Hi all, don't know if my bass should be at this forum, with only 2 graphite fibres in the neck, but.. bought this energy artist v bass, and very little to find about. What year was it made? Was this before or after the graphite basses, cause its got a wooden neck. And: what should it be worth on the secondhand market: i bought it for 150 euro, i think that's very cheap? Got walnut top. Sustain isn't very great, was this bass not very succesful? serial = 4521
Anybody?
With regards, Marc, the Netherlands.

Welcome to the forum!

That's a bit of a bargain, I reckon it's probably worth nearly 3 times that price.

It's probably from the late 90s, the earlier wooden necked Energy basses were shaped like the current S2 Classic. Status offered graphite reinforced wooden necks from the mid nineties (they still made the graphite necked ones too) for a while before going back to purely graphite necks.

They're pretty good instruments but not as sought after as the graphite necked ones although yours is the higher end Artist version.

Here's some info from the brochures section of this site:

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http://statii.com/status_cats/catalog...page08.jpg

http://statii.com/status_cats/catalog.../page2.jpg

That's the understatment of the day, Rich. :o

As Rich says, these usually sell for around 450-550 GBP. Lovely looking bass.

thanks boys! i see 1 difference from the brochure: my position dots are brass? points aside the neck ( not as much contrast as white dots!), the brochure ones have little stripes on the fretboard..

I almost turn the pickup-balance fully towards the bridge, otherwise there's far too much bass! Lacking a bit of high eq too, in my opinion, pot always fully open.
Very happy with it, trying to get more sustain in the bass, anyone opinions on the 0-fret? Never had that, wondering if a brass nut will make a differense, strings are quite high in position with the 0-fret..
The electronics sound a bit alembic-like, with that same high fret-edge in it, though not as defined as alembic.
Thanks, greetz, Marc