!!! PARTIALLY TRADED !!! STATUS Electro 4 lined fretless with bridge pickup added by SP Custom. £1200

[Hellzero]

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

 

FOR SALE ONLY.

 

Quite rare STATUS Electro 4 lined fretless with bridge pickup added by SP Custom.

 

The specifications :

34 inches scale.

24 positions, original lined fretless (no front dots).

1.5 mm action under the G string up to 2 mm under the E string.

18 mm strings spacing at the Status Electro bridge.

11 mm at the graphite nut.

1 double action truss rod.

4 Gotoh tuners.

Woven graphite neck with black phenolic fingerboard.

1 Status Hyperactive humbucker in neck position + 1 SP Custom Smokey HBass Classic humbucker close to the bridge (very similar sound wise to the Status Hyperactive) + 1 piezo pickup under the saddle in the bridge with magnetic pickups volume, piezo volume, treble cut/boost and bass cut/boost (like on all Electro series) plus a 3 positions toggle switch for the magnetic pickups (neck, both, bridge) instead of the EQ bypass.

18 Volts preamp with new batteries.

The body of the Electro 4 has a two-piece mahogany back with a red coloured veneer and book-matched rosewood top. 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. The graphite neck produces great sustain and clarity and results in an incredibly versatile instrument with great character.

Weight : 4.4 kilos.

Delivered in original Status/Hiscox hard case with all the accessories and original invoice.

Equipped with new Status round wound strings (45 ~105).

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

Made in April 2010.

Set up by Christophe LEDUC.

Official price today will be more than £2000 GBP if you can get one made.

Asking price is £1200 GBP due to the rarity and good very condition of this bass.

The bridge pickup has been installed by SP Custom, which is a well known French maker and the work is perfect (the idea was to add a lot of versatility and to employ the useless EQ bypass as a 3 positions toggle switch for the, now, 2 magnetic pickups).

Some links :

http://www.sp-custom.com/soap.bass.html

http://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html

 

The pictures to see the real condition, which shows only some very little wear with one "knock" on the headstock near the E tuner :

 

Edited August 29, 2018 by Hellzero
Slight corrections

[JimH]

If only that was fretted...... Have a bump for a lovely bass! 

[Merton]

Oh my 😍

Sadly/thankfully I’m about 5 months away from having any money 😄

[headless-andrea]

Very nice and rare bass!

Do you have any sound clips?

[Hellzero]

No. I could make some, but these days I'm very busy, so maybe next week.

[TheGreek]

Even after all these years I still can't get my head round headed Status basses - they just look weird....

[Hellzero]

To me, it's exactly the opposite. 

[andytoad]

On 24/05/2018 at 21:31, TheGreek said:

Even after all these years I still can't get my head round headed Status basses - they just look weird....

Headless bass is part of what status is all about right Mick? Quite agree,  I can’t get on with headless basses, so if I had a status, I’d go with a neck like this...

[andytoad]

..... lovely bass btw.

[Ynysegal]

What is the knobs and switches configuration now?

[Hellzero]

On 22/05/2018 at 18:09, Hellzero said:

1 Status Hyperactive humbucker in neck position + 1 SP Custom Smokey HBass Classic humbucker close to the bridge (very similar sound wise to the Status Hyperactive) + 1 piezo pickup under the saddle in the bridge with magnetic pickups volume, piezo volume, treble cut/boost and bass cut/boost (like on all Electro series) plus a 3 positions toggle switch for the magnetic pickups (neck, both, bridge) instead of the EQ bypass.

Just as written above in the ad, so no great changes, but way much more versatility.  

[grapevinebass]

Does the sound hole mean that you can get a reasonable volume as an acoustic base?  For practice it would be good to avoid having to use an amp.

[Hellzero]

It's enough for practicing, but you don't get the volume of an acoustic bass as it's mainly a chambered body with an acoustic hole.

Hope this helps.

[Grahambythesea]

Always loved the look of these but never had a chance to play one. It seems surprising heavy at 4.4k for a chambered body.

[Hellzero]

It's not that heavy if you take some facts into account : graphite neck, standard machine heads, 2 humbuckers, 2 batteries and a quite thick mahogany body with a thick rosewood top.

That said, it's only slightly chambered (not hollow) under the "f" hole...

[Hellzero]

On hold  ! 🙂

[Hellzero]

Partially traded. I know, it sounds weird.