It looks beautiful! And its a lefty! Congratulations!

I have recently been discussing specs for a new bass with Rob. At first I was dead set on a lefty King Bass MkII 5 string fretless Black Beauty. But before I pulled the trigger a colleague of mine let me play his 5 string fretless Music Man Stingray. It was the first time I've played a 5 and it was very difficult and frustrating and I kept getting lost. It felt really....odd. (A pun! Get it!??!! Bwah hah hahahahahaha!!!) Just last week I was able to noodle around with a Carvin AC50 5 string fretless semi hollow bass at the Carvin Store in Santa Ana and it was similarly frustrating and confusing to play. So I have come to the conclusion that 5 stringers are not for me, only 4 or 6 stringers. So now that I have decided to go with a 4 string King Bass MkII my only problem is selecting all the extras. Recently Rob has posted so many new and exciting options that its all of a sudden become very difficult to decide what to do.

Hi Steve
Its custom gloss black metallic lacquer
Thinking about a 5 string s2 fretless
Are you in the market for a 5 string status

Rob, what finish is that?

Thanks
The body of the bass is Poplar & is very light for a 5 string
& the sound is great

She is a stunner, well done sir!!

Want one....

Oooo, very nice.
Enjoy.

Congratulations! That finish is gorgeous!

At last my Status S2 5 string is in my hands

Still looking for a nice lefty 5 string status

http://leftybassist.com/viewtopic.php...amp;t=2349


Not sure if the headstock matters to you, but it looks nice!

Yes very happy with the bass i mainly play warwick but the Thick neck can make it hard to play fast

But on the status its very easy
I still love warwicks but will be keeping the status

On the look out for a 5 string

Lovely bass!

Could be a burr maple with some amber tint on it.... Or something like the Madrone that Rich mentioned!

You must be chuffed though!!

It looks too dark for maple, it's a similar colour and grain to my burr Madrone S2 fretless.

Very tasty bass, congratulations!

Not sure could it be maple?

Another beauty. What's the top wood?

Lefty S2 my first status


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Thanks for the welcome Fat Rich. I tried to play right handed at the start, because left-handed basses were as rare as hens teeth in the early sixties. But I gave up in the end and converted my Futurama to lefty. At the time my Futurama cost £15 (second hand) and a Fender P-Bass was 94 guineas new for a right handed and 10% more for a lefty - way out of my league.

Cheers.

Steve

Welcome to the forum!

I'm a fellow lefty but I've always played right hand basses...

At least Status don't charge extra for left hand instruments so that'll help when you want to get another bass, they're very addictive by the way

Hi Guys

I just bought MrQ's S2-Classic from him today. My first Status and my first 5-string

I've been playing bass (badly) on and off since 1962. Nice to see that lefties have their own corner of this forum!

Steve

Bump !!