Status Kitara Doubleneck Bass

Chris Wolstenholme playing the Doubleneck Bass

Status Kitara Doubleneck Bass Mk 2
Manufacturer	Status Graphite/Misa
Used	2012-09-13 — 2018-06-23
Body type	Alder encased in one-piece graphite composite
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Body covering	Satin black paint
Wood	Alder body, wrapped in a carbon-graphite shell
Bridge	Mono-rail bridge/tuners
Electronics	Master volume, pickup blend control
Pickup(s)	2 Status soap-bar pickups
Special circuits	Top half of the bass is a modded Misa Kitara

Information & Background

First seen in 2012, Chris used this bass for the song Madness. The bass is incredilby unique in that the top half of the bass is a Misa Kitara, cut to fit the frame of the body, and the bottom half is a Status S2-Classic headless. Due to the Misa Kitara made out of plastic, not built for heavy touring and thus prone to failure, Chris had three of them built for backup purposes through the tour.

The bass was later succeeded by the greatly improved and re-colored Doubleneck Mk2 version, in 2017. While keeping the original intent of the Doubleneck bass, the Misa Kitara part was ditched completely out of the Mk2, using instead, a custom-built keyboard, with all it's electronics hidden inside the neck, connected to an iPad, which connects to MIDI through wireless. The Mk1 is still kept in Chris's rack, but for backup purposes. The Kitara part on the Mk2 was built by a company called "Starr Labs".

Touring

The bass debuted at the SVT on the 13th of September 2012 where it was used for Madness. After a break from touring, it returned for a couple of gigs in 2016 and 2018. It was tuned in standard (EADG).

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