SOLD - Status Graphite Series 3 Headless Through-neck Paramatrix 5 String £2999

[quenbrad]

Hi folks,

After much careful consideration I've decided to sell my S3. I've owned it from new since April and it's truly a thing of beauty. It looks fantastic, sounds incredible of course, it plays perfectly and is in absolutely immaculate condition.

So this S3 has all the trimmings. It's got Paramatrix EQ, Tri-Max pickups with the bridge pickup moved 10mm closer to the neck for a little more comfort and warmth. As such the tonal options are immense. It has a slap ramp because I like the way it softens the look of the end of the fingerboard. I also had Rob make a pickup ramp shaped to fit between the pickup lugs although I haven't attached it.

Woods are alder body with ash facing. The finish is gloss transparent black with a natural faux binding. I wanted sort of a Black Beauty vibe but with visible wood grain.

Full spec...

Series-3, 5-string, through-neck, fretted 24 frets, 'slap-ramp' on end of fingerboard.
Headless, 34" scale length, dot markers on side of neck only
18mm string spacing
Book-matched figured ash facing
Alder body
Transparent black tint with faux binding
Gloss lacquer
Paramatrix EQ, Tri-Max pickups
Bridge pickup moved 10mm towards the neck
Ramp between pickups to fit in between the lugs of the pickups (made of Richlite to match the fingerboard)
Black hardware
45-65-85-105-130 gauge double ball end strings
Hard case

It cost £3775 GBP to have this bass made and again it's immaculate condition. As such I'd like to offer it for sale at £2999 GBP which I hope you agree is an absolute bargain price for this very special instrument.

The bass is located in West London so viewings are welcome.

Happy to ship anywhere in the world at the buyers expense. Collection is of course fine if you're local.

No trade offers please.

Thanks and best wishes to you all.

Edited March 4, 2019 by quenbrad

[andybassdoyle]

Really nice, reminds me of a bass gag:

Guy walked into the rehearsal and says to the bassist, "lovely looking bass, what are all the knobs for?" 

"Well, one plays guitar, one plays drums....." 

Glwts! 

[quenbrad]

😄

[quenbrad]

Ha - Fair point about the LEDs. Headstock... meh 😉

[bassmayhem]

This is a really nice bass!!!
Pity you are not interested in a trade, considering what I got in my dungeons...  

[quenbrad]

 

1 hour ago, bassmayhem said:

This is a really nice bass!!!
Pity you are not interested in a trade, considering what I got in my dungeons...  

Thanks for the message. Reluctantly I have to thin out the herd. 

[bassmayhem]

2 hours ago, quenbrad said:

 

Thanks for the message. Reluctantly I have to thin out the herd. 

Thin out the herd... It doesn't work.  

[quenbrad]

Dropping asking price to £2775. That's a thousand pounds off the build price! Bargain

[Al Krow]

Hi - what is the weight of the bass? 

Also just seen this. Maybe a deal to be done between you two's?

 

Edited November 12, 2018 by Al Krow

[quenbrad]

Thanks very much. I'll get in touch.

According to my bathroom scales the weight is 4.2 Kg or 9.26 lbs.

[Al Krow]

Thanks for confirming that. That's a little lighter than my Yammy BB1025, but I've just had a very pleasant bathroom scale surprise at what a lightweight my Ibby SR1825 is!

GLWTS... hope you and Brian manage to connect. It does look like an awesome and very tempting bass. And for me not having LEDs is a plus point rather than an "omission" 

[quenbrad]

Dropping asking price to a festive £2599.

Have a great Christmas everyone.

Edited January 13, 2019 by quenbrad

[quenbrad]

Price drop to £2450.

[quenbrad]

Dropping asking price to £2250.

[quenbrad]

SOLD