Maverick Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 (edited) I came across this bass whilst browsing ebay: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/washburn-Status-S1000-Headless-Bass_W0QQitemZ280464019345QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item414cf54f91"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/washburn-Status-S100...=item414cf54f91[/url] Now the seller is claiming it's a graphite through neck. However, all the info I can find on the web about these (which amounts to not a lot) suggests that they were never made with graphite necks but maple necks. I did a quick search in the basses forum here and couldn't find much on them accept passing mentions in a few Status/headless threads of people having owned these. Now supposedly these are pretty good basses in their own right, but I'm mostly interested in the validity of the graphite neck claim - certainly for a bass whose current S/H market values seems to be around £300 it's doubtful, but I thought I'd do a bit of checking anyway, in case there's something I've missed when I've looked. I've fired off a question to the seller about it but whether it gets answered by tomorrow is anyone's guess. EDIT: Can't tell me Warwicks from me Washburns, d'oh! Edited February 18, 2010 by Maverick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Do you mean a washburn? They don't have graphite necks, just phenolic fingerboards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='749172' date='Feb 18 2010, 12:23 AM']Do you mean a washburn? They don't have graphite necks, just phenolic fingerboards.[/quote] Yes I do, shhh! It's late and they start with the same 2 letters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassaussie Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='749172' date='Feb 18 2010, 01:23 AM']Do you mean a washburn? They don't have graphite necks, just phenolic fingerboards.[/quote] Yeah, what CW said. I had one of these when they first came out. They're OK basses, but I sometimes see the old Series 3000 and 4000 basses going for not much more money, and I think I'd rather get one of those than the Washburn copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I seem to remember the whole neck being phenolic resin. Could be wrong, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassaussie Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 [quote name='Pete Academy' post='749334' date='Feb 18 2010, 10:48 AM']I seem to remember the whole neck being phenolic resin. Could be wrong, though.[/quote] No, it's definitely a wooden neck. I'm 100% certain on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2x18 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Relisted and still says its graphite !!!!! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/washburn-Status-S1000-Headless-Bass_W0QQitemZ280466987880QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item414d229b68"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/washburn-Status-S100...=item414d229b68[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 The seller replied to me and states that it is indeed maple necked, but he says with "graphite fretboard", close enough I guess - but, his ad is unequivocal in stating that the bass is graphite necked. Also don't get the relisting, itsold this morning for £290, and it's the same seller who's relisted it. Dodgy dealer, innit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Just to clarify, none of the Status-Washburn 1000 models had a graphite neck. They were all wood covered in a gloss composite-like paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I'm a bit confused I've got one (purchased'88) It's a ''24-fret phenolic neck made under licence from status uk''. What's a ''phenolic neck''? There's me thinking I had this, bright sounding,graphite necked ,headless bass........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 The neck is a two piece maple through the body affair, the fingerboard is phenolic, which is the same material used for circuit boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG.J Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='steve-soar' post='751240' date='Feb 19 2010, 06:46 PM']The neck is a two piece maple through the body affair, the fingerboard is phenolic, which is the same material used for circuit boards.[/quote] That would be spot on Steve, Same model i had? J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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