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03-29-2011, 09:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI | | | Carl Thompson 32" 4 string
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Up for sale is my 32" No Frills that was recently optioned by Carl.
- 2008 32" No Frills 4 string
- Poplar body, Mahogany neck, Bloodwood fingerboard
- Hipshot Ultralight tuners and A-style Aluminum bridge
- Weighs only 6.5 lb!
- Carl just installed two Kent Armstrong Soapbars with Volume and Tone controls, 3-way pickup selector, 3-way tone switch (filtered, open, mute)
- Carl deepened the cutaway to allow better access to the upper register
- Carl refinished the entire bass
- Frets have *no* wear and were just sweetened by Carl
- Ships well-packed in original Carl Thompson gig bag
Action is outrageous on this bass... By far the lowest I've ever owned! The two pickup setup offers a wonderful tonal array. I love it but financial strains require sale. $4000, only trade I'd consider would be a 36" scale Carl Thompson or Hilton. I've been wanting to try a 36.
Thanks for looking!
-Darren            
Last edited by shrigg : 03-30-2011 at 05:49 PM.
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03-29-2011, 09:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Chicago IL | | | HOLY SPEARMINTY FRESHNESS BATMAN!!!
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03-29-2011, 09:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Agoura Hills, CA | | | That is a great looking bass! |
03-29-2011, 09:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | Cool bass! Good luck with the sale.
Ah, that answers one of my questions about a future possible CT order. A no-frills is available with a scroll.
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03-29-2011, 11:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF (North) Bay Area | | | Wow!
Wish I had the money. |
03-30-2011, 07:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI | | Includes an extra set of Carl Thompson strings... Now you'll take it, right?  |
03-30-2011, 07:38 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: North Carolina | | | bump for a CT. If anyone out there has ever wanted a Carl Thompson, the No Frills basses are second to none. AMAZING!!!
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03-30-2011, 10:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: australia | | | carl thompson,
pardon me ,may I ask? what is the meaning of no frills? |
03-30-2011, 10:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI | | | No-frills is a name Carl gives to his simpler models without the multi-laminate layered wood bodies. Frills or Fancy is how he refers to his highest-end basses |
03-30-2011, 11:44 AM
| | | | Nice...
On of the luthier's corner threads was talking about poplar and it usefulness.
This is the combo of woods I used on my first bass, and I love it. Bloodwood just pops next to the poplar!
Beautiful instrument! Someday maybe I can get my hands on one. (Just keep filling that change jar...) |
03-30-2011, 01:56 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | $4000 for a no frills? 
Bass is lovely though. Wish I had the coin... |
03-30-2011, 02:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EduardoK  $4000 for a no frills?
Bass is lovely though. Wish I had the coin... | This one has had nearly $1000 of extra work done by Carl, hence the higher asking than a typical no-frills (if there is such a thing) |
03-30-2011, 05:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Muskegon, MI | | | Beautiful Darren! Nice photography too!
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03-30-2011, 06:37 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Aguilar Amplification | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Guadalajara, México | | | Darren, what is the neck width? is the feel more like jazz or precision type?
Thanks!
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03-30-2011, 06:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI | | | Good question! Neck width is 1 9/16" ...pretty much right between a J and a P. But width aside, it is a super-fast small neck! |
03-30-2011, 07:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI | | | And this one is SOLD pending payment... That was fast! |
03-30-2011, 10:22 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Aguilar Amplification | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Guadalajara, México | | | Did the bass have one pickup in between where the current two are located?
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03-30-2011, 10:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI | | | Yes, No Frills models came with only one pickup mounted in the middle (where the mahogany accent is). I wanted a 2 pickup setup so I sent it back to Carl and he made it happen (as I mentioned in the original post). As you can see in the closeup pictures, it is perfectly done. |
03-30-2011, 10:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Orleans, LA | | | How many frets is it?
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03-31-2011, 07:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI | | | 29 Frets!
Stanley Clarke plays his 32" Carl Thompson with piccolo bass strings, something I wanted to try but never got around to. Les Claypool played lighter strings on his 32" CT for years also, I think he used two .040's and two .080's... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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