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[[File:ChrisBlueLEDBass.jpeg|thumb|right|Blue LED Signature bass]]
[[File:ChrisBlueLEDBass.jpeg|thumb|right|Blue LED Signature bass]]


Chris uses two of the blue-LED basses, whereof one of them is the prototype model based on the [[Status S2-Classic]].
One of the first signature basses Chris recieved.
 
Chris used to use another blue-LED bass, which was a CW Signature prototype model. Currently, he is only using one.
 
The bass has first been used in standard tuning, but has also been used between 2013 and 2016 in Drop D and once in standard (at [[Kraków Muzeum Lotnictwa 2016 (gig)|Krakow Live festival 2016]]). It's currently used in the half step down tuning.


==== Tuning: ====
==== Tuning: ====


* Standard (EADG): [[The Resistance Tour]], Olympics, The 2nd Law tour warm-up gigs, [[Simulation Theory Promo Shows]], [[Simulation Theory Tour]]
* Standard (EADG): [[The Resistance Tour]], Olympics, The 2nd Law tour warm-up gigs, [[Psycho US Tour]], [[Drones Festivals Tour 2015]], [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]]


* Drop D (DADG) or Drop C (CADG): The 2nd Law tour, [[Psycho UK Tour]]
* Drop D (DADG) or Drop C (CADG): [[The 2nd Law Tour]], [[Psycho UK Tour]], [[Psycho US Tour]], [[Drones Festivals Tour 2015]], [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]], [[Drones Festivals Tour 2016]]


* Half step down (D#G#C#F#): Drones Promo Shows, Psycho Tours, Drones Tours, [[North American Summer Amphitheatre Tour 2017|North American Summer Amphitheatre Tour]]
* Half step down (D#G#C#F#): [[The 2nd Law Tour]], [[Psycho US Tour]], [[Drones Festivals Tour 2015]], [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]], [[North American Summer Amphitheatre Tour 2017]], [[London Shepherds Bush Empire 2017 (gig)|Shepherds Bush By Request Gig]], [[Paris Cigale 2018 (gig)|La Cigale By Request Gig]], [[Summer Festivals Tour 2018]], [[Summer Festivals Tour 2018]], [[Simulation Theory World Tour]]


==== Songs used for ====
==== Songs used for ====
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*[[Agitated (song) |Agitated]]
*[[Agitated (song) |Agitated]]
*[[Bliss (song) |Bliss]]
*[[Bliss (song) |Bliss]]
*[[Citizen Erased (song)|Citizen Erased]] (Krakow Live 2016 only)
*[[Dead Inside (song)|Dead Inside]] (Krakow Live 2016 only)
*[[Dead Star (song) |Dead Star]]
*[[Dead Star (song) |Dead Star]]
*[[Eternally Missed (song)|Eternally Missed]]
*[[Follow Me (song) |Follow Me]]
*[[Follow Me (song) |Follow Me]]
*[[Fury (song)|Fury]]
*[[Futurism (song)|Futurism]]
*{{Glasgow Jam}}
*[[Hyper Music (song) |Hyper Music]]
*[[Hyper Music (song) |Hyper Music]]
*[[Hysteria (song) |Hysteria]]
*[[Hysteria (song) |Hysteria]]
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*[[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]
*[[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]
*[[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]]
*[[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]]
*{{Munich Jam}} (Krakow Live 2016 only)
*[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
*[[New Born (song) |New Born]]
*[[New Born (song) |New Born]]
*[[Plug in Baby (song) |Plug in Baby]]
*[[Plug in Baby (song) |Plug in Baby]]
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*[[Reapers (song) |Reapers]]
*[[Reapers (song) |Reapers]]
*[[Resistance (song) |Resistance]]
*[[Resistance (song) |Resistance]]
*[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]
*[[Sign o' the Times (song) |Sign o' the Times]]
*[[Sign o' the Times (song) |Sign o' the Times]]
*[[Starlight (song) |Starlight]]
*[[Starlight (song) |Starlight]]
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*[[Supremacy (song) |Supremacy]]
*[[Supremacy (song) |Supremacy]]
*[[Survival (song) |Survival]]
*[[Survival (song) |Survival]]
*[[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]
*[[Time Is Running Out (song) |Time Is Running Out]]
*[[Time Is Running Out (song) |Time Is Running Out]]
*[[Unnatural Selection (song)|Unnatural Selection]]
*[[Uprising (song) |Uprising]]
*[[Uprising (song) |Uprising]]
*[[Yes Please (song) |Yes Please]]
*[[Yes Please (song) |Yes Please]]
*[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
*[[Fury (song)|Fury]]
*[[Eternally Missed (song)|Eternally Missed]]
*[[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]]
*[[Futurism (song)|Futurism]]
*[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]


