LeftyJ Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 The Facebook groups (I'm in two, there's a Statii group and a Status Basses & Guitars group) are somewhat helpful, but most threads devolve quickly into "Here's mine!", "Buy mine!" or "Sell it to me!". Status themselves are probably your best bet. Dawn and Rob are usually very helpful, giving them a phonecall will get you Dawn on the line. The company is not as active as it used to be when they still had a full staff, but they're very much still active. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted December 13 Author Share Posted December 13 3 hours ago, LeftyJ said: The Facebook groups (I'm in two, there's a Statii group and a Status Basses & Guitars group) are somewhat helpful, but most threads devolve quickly into "Here's mine!", "Buy mine!" or "Sell it to me!". Status themselves are probably your best bet. Dawn and Rob are usually very helpful, giving them a phonecall will get you Dawn on the line. The company is not as active as it used to be when they still had a full staff, but they're very much still active. Thanks @LeftyJ I'll give Dawn a call next week, I think I owe it to the bass to get it looked at and sorted by Status if at all possible. If not, I'll have to think of other options 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted December 13 Author Share Posted December 13 4 hours ago, Merton said: I’m pretty sure the Statii forum closed down a few years ago I’m afraid There’s a group on BookFace which may be of use, assuming you too are on BookFace… I could ask if you are not! Thanks @Merton as above I'll try with Status again next week and see where things land 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted December 13 Author Share Posted December 13 19 hours ago, Beedster said: I'm going to keep this, in part because despite the problems it's an incredible piece of engineering and I won't find another anytime soon, in part because I don't want the hassle of dealing with a shitty seller (and BTW Reverb have handled this very poorly), and in part because I'm going to enjoy fixing it. While the financially sensible thing to do is to get the circuit repaired, given I'm not convinced the bass was all that well maintained, I don't think I'll feel fully happy unless a new circuit is installed. I was hoping that Status might be able to supply/build a replica of the original but having been initially quite responsive they've gone very quiet which is frustrating. So I'm guessing there are a few options from here. Re the earlier comment about size, check this out..... And BTW the one on the left is for sale, and it's going to need to go to pay for the repairs to the one on the right 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 12 hours ago, Merton said: I’m pretty sure the Statii forum closed down a few years ago I’m afraid I'm sure I was on it a few months back. Domain registration was updated in March so can't have been long ago. Just checked archive.org and the last snapshot was on 23rd November, forum was still active then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 6 hours ago, tauzero said: I'm sure I was on it a few months back. Domain registration was updated in March so can't have been long ago. Just checked archive.org and the last snapshot was on 23rd November, forum was still active then. My bad memory then! Prob just having a bad day the other day… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 If you can get a schematic, I'd be happy to do a new board. Might even be able to do it from photos of each side of the board; pm me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted Monday at 23:06 Author Share Posted Monday at 23:06 On 15/12/2024 at 20:20, bremen said: If you can get a schematic, I'd be happy to do a new board. Might even be able to do it from photos of each side of the board; pm me. That's a lovely offer Chris many thanks. I'm going to check in with Status tomorrow all going well. They list a lot of circuits as currently available but not the Buzzard, so I guess the key question is the degree to which one of those is easily modified to that spec. Either way, I'll keep the above in mind, and thanks again 🙏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted Thursday at 11:01 Share Posted Thursday at 11:01 statii forum seems to be back now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted Thursday at 11:24 Share Posted Thursday at 11:24 I'm so sorry to hear this Chris. There seem to be two sorts of sellers those who are happy sell items with a problem and those who are unwilling to do so. I've met examples of both on BC (and in the real world) sadly. I was going to do a trade this week but noticed 2 issues before selling that I couldn't in good conscience not fix before sending the bass on its way. That's why we are who we are. I'm sure there's a solution here and I hope you find it. I'm sure you will. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted Thursday at 12:37 Author Share Posted Thursday at 12:37 1 hour ago, Burns-bass said: I'm so sorry to hear this Chris. There seem to be two sorts of sellers those who are happy sell items with a problem and those who are unwilling to do so. I've met examples of both on BC (and in the real world) sadly. I was going to do a trade this week but noticed 2 issues before selling that I couldn't in good conscience not fix before sending the bass on its way. That's why we are who we are. I'm sure there's a solution here and I hope you find it. I'm sure you will. Totally agree Lawrie, thanks mate 🙏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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