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fretless neck, but what from?

From a dumpster...?

This is a real Frankestein!

Darn - I didn't win the lottery again this week!

@cetera - Charvel 3B, ESP Surveyor '87, Fender FSR PJ Precision, Hamer Impact, Italia Imola, Spector NS2, Spector Euro, Spector EuroX (Spectorbird), Spector Pulse II, Gallien Krueger 400RB & Legacy800, GenzBenz Neox 2x12 

@TheGreek - All short scale this year - a @Jabba_the_gut short scale 5er, Mini Ray, Short scale P bass

@Harlequin74 - Zoot Performer, Status Shark, Spector QV4 , Markbass TTE501 and Matching CAB. Maybe the Lehle Basswitch…

@Frank Blank - @Jabba_the_gut short scale fretted and fretless, JMJ Mustang, QSC K12.2, Grace Design Alix

@TrevorR - Mk 1 Wal, Wal Pro IIE, Aria SB700, Frankenjazz, pedals and MarkBass LMII & Traveler 2x10

@bnt - travelling light, probably a couple of pedals such as T-Rex Diva Drive, Orange KongPressor

@bass_dinger - 1999 Washburn XB500, 1994 Washburn XB500, Washburn XB925 in zebrawood, Washburn XB925 in bits, Boulder Creek 5 string (likely to be for sale, SWR Workingmans 12.

@greentext - 2008 Spector NS4-H2, 2015 Sandberg VS4, 2000 Trace Elliot T-Bass, my pedalboard and my tin of picks 😈

@prowla  - Probably a couple of Rickenbackers and some interesting oddities. Amp-wise a Markbass EVO and a 1x12 (last year I bought some others to try and never switched them on, as the EVO sounded spot-on).

Might be an option worth exploring.

3 hours ago, Hellzero said:

This is a CNC machined bass and it's an amazing instrument!

 

 

They need to adapt their CNC to do a headless. 

It's marked as sold.

Shame about the replacement bridge and tuners.

I'd revert the 4000+1 mod; it looks like the pickup is in the wrong place anyway.

The pickguard cutout is a bit messy and it looks like that was the original 4000 pickguard hacked, so the search would be on for a replacement.

The genuine wear looks good to me, apart from the name carved.

A 4000 is on my nominal shopping list, but this one's asking price is at least double what I'd pay.

1 hour ago, Boodang said:

In fairness I'm outraged by anybody using cnc machines and charging custom prices. And just because the prices are comparable to another company doesn't make it reasonable it just means they've jumped on the band wagon.

People can be put off customs as it can be hit and miss, and I guess having a known quantity with a name like Status is reassuring but doesn't justify the price tag. 

I had a custom jazz made recently with graphite stringers in the neck, not only is the hardware top notch and build quality incredible, but more than half the price of what Status are asking.

I think it's OK to use CNC machines for the initial cutting and then do the remainder by hand.

That's what Rickenbacker do now.

3 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

It would work well with Ricki's. 

 

Everyone would just assume they were paddles. 

Rics are styled after the famous Tsunami picture.

"input jack" has be running for the hills!

£650 - crikey!

Mine ain't in the best nick and I think it's been overpainted from blue.

3 hours ago, BlueMoon said:

This ^^^^^^

3 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

I'd go closer to 30%. 

 

Paying VAT on second hand goods is aboute bollo#*s!  😡

I agree - do something about it!

2 hours ago, binky_bass said:

Don't forget you have to pay VAT on the shipping too! Adds a nice little extra kick in the teeth to the whole equation. 

(You do in the UK too...)

4 hours ago, cetera said:

Yes, just firming up a date. Hopefully will be announced very shortly! 

Can you make sure it doesn't rain, please? 🙂

I've got three older wooden necked headed Statii and they are very nice to play.

However, I inherently associate the name Status Graphite with (erm) graphite basses (and headless ones at that!) - I've got a 4-string one of those too.

So, I'm finding this announcement a bit confusing, but maybe it's just the start of the process.

But it's good to see the man back in business either way!

(The pic is three of mine, with the other being a Groove.)

1 hour ago, Steve Browning said:

 

There has been an extension of the accompanied musical instrument rules and you can travel with an instrument and the means for it to make a noise. A band travelling in a van with their kit should be OK.

 

I'm sure you know what you meant but it is the buyer being taxed. Not the flogger. 

 

Additionally, very little of what we would buy has its origins in the EU.

Great - I missed the travelling musician rules update - thanks!

Yes, I did mean the buyer! 🙂

Yes regarding non-EU manufactured kit; it just means it's more expensive to buy from box-shifters there.

Now, whether UK-based companies treat that as an opportunity or not is a question only they can answer.

There were a couple of half-baked aspects of the ready-baked deal, two of which affect musicians:

• Access for Touring bands - this needs to be sorted out, but perhaps is a thread in its own right.
• VAT & duties on used kit - this is not acceptable IMHO; why should individuals flogging s/h kit be taxed?

The taxes on new kit should be similar to before; it's just where they're collected which has changed:

• VAT is charged once (ie. you do not pay both EU + UK VAT).
• Import duties are not payable on EU-manufactured kit.
• Import duties are applied to overseas imports, but they were anyway.
• Bigger companies (eg. Thomann) handle the taxes for you, so it's invisible.

Caveats:

• If you are dealing with a smaller company, they may not be geared up to handle the tax and so it'll be levied at the point of entry to the UK.
• The courier companies will handle tax at the point of entry, but they may charge a processing fee of £10-20 for doing so.
• If you run a smaller company, then there is new admin overhead in processing taxes/duties; I would've thought this could be automated and I guess there are programs to handle it (or it could be handled in a fairly simple spreadsheet).

Other factors:

• Covid has arguably bumped up the prices of items as people have had money to spend and nothing to do.
• The war in Ukraine has bumped up prices of everything and inflation is much higher than pre-Brexit.
• Interest rates have gone up significantly, affecting the prices of everything.
• The OPEC cartel has raised the price of oil, which increases transport costs.
• There has been some opportunistic price-gouging by manufacturers & suppliers.

Me, I have to say I mostly bought in-UK anyway, as shipping costs could be a bit pricey pre-Brexit.

That looks really crap.

Given that it's a Hardly Bentone, would it have been worth that much in good condition?

1 hour ago, Downunderwonder said:

Ya. Phase is important when reblending.

 

But good luck getting a delay signal in phase with anything! I can't see the point in even beginning to blend a dry with the output of a delay pedal. That's nuts. Just configure the delay to how to what you want it with its own controls.

I guess you can think of them as different instruments.

When the music stops…

That is an ugly bass.
 

1 hour ago, Jack said:

Brightonion do a footswitch for the Stomp. It's perfect. I know this because I custom ordered a footswitch from him that was specifically designed for my stomp and it became a production model. 

I was chatting with the Bright Onion folks last weekend.

The Ninjafox has the same profile as the Stomp and a light surround to the switches. 

29 minutes ago, Simon C said:

I was a Newbie last time, so don’t have the main hall for comparison.  I think part of the problem was the choices we then made in setting up.  In some part that may have been me getting there shortly after @Hamster and @cetera and making the 1st choice of room.  I originally set up in the refectory as it was one of the bigger rooms.  Then it started pissing it down and was really noisy on the roof, so I moved to one of the smaller rooms.  A lot of us ended up in the smaller rooms.  Maybe we’d have been better off making more us of the hall where you set up @prowla and the refectory - it didn’t rain all day and I’m fairly confident it would have been easier to hear kit in the refectory than it proved to be in the 2 smaller rooms.

I set up on the stage, but the smaller rooms with several people in seemed a bit cramped.