=== White-LED Signature Bass (Aqua Blue Graphite Finish) ===
=== White-LED Signature Bass (Aqua Blue Graphite Finish) ===


[[Image:WL!.gif|thumb|right|White LED Signature bass]]
[[Image:WL!.gif|thumb|right|White LED Signature bass]]
Most of the time, this bass is used for songs which are in standard tuning. On one occasion, the bass was used for [[Hyper Music (song)|Hyper Music]], which is in Drop D, and during [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16|The Drones 360 Tour]] in 2016, he sometimes used it in Drop C on [[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]], together with the graphite finish red-LED bass aswell as Drop D on a few occasions.


==== Tuning: ====
==== Tuning: ====


* Standard (EADG): The 2nd Law tour, Drones tours, [[North American Summer Amphitheatre Tour 2017]], [[Summer Festivals Tour 2018]], [[Simulation Theory Promo Shows]], [[Simulation Theory Tour]]  
* Standard (EADG): [[The 2nd Law Tour]], [[The Unsustainable Tour]], [[Psycho UK Tour]], [[Psycho UK Tour]], [[Psycho US Tour]], [[Drones Festivals Tour 2015]], [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]], [[Drones Festivals Tour 2016]], [[North American Summer Amphitheatre Tour 2017]], [[Summer Festivals Tour 2018]], [[Simulation Theory Promo Shows]], [[Simulation Theory Tour]]
 
* Drop D (DADG) or Drop C (CADG): [[Psycho US Tour]], [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]]


* Drop D (DADG): [[Psycho US Tour]] (Hyper Music [one-time])
* Half Step down (D#G#C#F#): [[Drones Festivals Tour 2015]]


