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Hi everyone! Not sure if I am breaking some rule as this is my first post and should I do it in "new members" section. However,if not,here it is: Recently I bought Status Energy 5 strings. It is a very good bass in every way,and I am very happy with it. I would love to know about the pick ups, I see they are active (or hyperactive) but are they humbuckers or dual coils? What about electronics - is there some trim pots I should know about in a cavity? It is very simple set up - pan pot,vol and tone, how's your settings? For the moment I tend to favourize bridge pick up a bit and roll off tone slightly. I was long time Fender player (and still am,but for the moment Status gets most the gigs) and I played my P and J through Aguilar tone hammer preamp in order to give them more muscle or tone shaping. I think I will leave Aguilar for now as I dont like it in combo with Status pre. I will just add compression in my signal. I will add photos as soon as I get them. My Status is natural ash, very light and beautiful with rosewood fingerboard. It has black hardware,and I luuuv black hardware on a bass guitar! OK,that's for now, any input would be greatly appreciated,thanx! Dragan

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Hi Dragan, welcome on board and glad you are enjoying your bass. I get a bit lost when it comes to Status pickups over the years. I think they are passive pickups despite the name. The tone control is an active treble control. If you click on "Catalogues & more" at the top of this page you will find out lots of info on all Status basses including all the incarnations of Energy basses.

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Thanx Bassbus,here is some photos of my bass [URL=http://s122.photobucket.com/user/draganr/media/stat2_zpsgdzyofed.jpg.html] [/URL]

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Just FYI, there's no trim pots or anything on the preamp, it's super simple, but it sounds great. The pickups are passive. I actually have the graphite necked version of this bass and LOVE it.

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Tnx, yes it is very simple and sounds great. However I play it through Aguilar tone hammer DI-preamp,it sounds even better then IMO. I am totally amazed by the playability and construction of this bass!

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Hello Dragan Here is my Energy 5 (before I refinished the satin coating, must update the pic) http://www.statii.com/status_db/Simple_List_view.php?editid=222 Very similar to your but with the Utile body Serial number 0582079, which translates as May 1998 The pickups on mine are labelled 'Hyperactive' but are passive Each one has a single coil in the neck half of the pickup with a dummy coil in the bridge half. So hum cancelling single coil. Check out: http://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html You can use a paperclip or something light and magnetic to feel where the magnet(s) are Controls are Blend/Volume/Treble boost or cut The treble tone control is flat at the centre detent My current favourite strings are bridge pu with the treble all the way off or neck pu with the treble flat Seems to depend on the room Working through the Catalogues and More section gave me hours of fun tracking down exactly which bass I had and getting it back to original spec Definitely my favourite ever bass and the one I always pick up first Welcome to statii.com

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Tnx Harry, that was very kind and informative! My serial is 106764 - does that mean october '96? One thing I found as a con regarding sound - somehow it always has that middle honky nasal note,no matter what blend I dial and what I do with tone control. Thats why I use Aguilar tone hammer for additional shaping. Even then, that middle character is there. But playability and construction are tremendous!!! BTW Here is my Status with the rest of the bunch!

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and one from recent studio recording, i brought my jazz 5 and my status energy.