NBD: ****** ******* ** (AKA Status Buzzard B2)

[Kev]

What problems have you had with Reverb?

 

EBay is grotesquely unfair to a seller and I thought Reverb was just more balanced.  This sounds like a simple NAD case that the seller has refused to compromise on, so how did Reverb handle this?

 

Sorry to hear of the trouble.  If it was me, the bass would be going back as I'd never get over the issues unless it could be restored fully to original spec.

[Beedster]

10 hours ago, Kev said:

What problems have you had with Reverb?

 

EBay is grotesquely unfair to a seller and I thought Reverb was just more balanced.  This sounds like a simple NAD case that the seller has refused to compromise on, so how did Reverb handle this?

 

Sorry to hear of the trouble.  If it was me, the bass would be going back as I'd never get over the issues unless it could be restored fully to original spec.

 

It's all water under the bridge now @Kev. I opened opened a partial refund request with Reverb to cover a new circuit having messaged the seller, but the seller refused this so it was simply closed, no investigation or request for details from Reverb. A week or so later I opened a full refund case, again refused, so I opened up a chat with Reverb to try to resolve things, which was clearly a bot. I had to navigate a lot of time-wasting before I was able to talk to a person, who asked for further details and then indicated that the conversation needed to move to email where I would need to provide photographic evidence. It was a busy day so didn't get around to it and received an email the following evening saying the case had been closed but that I could reopen by going through the same process again. Arghh! I did wonder if they have some glitches with their IT, but either way, it seemed chaotic and rushed, and at no point offered me the opportunity to point out that photos of a circuit that doesn't work are not going to be much use if the seller simply refuses to take any responsibility.  

 

Either way, it's a rare and unique bass, and if Status are unable to replace the circuit I can probably get something interesting from John East or elsewhere. I think I got a bit hung up on the electrics, when really it's the extraordinary design and engineering of the bass itself, especially the neck which is quite unique and extraordinary, as well as it's lovely origins and history, that are key.

 

So all in all, perhaps Reverb's crapness did me a favour 👍

[Beedster]

11 hours ago, bremen said:

I think Mr Beed is happy with the outcome.

 

Give it a couple of months though, and there'll be a thread "Precision Bass: I have always loved you and always will. There will never be another 🥰"

 

 

 

Yes, happy, another lesson learned though

 

And I will always keep a Precision as my go to bass 👍

[Beedster]

Update on this monster!

 

Looks like the circuit's an easier fix than I'd feared. There's two relatively cheap components - a pot and a battery clip - which are misbehaving, and when they do so at the same time it gets messy. I'm hoping to get the work done by Status and to get the all clear on the circuit from them, but if they're not able to it's apparently a pretty straight forward job. 

 

I've rehearsed it a few times, initially with the original strings, then with some flats, and most recently with Lo Riders, and it's a phenomenal, extremely sensitive, versatile, and if needs be, huge sounding instrument. It's everything you'd expect a top-end instrument for Status to be.

 

But..........   

 

........after rehearing last night I picked up my Precision, and then my SUB, and knew that my growing realisation over the last few weeks that ultimately the Buzzard is not the bass for me was accurate. OK, this thing makes it extremely easy to play some of Entwistle's more demanding parts, and to sound ballpark doing so, but oddly I suspect that owning it has made me more determined to do the early 70's Who material on a Precision. So for Who stuff I'm going to head back to my hybrid Precision - late 70's body, Warmoth (maple cap) neck, Fender '63 PUPs and some nice rattly strings - while keeping a keen eye open for a used Status graphite Precision neck 

 

It ain't the destination, it's the journey 👍

 

 

[Beedster]

This had been calling my name quite a lot when I saw the Buzzard

 

 

 

[bremen]

59 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Update on this monster!

 

Looks like the circuit's an easier fix than I'd feared. There's two relatively cheap components - a pot and a battery clip - which are misbehaving, and when they do so at the same time it gets messy. I'm hoping to get the work done by Status and to get the all clear on the circuit from them, but if they're not able to it's apparently a pretty straight forward job. 

 

I've rehearsed it a few times, initially with the original strings, then with some flats, and most recently with Lo Riders, and it's a phenomenal, extremely sensitive, versatile, and if needs be, huge sounding instrument. It's everything you'd expect a top-end instrument for Status to be.

 

But..........   