==== Songs used for ====
==== Songs used for ====


*[[Algorithm (song)|Algorithm (Alternate Reality Version)]]
*[[Apocalypse Please (song)|Apocalypse Please]]
*[[Bliss (song) |Bliss]]
*[[Bliss (song) |Bliss]]
*[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song) |Butterflies & Hurricanes]]
*[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song) |Butterflies & Hurricanes]]
*[[Citizen Erased (song) |Citizen Erased]]
*[[Citizen Erased (song) |Citizen Erased]]
*[[Dead Inside (song) |Dead Inside]]
*[[Dead Inside (song) |Dead Inside]]
*[[Dig Down (song)|Dig Down (Acoustic Version)]] (Jools Holland Show one-off only)
*[[Easily (song)|Easily]]
*[[Explorers (song) |Explorers]]
*[[Explorers (song) |Explorers]]
*[[Falling Down (song) |Falling Down]]
*[[Falling Down (song) |Falling Down]]
*[[Feeling Good (song) |Feeling Good]]
*[[Feeling Good (song) |Feeling Good]]
*[[Follow Me (song) |Follow Me]]
*[[Follow Me (song) |Follow Me]]
*[[Fury (song) |Fury]] (before 2015)
*[[Fury (song) |Fury]]
*[[Hyper Music (song) |Hyper Music]]
*[[Glorious (song)|Glorious]]
*{{Helsinki Jam}}
*[[Hungry Like the Wolf (song)|Hungry Like the Wolf]]
*[[Hyper Music (song) |Hyper Music]] (one time @ The Mayan)
*[[Hysteria (song) |Hysteria]]
*[[Hysteria (song) |Hysteria]]
*[[Interlude (song)|Interlude]]
*[[Interlude (song)|Interlude]]
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*[[Liquid State (song) |Liquid State]]
*[[Liquid State (song) |Liquid State]]
*[[Lithium (song) |Lithium]]
*[[Lithium (song) |Lithium]]
*Montpellier Jam
*{{Montpellier Jam}}
*[[Plug in Baby (song) |Plug in Baby]]
*[[Plug in Baby (song) |Plug in Baby]]
*[[Resistance (song) |Resistance]]
*[[Resistance (song) |Resistance]]
*[[Ruled by Secrecy (song) |Ruled by Secrecy]]
*[[Ruled by Secrecy (song) |Ruled by Secrecy]]
*[[Starlight (song) |Starlight]] (one-time @ [Rock Wrechter])
*[[Starlight (song) |Starlight]] (one-time @ Rock Wrechter)
*[[Supermassive Black Hole (song) |Supermassive Black Hole]]
*[[Supermassive Black Hole (song) |Supermassive Black Hole]]
*[[Supremacy (song) |Supremacy]]
*[[Supremacy (song) |Supremacy]]
*[[Lies (song)|Lies]]
*[[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]
*[[Mercy (song)|Mercy]]
*{{Munich Jam}}
*[[New Kind of Kick (song)|New Kind of Kick]]
*[[Pressure (song)|Pressure]]
*[[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]]
*[[The Dark Side (song)|The Dark Side]]
*[[The Globalist (song)|The Globalist]] (one time @ Bercy 27th)
*[[The Groove (song) |The Groove]]
*[[The Groove (song) |The Groove]]
*Helsinki Jam
*[[The Handler (song)|The Handler]] (one time @ Bercy 27th)
*[[Time Is Running Out (song) |Time Is Running Out]]
*[[Time Is Running Out (song) |Time Is Running Out]]
*[[United States of Eurasia (song)|United States of Eurasia]] (one time @ AB Brussels)
*[[Uno (song) |Uno]]
*[[Uno (song) |Uno]]
*[[New Kind of Kick (song)|New Kind of Kick]]
*[[The Dark Side (song)|The Dark Side]]
*Munich Jam
*[[Pressure (song)|Pressure]]
*[[Algorithm (song)|Algorithm AR]]
*[[Mercy (song)|Mercy]]
*[[Apocalypse Please (song)|Apocalypse Please]]
*[[Glorious (song)|Glorious]]
*[[Easily (song)|Easily]]
*[[Lies (song)|Lies]]
*[[Hungry Like the Wolf (song)|Hungry Like the Wolf]]
*[[Dig Down (song)|Dig Down (Acoustic Version)]] (Jools Holland Show one-off only)


=== Red-LED Signature Bass (Graphite Finish) ===
=== Red-LED Signature Bass (Graphite Finish) ===


[[Image:RedGraph.jpg|thumb|right|Red LED Signature bass]]
[[Image:RedGraph.jpg|thumb|right|Red LED Signature bass]]
This bass is primarily used as a half-step down bass. Additionally, it was also used as a "Drop" bass when he didn't have the woven chrome bass yet.


