steve-bbb Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Just a quick post for a big up to Dawn and Rob at Status for helping to rejuvenate my beat up old matrix energy #844 - the original BP1 board sadly expired (with a teensy bit of help from my soldering skills) and Rob was kind enough to entertain finding a solution and had a spare 4 knob boardless solution - this required an extra hole drilled in the body and a battery cavity routed into the back - previously i had also swapped out the original passive J status pups for the hyperactive J versions. When i acquired it from another basschatter about 5-6 years ago(?) it also had an adjustable schaller bridge so that was removed and the original black/brass status bridge replaced this particular workhorse has been around the block a few times and probably been previously owned by 'quite a few' - back then it always felt very nice to handle but the tone just wasnt getting there - now with the replacement pups and the 4knob status circuit it actually sounds exactly like it should do - so big thumbs up to Dawn and Rob for helping to get this sounding like it ought to - it may not be as pretty as miss myrtle but tone wise it's now up there with the rest of the status gang and makes a superb working instrument knowing you lot you'll probably be zooming in on the pic to see what the cd's are 🤣 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Dawn is lovely...I don't think I've ever asked her for something and she hasn't come through. She was really helpful in getting Mark King to sign a bottle of Bass Kings Ale which ended up in the Herts Bash raffle - not without it's problems but she was fantastic throughout. Won't have a word said against her... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cosmo Valdemar Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 23 hours ago, steve-bbb said: Just a quick post for a big up to Dawn and Rob at Status for helping to rejuvenate my beat up old matrix energy #844 - the original BP1 board sadly expired (with a teensy bit of help from my soldering skills) and Rob was kind enough to entertain finding a solution and had a spare 4 knob boardless solution - this required an extra hole drilled in the body and a battery cavity routed into the back - previously i had also swapped out the original passive J status pups for the hyperactive J versions. When i acquired it from another basschatter about 5-6 years ago(?) it also had an adjustable schaller bridge so that was removed and the original black/brass status bridge replaced this particular workhorse has been around the block a few times and probably been previously owned by 'quite a few' - back then it always felt very nice to handle but the tone just wasnt getting there - now with the replacement pups and the 4knob status circuit it actually sounds exactly like it should do - so big thumbs up to Dawn and Rob for helping to get this sounding like it ought to - it may not be as pretty as miss myrtle but tone wise it's now up there with the rest of the status gang and makes a superb working instrument knowing you lot you'll probably be zooming in on the pic to see what the cd's are 🤣 My old bass! Glad it's still in service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: My old bass! Glad it's still in service. Has been gigged loads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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