Status Basses are not taking any new orders for now

[Cosmo Valdemar]

1 hour ago, LeftyJ said:

I remember that too! I looked it up a while back in the Waybackmachine when there was speculation about future models in the Statii Facebook Group. Here's the screenshot I took.

 

Very nice but it's a Barracuda in shape only.

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

2 hours ago, LeftyJ said:

I remember that too! I looked it up a while back in the Waybackmachine when there was speculation about future models in the Statii Facebook Group. Here's the screenshot I took.

 

I played that bass at Status HQ. It was very nice. A little bit more than I was prepared to pay though.

[Lesfunk]

Still hoping that they retool to produce a 22 fret stingray neck that can work for the stingray “ specials” and sterling models

[Kev]

On 02/03/2022 at 18:55, joe_geezer said:

Another reason to make your next bass a Jaydee, prices are unbeatable!

Just checked the price list, are those all made in the UK?  If so, that's outstanding in 2022!  Makes you wonder how slim those profit margins are, or just how much other builders are raking it in...

[eude]

6 minutes ago, Kev said:

Just checked the price list, are those all made in the UK?  If so, that's outstanding in 2022!  Makes you wonder how slim those profit margins are, or just how much other builders are raking it in...

I think folks will pay what they can for things, much like cars. Things are worth what they're worth to their target market.

I am surprised that Jaydee don't charge more though...

[Geddys nose]

Can get Rhino’s Status to beat the queue-

 

https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/rhino-s-headless-status-bass

[Kev]

Would that make them just Quo now?

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Geddys nose said:

Can get Rhino’s Status to beat the queue-

 

https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/rhino-s-headless-status-bass

 

Some history there for sure but 15 grand!!!

[Cosmo Valdemar]

16 hours ago, LeftyJ said:

Yes, they made a few prototypes of the V-bass, a cross between an S2 Classic and a Jackson Warrior:

 

Something else The Simpsons predicted all those years ago...

 

 

[joe_geezer]

4 hours ago, Kev said:

Just checked the price list, are those all made in the UK?  If so, that's outstanding in 2022!  Makes you wonder how slim those profit margins are, or just how much other builders are raking it in...

shhhhhhhh

[joe_geezer]

3 hours ago, FDC484950 said:

 

Some history there for sure but 15 grand!!!

I love this bass, especially the red one, prefer it to the new white one. I wonder if Status would stick that bridge on a S2 classic instead of the mono rails?

[joe_geezer]

4 hours ago, eude said:

I think folks will pay what they can for things, much like cars. Things are worth what they're worth to their target market.

I am surprised that Jaydee don't charge more though...

I actually agree, Jaydee for sure should charge more, just after i get my Supernatural pearl series 2 ordered  

[joe_geezer]

Hi guys,

 

Just recorded a video in 4k so you can really see the detail of the body with the glassy finish... yep still in good condition after all these years!

 

 

[uk_lefty]

9 hours ago, joe_geezer said:

Hi guys,

 

Just recorded a video in 4k so you can really see the detail of the body with the glassy finish... yep still in good condition after all these years!

 

 

Even through my phone speaker that tone is gorgeous! Awesome playing too.

[HeadlessBassist]

On 26/01/2026 at 23:02, joe_geezer said:

Hi guys,

 

Just recorded a video in 4k so you can really see the detail of the body with the glassy finish... yep still in good condition after all these years!

 

 

 

Fantastic playing, Joe! Even on one pickup, a Series 2/S2 will cut through anything and everything.  

[martthebass]

https://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/basses-2026.html
 

A few available on a workshop tidy up!

[Misdee]

I know it will never happen, but if Status Graphite were resurrected and able to offer the same range of instruments again they could charge double what they were before Rob's retirement and their order book would be full. I'd buy one.

[AndyTravis]

That single pickup/piezo stealth is a big pile of retro ish cool.

 

looking at my bank account, I can just about afford to save the photo off the internet 🤣🙄🥴

[martthebass]

13 minutes ago, Misdee said:

I know it will never happen, but if Status Graphite were resurrected and able to offer the same range of instruments again they could charge double what they were before Rob's retirement and their order book would be full. I'd buy one.

Only bass I’ve ever bought new that’s worth more than I paid…..

[Geddys nose]

Nearly £8k for a wooden necked B2 😳

 

 

[Misdee]

It's looks like Rob and Dawn are slowly but surely clearing out everything they had knocking about at the factory. I was offered one of those basses in the link about twenty years ago, maybe more 

 

 I'm pretty sure that run of special basses they did before they stopped doing graphite instruments was a way of using up various bits and pieces they'd had lying around the workshop for years. Nothing wrong with that, I hasten to add, good luck to them. Customers get a beautiful bass to cherish and Rob and Dawn get to add to their retirement fund. Everybody wins.

 

Status made a couple of basses for me in the past and as I've said before, they were top-class people making top-class basses. I've still got my Streamline, and if I could I'd get them to build me something else to keep it company.

 

 

[Chris2112]

2 hours ago, Misdee said:

I know it will never happen, but if Status Graphite were resurrected and able to offer the same range of instruments again they could charge double what they were before Rob's retirement and their order book would be full. I'd buy one.

 

 

You think? I think they're only experiencing a hype because the order book has closed and the whole thing is winding down. It's a case of only wanting what you can't have. Add that to the fact that the typical Status customer is now a bloke in his 50's or 60's dreaming of watching Level 42 on 'the tube' and you can see why the sudden 'bubble' occurred. I say that as someone who is a lot younger, enjoys Level 42 and has owned a number of Status basses in the past.

[Misdee]

30 minutes ago, Chris2112 said:

 

 

You think? I think they're only experiencing a hype because the order book has closed and the whole thing is winding down. It's a case of only wanting what you can't have. Add that to the fact that the typical Status customer is now a bloke in his 50's or 60's dreaming of watching Level 42 on 'the tube' and you can see why the sudden 'bubble' occurred. I say that as someone who is a lot younger, enjoys Level 42 and has owned a number of Status basses in the past.

I'm a bloke in my 50's or 60's (can't remember which!) but I really don't fit the rest of the stereotype. You're quite right though, absence makes the heart grow fonder.

 

 Yes, I'm sure Status have grown in reputation  and desirability since their voluntary demise. Losing the brand has emphasised it's value.

 

Put it another way, what else can you go out and buy for the equivalent of what a Status bass used to cost? If I remember rightly my Streamline cost about £1600 in late 2016. It was just after Brexit and the pound had crashed against the dollar so UK-made basses looked a good option at the time. That would be equivalent to £2225 today. That's a lot less than a Spector Euro or a  USA MM Stingray retails for at the moment. Considering the esoteric designs using woven graphite and the overall quality, Status basses were very reasonably priced in comparison to a lot of other brands. If they relaunched and doubled the prices they still wouldn't be priced out of the market in comparison to their peers. Folks might grumble for a while but they'd get used to it. Luxury goods of all kinds have become more expensive across the board.

 

Look at Wal basses. A MK1 Wal during their heyday in the late 1980's cost the equivalent to £2360 in today's money, and yet people now pay nearly four times that for one. In the '80's Status basses cost substantially more than a Wal Custom. It's all about how the brand is perceived in the eyes of the public.

Edited 1 hour ago by Misdee