==== Tuning: ====
==== Tuning: ====


* Half step down (D#G#C#F#): The 2nd Law tour, Drones Tours, [[Simulation Theory Tour]]
* Drop D (DADG) or Drop C (CADG): [[Drones Festivals Tour 2015]], [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]]


* Drop D (DADG): Drones Promo Tour (Psycho [one-time]), [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]]
* Half step down (D#G#C#F#): [[The 2nd Law Tour]], [[Psycho UK Tour]], [[Psycho US Tour]], [[Simulation Theory Promo Shows]], [[Simulation Theory World Tour]]


==== Songs used for ====
==== Songs used for ====


*[[Animals (song) |Animals]]
*[[Animals (song) |Animals]]
*[[Fury (song) |Fury]] (2015 onwards)
*[[Defector (song) |Defector]]
*[[Fury (song) |Fury]]
*[[Futurism (song) |Futurism]]
*[[Futurism (song) |Futurism]]
*[[Muscle Museum (song) |Muscle Museum]]
*[[Muscle Museum (song) |Muscle Museum]]
*[[Psycho (song) |Psycho]]
*[[Psycho (song) |Psycho]]
*[[Reapers (song)|Reapers]]
*[[Starlight (song) |Starlight]]
*[[Starlight (song) |Starlight]]
*[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]
*[[Survival (song) |Survival]]
*[[Survival (song) |Survival]]
*[[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]
*[[United States of Eurasia (song) |United States of Eurasia]]
*[[United States of Eurasia (song) |United States of Eurasia]]
*[[Defector (song) |Defector]]
*[[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]


=== TriColor-LED Signature Bass (Woven Chrome Finish) ===
=== TriColor-LED Signature Bass (Woven Chrome Finish) ===
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[[Image:SilverGraph.jpg|thumb|right|Tri-Color Woven Chrome Graphite bass]]
[[Image:SilverGraph.jpg|thumb|right|Tri-Color Woven Chrome Graphite bass]]


Marked in Chris's bass rack simply as "Drop", it's not set in one tuning but it's tuned throughout the show by Chris's tech according to the songs in the set.
Marked in Chris's bass rack simply as "Drop", it's not set in one tuning but it's tuned throughout the show by Chris's tech according to the songs in the set (mostly used in Drop D or C). It replaced the graphite finish red-LED bass in this role and has become one of Chris's most used basses, together with the Aqua Blue White-LED one.
 
It was also used in standard tuning quite in 2016. Additionally, it was used in both standard and half-step down tunings for the X Factor Italy finals performance in 2018.


==== Tuning: ====
==== Tuning: ====


* Drop C (CADG): [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]]
* Standard (EADG): [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]], [[Drones Festivals Tour 2016]], [[Simulation Theory Promo Shows]] (Pressure [one time])


* Drop D (DADG): [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]], [[North American Summer Amphitheatre Tour 2017]], [[Summer Festivals Tour 2018]], [[Simulation Theory Promo Shows]], [[Simulation Theory Tour]]
* Half step down (D#G#C#F#): [[Simulation Theory Promo Shows]] (Starlight [one time])
 
* Drop C (CADG): [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]], [[Drones Festivals Tour 2016]], [[North American Summer Amphitheatre Tour 2017]], [[Summer Festivals Tour 2018]]
 
* Drop D (DADG): [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]], [[Drones Festivals Tour 2016]], [[North American Summer Amphitheatre Tour 2017]], [[Summer Festivals Tour 2018]], [[Simulation Theory Promo Shows]], [[Simulation Theory Tour]]


==== Songs used for ====
==== Songs used for ====
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*[[Agitated (song)|Agitated]]
*[[Agitated (song)|Agitated]]
*[[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]]
*[[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]]
*Frankenstein/Houston Jam
*{{Houston Jam}}
*[[Dead Inside (song)|Dead Inside]]
*[[Bliss (song)|Bliss]]
*[[Plug in Baby (song)|Plug in Baby]]
*[[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]
*[[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]
*[[Mercy (song)|Mercy]]
*[[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]] (Montreux Festival 2016 only)
*[[Pressure (song)|Pressure]] (X Factor Italy 2018 only)
*[[Starlight (song)|Starlight]] (X Factor Italy 2018 only)


=== White-LED Signature Bass (Stealth finish) ===
=== LED Microstrip Signature Bass (Indigo Blue Satin Finish) ===
[[Image:StealthBassCrop.jpg | thumb | right | White LED Stealth Signature Bass]]
 
