1 double action truss rod (beware as it's a typical English left screwing model).

3 bass Gotoh tuners on the bass side + 3 guitar Gotoh tuners on the treble side.

Woven graphite neck with Rosewood fretboard.

The semi-solid body with a single 'F' hole has a double size two-piece mahogany back with a red coloured veneer and book-matched Rosewood facing.
Acoustic chambers are machined into the mahogany before the top is glued on : this allows the body to resonate and create a warmer, more "open" response.

1 Status Hyperactive humbucker really close to the bridge (as wanted by Jonas HELLBORG himself) + 1 piezo pickup under the saddle in the bridge with balance, master volume (20 detent positions), treble cut/boost for magnetic and treble cut/boost for piezo (like on all Electro II series).

Weight 5.2 kilos (not that heavy for 2 bodies glued together).

Delivered in original Status gigbag.

Equipped with Thomastik JR round wound nickel strings (029 - 043 - 051 - 068 - 089 -118).

Satin finish for the body and thick glossy finish for the neck.

Delivered to Jonas HELLBORG in November 2001.

Set up by Christophe LEDUC.

It is the rarest Status bass ever, completely original and never modified.

Official price today will be more than £4500 GBP is you can get one made.

Asking price is £3000 GBP due to the extreme rarity of this bass.

Here a link to a translated Japanese web site where the other one is pictured : https://translate.google.be/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fakelasbass.blog134.fc2.com%2Fblog-entry-6.html&edit-text=&act=url.
 

The pictures to see the real condition, which shows only some very little wear with three "marks" on the headstock where the finish is altered like often on graphite necks, so two cracks in the thick glossy finish on the left and right side of the headstock over the tuners plus scratches under the E string on the face of the headstock :

 

Edited May 1, 2018 by Hellzero
Traded.

[chrisbass13]

Incredible!! You are selling some spectacular basses. I need to stop watching your sale threads, I think we like similar Bass Designs 

[dr.harry]

That is something special

It must sound fantastic

But needs a far better player than me to use it to it's fullest

GLWTS

[fiatcoupe432]

wow

[Chris2112]

Immense!

I remember when one of these was featured on the Status site. After all it had cost, Jonas didn't use his live for very long and the old site (hellborg.de) had very few pictures of him playing it. Wish I had the spare dough at the moment! 

Edited April 26, 2018 by Chris2112

[Hellzero]

And traded !