Thread subject: STATII.COM: For all things Status-Graphite :: Streamline Fretless

Posted by Fat Rich on 08-11-2011 01:10
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I've a Series 1 6 string fretless with a phenolic board which has lots of mwah but sounds a little clicky and plasticy particularly, on the bridge pickup so I specified a rosewood fingerboard on my S2 Classic 5: i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx159/richardmatthews_photos/forum%20stuff/Head5.jpg This has resulted in a darker woodier tone but with the note definition and clarity you'd expect from a Status without any clickyness. With flats and groundwound / halfwound strings it's almost too dark sounding, with fresh D'Addario halfwounds (the brightest halfwounds I could find) it sounds stunning, sounds great with roundwounds too but I tend not to use them to protect the finger board. The rosewood board cost a little extra but it's resulted in the best fretless bass I've ever played.