[[Image:LEDStripeBass.jpg | thumb | right | The Lighting Bass]]
 
Also known as "The Lighting Bass"<ref>http://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html</ref>


This bass was presuambly first used at the [[Carhaix Festival Des Vieilles Charrues 2015 (gig) |Vieilles Charrues Festival 2015]]. It features white-LED, but unlike the other white-LED bass this one has the normal stealth finish.
First used at the [[Prague Lethany Airport 2019 (gig)|Prague gig]] on 26th of May during the Simulation Theory Tour, the bass differs from other basses in that it's fully covered with LED microstrip lighting integrated into the body and the neck. It's presumably based around the Aqua Blue Graphite bass, which was previously used on the songs he's now using this bass on.


==== Tuning: ====
==== Tuning: ====


* Standard (EADG): [[Drones Tour]]
* Standard (EADG): [[Simulation Theory Tour]]
 
* Half-Step Down (D#G#C#F#): [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]]


==== Songs used for ====
==== Songs used for ====


*[[Citizen Erased (song) |Citizen Erased]]
*[[Algorithm (song) |Algorithm (Alternate Reality Version)]]
*[[Revolt (song) |Revolt]]
*[[Pressure (song) |Pressure]]
*[[Supermassive Black Hole (song) |Supermassive Black Hole]]
*[[The Dark Side (song) | The Dark Side]]


=== LED Microstrip Signature Bass (Indigo blue satin finish) ===
=== White-LED Signature Bass (Stealth Finish) ===
 
[[Image:StealthBassCrop.jpg | thumb | right | White LED Stealth Signature Bass]]
[[Image:LEDStripeBass.jpg | thumb | right | The Lightning Bass]]


Also known as "The Lightning Bass"<ref>http://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html</ref>
This bass was presuambly first used at the [[Carhaix Festival Des Vieilles Charrues 2015 (gig) |Vieilles Charrues Festival 2015]].


First used at the [[Prague Lethany Airport 2019 (gig)|Prague gig]] on 26th of May during the Simulation Theory Tour, the bass differs from other basses in that it's fully covered with LED microstrip lighting integrated into the body and the neck. It's presumably based around the Aqua Blue Graphite bass, which was previously used on the songs he's now using this bass on.
The bass features a white-LED fretboard, but unlike the other white-LED bass this one has the matte black stealth finish. It's only been used on this gig so far and has likely been abandoned from live use.


==== Tuning: ====
==== Tuning: ====


* Standard (EADG): [[Simulation Theory Tour]]
* Standard (EADG): [[Drones Tour]]  


==== Songs used for ====
==== Songs used for ====


*[[Algorithm (song) |Algorithm (Alternate Reality Version)]]
*[[Citizen Erased (song) |Citizen Erased]]
*[[Pressure (song) |Pressure]]
*[[Supermassive Black Hole (song) |Supermassive Black Hole]]
*[[The Dark Side (song) | The Dark Side]]


{{Backto | Bass}}
{{Backto | Bass}}


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 07:43, 15 December 2019

Chris Wolstenholme Signature model
Status Chris Wolstenholme signature Bass
Manufacturer Status Graphite
Used Blue-LED: (prototype) ?—
Blue-LED: 2012-08-12
White-LED (Turquoise finish): 2012-10-16
Red-LED: 2012-10-16
White-LED (Stealth finish): 2015-07-17 (?) -
Body type Alder encased in one-piece graphite composite
Neck joint Neck-through
Body covering High gloss lacquer
Wood Alder body, wrapped in a carbon-graphite shell
Bridge Mono-rail bridge units
Electronics Master volume and pickup blend controls
Pickup(s) 2 Status hum-cancelling pickups
Special circuits Treble and bass active E.Q. plus bright switch
Control orientation reversed
Midrange boost circuit
Custom L.E.D. lights in fretboard

Information

This model is custom made for Chris. It's based on the Status S2-Classic, but differs in a few points from his forerunner:

