BassBus

Just came across[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ogMz5kioxU"] this [/url]on You Tube

Anyone any idea what has happened to the Bespoke basses website. The link below is dead. Are they still trading? [url="http://www.bespokebasses.co.uk/electric.html"]http://www.bespokebasses.co.uk/electric.html[/url]

Just bought some DB strings from Chris. Great condition and exactly as described. Thanks Chris.

Great pickups and very reliable. Simple to fit too. Have a bump.

I'm sure that's good news. They're great little amps. I bought a Contra from you some years ago and I use it for everything now. Very vresitile little boxes.

I don't quite see what is wrong about the bass. It looks quite splendid! The headstock is great.

That smooth black neck just looks great against the black body. Drool! :wub:

I can relate a story from the 80s. A young and up-and-coming oboe player had entered a prestigeous music compitition. Now, he was good enough to win, without being cocky about it, but ended up coming second. The judges called him back afterwards. They told him they apreciated he was a good enough player to win the competition but his instrument had held him back. They then awarded him £2000 towards the cost of a new instrument. I'm sure that same award would be much more now. My point is that the better the quality of instrument you play will no doubt contribute to improving your own playing. Don't put yourself down. I'm certainly not the world's best bass player but after I bought my first Status bass, my playing lead our band leader to coment that one solo I played was the best bass solo he had ever heard. Don't really think he listens to many bass solos though.

There was always a time when someone like Nick Beggs was a nobody. While most of them will disappear into the wilderness I'm sure one or two of these nobodys will become somebody some day.

Tell you what I'm tired with is a lot of the contributions to this thread recently. BGM is a mag that has to cater for a wide range of players and genres. You can't please all of the people all of the time, as someone once said. If you are that unhappy with it do as some have done and go else where and stop whinging. I think they do a pretty good job. I don't read it from cover to cover but I can usually find enough to satisfy me. There have been a lot of complaints about type setting and typos in the mag. Well quite frankly some of the contributers to this thread should check their own posts first before they criticise others. Rant over.

Another fine Strata comes out the woodwork. Just a pity about the tarnishing on the brass parts. Maybe check out moo's cleaning tips on Statii.com.

That's a lovely looking Washburn you have there. Enjoy it.

[quote name='Rich' post='928599' date='Aug 18 2010, 01:23 PM']When I saw Genesis on their Mama tour in 1984, Mike Rutherford was using a doubleneck gtr+bass Status. In fact, Status made all the guitars and basses used by Daryl and Mike at that gig. Seemed to be quite a promotional splurge. Whatever happened to that doubleneck, I wonder?[/quote] Link to a recent thread on this subject on Statii.com [url="http://www.statii.com/forum/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=3261"]http://www.statii.com/forum/forum/viewthre...?thread_id=3261[/url]

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='928596' date='Aug 18 2010, 01:20 PM']New Hiscox case from Status is £68 and available from their on line shop if you can't find one anywhere else.[/quote] Just beware that the Washburn Status I used to own didn't fit in the Hiscox case for my S2. I ended up buying a second hand guitar case which fitted it beautifully.

The balance nob, nearest the neck, balances between the two pickups. The knob nearest the bridge is the active treble cut. It's not a bass/treble cut boost as such. The Energy basses really are good value for money. You won't go wrong with it.

Sounds like you're having a good time with them Rich. The backsides are as beautiful as the fronts too.

Dug out my copy of Flaunt the Imperfection and it details Gary 'Gazza' Johnson as bass player. This track isn't from that album but he was a full member of the band so I would presume it's him on this track too. Correct me if I'm wrong anyone. Doing a short tour at the moment. [url="http://www.songkick.com/artists/564389-china-crisis#upcoming-tour-dates"]http://www.songkick.com/artists/564389-chi...ming-tour-dates[/url]

Strange how people hear different things in the same instrument. I have a Hohner B2A from the 80s and I love the sound. Hardly say it was weedy though. Nice full tone. Only use it as a backup these days though as the Status S2000 takes precidence.