Bassmurf Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Don't know if anybody else has posted about this but there I was flicking thru BBC Interactive and I come across a section with highlights from Muse's hometown gig from last week, start watching it and 2 songs in..hang on.. what's that bass he's got...blimey...it's only a headless Status! Last bassist I saw playing one of those was Rhino from t'Quo! Then on the next song, Chris is using what looks like a mirrored finished, maple necked custom jobbie (a Manson perhaps?), did look very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I dont know about that headless but the mirror finish is a Fender (neck at least) which has been chromed by the looks of things and has a custom guard on it. It was in this months Q magazines Muse interview pictures, it matches Bellamy's manson nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey1-8 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Might be worth looking [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=60077&hl="]here[/url], I can't remember if there's anything about his basses on that thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbass Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Yep - Status S2 I believe. Sounded pretty damn cool IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 There's a whole list of his kit here [url="http://www.musewiki.org/Bass"]http://www.musewiki.org/Bass[/url] I really like Chris Wolstenholme, but I've wondered ever since seeing the HAARP DVD why he needs quite so many basses. He seemed to have a different J-bass for every song on there. I did rather like the chrome '51 P with the red scratch plate he played at Teignmouth though, and I'm not normally partial to that style of P. I watched the documentary about Teignmouth on BBC3 on Friday, and I've seen the footage on the Radio 1 site, but I'm stuffed if I can find anything via the red button. Where is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey1-8 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 [quote name='Deep Thought' post='598954' date='Sep 15 2009, 08:52 AM']but I'm stuffed if I can find anything via the red button. Where is it?[/quote] May have been taken off the red button now. On freeview I think it's channel 302. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlueFalcon Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 (edited) Well I haven't heard any of the new album yet, but I did see a quote about their new album having slap bass. Mark King seems to like Status basses a lot and I certainly wouldn't argue with him. In fact, I wouldn't mind a KingBass!! Edited September 15, 2009 by TheBlueFalcon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 That headless thing was on Later last night. They really are very tight and am impressed how cleanly he executes those synthy/fuzzy basslines. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V4lve Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 [quote name='TheBlueFalcon' post='599748' date='Sep 15 2009, 11:22 PM']Well I haven't heard any of the new album yet, but I did see a quote about their new album having slap bass. Mark King seems to like Status basses a lot and I certainly wouldn't argue with him. In fact, I wouldn't mind a KingBass!![/quote] He slaps on Undisclosed Desires but I didn't notice him using the Status for that one at Teignmouth. Was rather distracted by the really odd Keytar thingy Matt Bellamy was using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgiver69 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Am I the only one who can't stand them on record but just loves them live? I think they are amazing in a live setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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