A brief history of the King Bass

In November 2000, Rob Green and Mark King developed the Status KingBass, a headless, double cut-away bass with a woven graphite through-neck, Status Hyperactive pickups and active electronics. Some more information is available here http://www.status-graphite.com as well as http://www.level42.com/bassography.asp

 

Owner	Prototype N° Serial N°	Description (courtesy of www.level42.com/bassography.asp)	Pictures
darren United Kingdom	1	No.1 has a bolt-on graphite neck with a bookmatched Rosewood / Mahogany body finished in satin polyurethane lacquer. The woven graphite neck has the first BendWell™ and the phenolic fingerboard has an 816mm (32.13") scale with a phenolic top-nut. The string spacing at the bridge is 19mm.
darren United Kingdom	2	No.2 has a bolt-on graphite neck with an Ash / Myrtlewood body finished in satin polyurethane lacquer with a vintage amber sunburst. The woven graphite neck incorporated a BendWell™ and the phenolic fingerboard has an 816mm (32.13") scale with a phenolic top-nut. The string spacing at the bridge is currently 16.5mm but the neck width is suitable for a standard 19mm spacing if preferred.
unidentified	3	No.3 is the first through-neck model and has a slightly modified BendWell™ and incorporates the revised top-nut with hardened steel ball bearings. The body has a book matched Burr Madrone top with a walnut back. The bass is finished in gloss polyester lacquer. The woven graphite through-neck has the, now standard, 811mm (32") scale with a bridge spacing of 19mm.
g-77 United Kingdom	4	No.4 has a bolt-on graphite neck with a book matched Rosewood / Walnut body finished in satin polyurethane lacquer. The woven graphite neck has a regular 864mm (34") scale length and no BendWell™. The string spacing at the bridge is 19mm. This bass was featured in the Guitarist Magazine review of October 2001. Here is a picture of prototypes 1, 2 and 4 all together
morgan42 France	5 0701042	No.5 is the second through-neck model and is the final prototype. It was made to finalise the details of Marks personal basses. The body has a bookmatched Rosewood top with a walnut back and is finished in gloss polyester lacquer. The woven graphite through-neck has the, now standard, 811mm (32") scale but the width is 6mm narrower at the 24th fret to suit Mark's preferred 16.5mm bridge spacing. The blue front and side LED's have a separate battery supply.
lscolman United Kingdom	23	This is the Black Beauty Kingbass prototype N° 23 16.5mm spacing 32" scale with bendwell Front and Side Red LED's One of two prototypes used for the Circus Tavern gig in July 2003 Differs from Mark's final bass in neck profile only. Black beauty pictures on the status web site are of this bass. On the right is a pic of Mark playing the bass at the gig.