It was in the early 90's that Trace Elliot asked me to design the original T-Bass as a Limited Edition model.
The last T-Bass was made in 1997.

This latest version is now available as either a 4 or 5 string model and includes some
new innovations including a woven graphite neck with a phenolic fingerboard.

A graphite neck is more stable, has a more even response and better dynamics.



The original idea was to make a bass that was classic... but original.
There was one particular idea they wanted to include : to angle the tuners down and back towards the player.

This proved much harder to achieve than the original, scribbled drawing.
With the various compound angles it was hard to get everything lined up.
After many prototypes it all worked out.

I named it the E.T.S - Ergonomic Tuning System.

All the other parts of the bass were ideas I had been working on or used for some time :

Woven graphite neck
Mono-rail bridge units
24 fret fingerboard
Switchable 2-band active EQ

The T-Bass has recently been up-graded to feature a new design of hum-cancelling pickups. This J-type pickup has more efficient hum-cancelling properties and is designed to produce a really wide and even frequency response. An 18 volt battery supply is used to power the 2-band active circuit. There is a volume control for each pickup plus the 2-band EQ. A switch is included which by-passes the EQ section of the circuit but the bass remains active. The Status T-Bass is available in a range of solid colours or with a figured maple and alder body. Transparent tints are available over the maple : cherry red, aqua blue, vintage amber, emerald green etc. Please contact us for more information. Click here for more photographs. T-Bass body - Maple top, gold hardware - side view T-Bass headstock - side view T-Bass body - Maple top, gold hardware - upright  T-Bass headstock - end view