  • The bridge pickups has been moved away from the bridge by 20mm to make the right-hand technique a little more flexible.
  • The neck pickup has also been moved towards the fingerboard by 10mm which makes the tone a little warmer.
  • Volume / pickup balance and bass / treble controls have been reversed when compared to a standard Status bass. This has no effect on the way the controls operate, it's just a personal preference Chris has.
  • A new midrange control has been fitted : this has individual controls for both mid frequency and mid cut / boost. This allows you to pin-point the exact midrange frequency then adjust exactly how much is to be boosted or cut. This midrange control can be pre-set and there is an on/off switch to by-pass it completely.
  • Chris also specified front LEDs as a custom option. His main bass currently has blue LEDs (red, green, amber and white are also available)
  • Black hardware is standard on Chris' basses (gold and chrome are also available)
  • Individual mono-rail bridge units are fitted as standard.

Probably, he first played his custom model at the Olympic Closing Cerenomy. It's unknown, if this model differs from the prototype model, wherefore it's unclear if he used the signature model first-time in 2012 or 2011. At the beginning of the The 2nd Law tour Chris received, according to his tweet, three new custom basses, one of which is the Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass 5-string and two others 4-string custom models. One has white-LED's embedded and a blue finish, the other one has red-LED's and a natural/black finish. The two new basses replaced the walnut and graphite Status S2-Classic basses.

Models

Blue-LED Signature Bass (Graphite Finish)

Blue LED Signature bass

One of the first signature basses Chris recieved.

Chris used to use another blue-LED bass, which was a CW Signature prototype model. Currently, he is only using one.

The bass has first been used in standard tuning, but has also been used between 2013 and 2016 in Drop D and once in standard (at Krakow Live festival 2016). It's currently used in the half step down tuning.

Tuning:

Songs used for

(Songs played before 2011 with the prototype model are also included)

(Krakow Live 2016 only)

White-LED Signature Bass (Aqua Blue Graphite Finish)

White LED Signature bass

Most of the time, this bass is used for songs which are in standard tuning. On one occasion, the bass was used for Hyper Music, which is in Drop D, and during The Drones 360 Tour in 2016, he sometimes used it in Drop C on Map of the Problematique, together with the graphite finish red-LED bass aswell as Drop D on a few occasions.

Tuning:

Songs used for

Red-LED Signature Bass (Graphite Finish)

Red LED Signature bass

This bass is primarily used as a half-step down bass. Additionally, it was also used as a "Drop" bass when he didn't have the woven chrome bass yet.

Tuning:

Songs used for

TriColor-LED Signature Bass (Woven Chrome Finish)

Tri-Color Woven Chrome Graphite bass

Marked in Chris's bass rack simply as "Drop", it's not set in one tuning but it's tuned throughout the show by Chris's tech according to the songs in the set (mostly used in Drop D or C). It replaced the graphite finish red-LED bass in this role and has become one of Chris's most used basses, together with the Aqua Blue White-LED one.

It was also used in standard tuning quite in 2016. Additionally, it was used in both standard and half-step down tunings for the X Factor Italy finals performance in 2018.

Tuning:

Songs used for

LED Microstrip Signature Bass (Indigo Blue Satin Finish)

The Lighting Bass

Also known as "The Lighting Bass"[1]

First used at the Prague gig on 26th of May during the Simulation Theory Tour, the bass differs from other basses in that it's fully covered with LED microstrip lighting integrated into the body and the neck. It's presumably based around the Aqua Blue Graphite bass, which was previously used on the songs he's now using this bass on.

Tuning:

Songs used for

White-LED Signature Bass (Stealth Finish)

White LED Stealth Signature Bass

This bass was presuambly first used at the Vieilles Charrues Festival 2015.

The bass features a white-LED fretboard, but unlike the other white-LED bass this one has the matte black stealth finish. It's only been used on this gig so far and has likely been abandoned from live use.

Tuning:

Songs used for


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References