Musicman666

you beat me to it... notable track was grey seal on yellow brick road, his tone and what he played on it was just out of this world.

sam fox with hawkwind was a bit odd... but then i do remember seeing lemmy and vera lynn hanging out at a hawkwind gig so i guess its the norm for these guys.

a very weird and disturbing dark day ..

pretty sure this is the bass used in that live banhees nocturene gig at the royal albert hall, probably saw some action with the glove since this was about the same time severin was collaborating with robert smith. Its a fairly iconic bass. if i was stupid rich i would pick this up in a heartbeat...

Just googling status graphite, most of what comes up is four stringers.

Yes ..it seems to have worked a treat ...thanks guys!

Ok ...I’m all keefed up ...fingers crossed ...expecting miracles.

Anyone got suggestions for split fingers ...they are basically split fissures and bass playing is probably the last thing I should be doing with this problem ...those gloves or finger tip things look interesting but do they work for this condition...it’s painful as hell, literally there can be blood on the strings at which point I have to stop playing. Finger tips on both hands are effected.

A fretless can be played much like a fretted...Jack Bruce comes to mind

paladino with nine inch nails.

Tool use a fretless on occasion

Hey you... pink Floyd....Dave Gilmour.

So did the op complete this refinish?... any chance of some before and after photos as I’m mulling doing the same thing myself with a stingray with a badly chipped paint job...any tips? Thanks.

My finances are a bit low (1000 quid refinish yikes!) so I’m thinking of just heat gunning off the poly shell to my stingray and applying a gun oil finish, after nearly three decades in humid asia the paint is literally falling off it in chunks and looks terrible, poly does not age gracefully at all. ...I’m half expecting the bass might sound even better without this layer of plastic around it, I only hope the wood looks ok and is not some offcut that they used because it was going to get painted..

Now this is another brilliant bassline ...they are miming with two p bases but in reality one of them was a bassvi ...

https://youtu.be/EYJOq6VnV2U

Here’s a cracking 80s new wave bass line ...Steve Sevrin banging one out on his wal in 83 ... simple but so powerful. https://youtu.be/EYJOq6VnV2U

So funny to think Burnel’s signature sound was linked to a ripped speaker cone that he never knew was there ...

Ah...forget it.

This is how to end up with a huge bass collection ...each one having a different tuning or set of strings ...

Thinking of something like an ebs valve drive to warm up a status ...would that be a good fit or is there something better??

ok.. fingers crossed...i took the plunge ...

Do you play 5string low b?