Lemon oil would probably work OK on the fingerboard as well.

Hi Status5, for phenolic fingerboards, Rob Green suggests:

"The dry look on the fingerboard is where the laminated phenolic material is actually 'drying' out a little. It is often caused by being cleaned with a water or solvent based polish which can take the natural 'oils' out of the board. You can fix this very easily by cleaning the fingerboard with a very small amount of oil. Something as simple as WD40 is fine. Use a soft cotton cloth and wipe a VERY small amount of oil on the fingerboard and rub it in.... then clean it all off again leaving just a trace which has 'soaked' into the surface. This will bring back the dark colour of the board. 'Non waxy' types of furniture polish are fine for the gloss lacquer on the body or the lacquer on the BACK of the neck but not for the fingerboard."

That's a start :-)

Okay all you wise people, whats the best thing to use when cleaning our Statii's?
You can get cleaning kits but they always seem to have various 'oils' for the neck wood which is okay if your neck's made of wood but what if is phenolic?
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Yeah, you are probably right. Might be better just to buy another Status. What a hardship that would be!

The neck itself probably wouldn't be a bad investment but the LEDs would involve body modification for wire channels and battery box-Financially you're probably better off getting the whole Jazz Bass from Status, at least you can pick the options.

I heard rumours of a common problem with the fingerboard and neck parting company. Anybody ever come across this?

Hallo!

The Washburns did actually feature a phenolic fingerboard mated to a maple neck. They can be set up to play well but did not have the same `punch' as a Status. Great little basses tho!

Nick

Agreed, it's not like I have a shortage of basses, but I do have a space cleared in my vault for another Status.

Rob

as far as i can tell is much the same as my series 3000 but with the wood neck, I think the hardware & electronics are the same. I saw one for sale recently for £400, this is about the same as i paid for the Series 3000. I would recomend replaceing the pre amp in it!

This link to some reviews may be helpful: http://www.harmony-central.com/Bass/D...tus-1.html

Hi Steve,

I used to have a Washburn Status - my first 'real' bass. I liked it a lot, so I'd certainly recommend them if you can get them at a decent price.

Anyway, regarding the Status/Washburn elements of this bass: it had Status Hyperactive pickups and Status branded hardware (bridge). And of course the shape was Rob Green's design. But unlike a true Status, it was actually all wood - the neck was wood, not graphite, although it was finished in such a way as it looked like it could have been graphite. And I guess it was put together by Washburn - now that I'm the proud owner of a real Status, I can see that the fit and finish on the Washburn Status were nowhere near that of a true Status.

Maybe some other boardmembers can chip in with their views, or even Rob himself, who I believe looks in occasionally.

K.

I think this is the best idea. If your bass works fine the way it is, don't change it. You'll end up with using a lot of money, and still have only one (although great) instrument.

If you save for a little while, you can add a second great instrument to your collection.

If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

" don't really hear the difference "

Andre, Thanks for the response, though I have to say I'm a bit surprised. Hmmm... so far it doesn't appear a graphite replacement neck would buy me much (if anything). The neck on my bass is excellent really so I have no compelling reason to change it out.

I suppose I should save the money towards a new Status down the road.

Hi Rob, well yes that is true, but it was not by choice simply the wooden neck was badly warped ... and I was really keen on getting my 5 string Energy back in shape! The neck change cost me roughly 700 US$. In terms of playability there is no doubt the graphite necks are incredible; soft, fast and are known for their stability. In terms of tone I don't really want to make any comments as I don't really hear the difference

Hopefully Andre can help you out with this one as he changed the neck on his Energy from wood to graphite.

I'm considering purchasing a graphite neck (bolt on) for my Eclipse Artist, assuming Status has one, and was wondering if anyone has done a comparison between a Status wooden neck and the graphite one on the same model bass?

I'm thinking the bass will really open up if I make this change. I do have a Modulus Q5 in my collection which nothing else I have comes close to touching in the area of clarity. On the other hand I've never heard the bass with anything but the graphite neck so I don't know how much of its sound can be attributed to the neck vs body, pickups, etc.

All input appreciated of course.

Rob

OK... took the pickguard off, tightened the jack socket slightly and checked the solderings. Guess what... the grounding noise disappeared. I don't know what happened, or why... but it now works fine.

Ola Mes Amigos,
I have just returned from Mexico and need to re-acclimate . Amazing the amount of activity; i.e. new members, posts, etc, in one week!
On to my question: A student of mine who is in love with my new Empathy is looking at a Washburn Status on e-bay. He asked me exactly what was Status versus Washburn on this bass. I couldn't answer him, but told him I knew where I could find out... . Any info??

All the best.
Steve

Tempted to put a Status neck on my Jazz bass. I reckon it would look well cool, especially if I could have the roman numerals as fret markers and side LEDs

Indeed you should ask Rob or Dawn but if i remember well it is in area of 300£ or so as stated by status above.