 

........after rehearing last night I picked up my Precision, and then my SUB, and knew that my growing realisation over the last few weeks that ultimately the Buzzard is not the bass for me was accurate. OK, this thing makes it extremely easy to play some of Entwistle's more demanding parts, and to sound ballpark doing so, but oddly I suspect that owning it has made me more determined to do the early 70's Who material on a Precision. So for Who stuff I'm going to head back to my hybrid Precision - late 70's body, Warmoth (maple cap) neck, Fender '63 PUPs and some nice rattly strings - while keeping a keen eye open for a used Status graphite Precision neck 

 

It ain't the destination, it's the journey 👍

 

 

Ha!Ha! Didn't I say! 🥰😄

[Beedster]

2 minutes ago, bremen said:

Ha!Ha! Didn't I say! 🥰😄

 

Absolutely mate, absolutely, but if one didn't try out new stuff life - and let's face it this forum - would be very boring 👍

[bremen]

For sure!

 

 

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, Beedster said:

 

Absolutely mate, absolutely, but if one didn't try out new stuff life - and let's face it this forum - would be very boring 👍

And we applaud you for taking one for ‘the team’.

 

Whilst playing the P you could build a Fenderbird  

[BassApprentice]

Shame it hasn't quite worked for you, but so cool you go to try it out in the first place!

 

In the spirit of taking one for the team, since it's such a big bass it probably takes up a lot of room. If you need someone to mind it whilst you look to move it on, I guess I could store it 😂

[Beedster]

4 minutes ago, ezbass said:

And we applaud you for taking one for ‘the team’.

 

Whilst playing the P you could build a Fenderbird  

 

The thing that I really like about Precisions.........?

 

No need for decisions . One PUP, leave both controls wide open, plug it straight into the amp's input. And play 👍

[Beedster]

1 minute ago, BassApprentice said:

Shame it hasn't quite worked for you, but so cool you go to try it out in the first place!

 

In the spirit of taking one for the team, since it's such a big bass it probably takes up a lot of room. If you need someone to mind it whilst you look to move it on, I guess I could store it 😂

 

That've very kind of you @BassApprentice, to return the favour I've got some space in my wallet in which I could probably store some cash on your behalf also 😃

[bremen]

26 minutes ago, Beedster said:

 

The thing that I really like about Precisions.........?

 

No need for decisions . One PUP, leave both controls wide open, plug it straight into the amp's input. And play 👍

I know! I got a Jazz because...er...because I thought I should...um...out of curiosity...?

 

Anyway. Those three knobs! So confusing! Almost as bad as having five strings! How folk deal with active preamps, I'll never know...

 

Edit: this is not intended as sarcasm, to be clear:-)

Edited Wednesday at 15:30 by bremen

[police squad]

15 minutes ago, bremen said:

I know! I got a Jazz because...er...because I thought I should...um...out of curiosity...?

 

Anyway. Those three knobs! So confusing! Almost as bad as having five strings! How folk deal with active preamps, I'll never know...

 

Edit: this is not intended as sarcasm, to be clear:-)

I have a Warwick Reverso Adam Clayton active bass. Volume, bass and treble

but if you pull the volume up..................PASSIVE

that's where it will stay!!

[LeftyJ]

28 minutes ago, police squad said:

I have a Warwick Reverso Adam Clayton active bass. Volume, bass and treble

but if you pull the volume up..................PASSIVE

that's where it will stay!!

 

No it isn't 

MEC's with gold logo are active at all times, you can only bypass the tone controls with the push-pull pot.

[bremen]

Well it's a start 😁

[tauzero]

2 hours ago, bremen said:

I know! I got a Jazz because...er...because I thought I should...um...out of curiosity...?

 

Anyway. Those three knobs! So confusing! Almost as bad as having five strings! How folk deal with active preamps, I'll never know...

 

Edit: this is not intended as sarcasm, to be clear:-)

 

Simples. For the jazz-curious - turn all controls fully clockwise. For anyone using an active bass - there's a little clicky thing halfway round on all but the volume control [1]. Turn all controls with a clicky thing to the clicky thing, turn all other controls fully clockwise.

 

No liability will be accepted by the author if anyone should mistakenly assume that tuners/machine heads are "controls" within the scope of this post. Should any string become unaccountably slack or break, the control being turned is not the correct one.

 

[1] There are some exceptions to this. If there isn't a clicky thing, turn it fully clockwise.

[bremen]

6 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

Absolutely mate, absolutely, but if one didn't try out new stuff life - and let's face it this forum - would be very boring 👍

I decided that I'm a P player, end of story.

 

Then I saw

...does this make me bi-curious?

[police squad]

15 hours ago, LeftyJ said:

 

No it isn't 

MEC's with gold logo are active at all times, you can only bypass the tone controls with the push-pull pot.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

must remove them then

 

actually, as long as there isn't bass and treble to mess with, I should be able to cope