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11-03-2011, 04:22 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | | FS: Carvin SB5000 fretless
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This is a great bass, but I'm just not a fretless player.
Alder body, maple neck, unlined ebony board. V/V/T (pull up for passive) plus stacked bass/treble controls. It sounds awesome either active or passive.
I ordered the bass in March and received it on May 13. It's in excellent ++ condition. No dings or scratches, just light marks on the fingerboard from nickel roundwounds. I recently conditioned the board and restrung it with D'Addario Half Rounds.
Comes with a nice hardshell case. $800 shipped, continental U.S. only. No trades.    
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Last edited by Dave Siff : 11-08-2011 at 05:54 AM.
Reason: Price drop
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11-03-2011, 04:47 AM
|  | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | | | Bump for an awesome bass and a great TB'er!
Bummer that the fretless didn't work out Dave. I'm sure that this bass just kills with the ebony board and JJ P/U's!
Classic looking bass! |
11-03-2011, 06:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Waxahachie, Tx | | Timing is everything  I had a gig last week that I needed a fretless bass for. I was frantically searching the for sale ads looking for a fretless SB but could not find one. Gave up the search and played the gig with my fretted SB.
At this point, that band doesn't have anything else booked right now, so no need for fretless for the foreseeable future now. But here's a free bump |
11-05-2011, 09:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SE Wisconsin | | | What is the string spacing on the SB5000? |
11-05-2011, 11:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SE Wisconsin | | | Looked it up - it's 19mm spacing. |
11-06-2011, 06:56 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Boston, MA | | | These are 34" scale, correct? |
11-06-2011, 08:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | That's a nice bass, Dave.
I am looking for a 5 for my church and smooth jazz gigs. Was thinking fretted, but this is really tempting. I love playing my fret less Mouse. |
11-07-2011, 06:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bwest9  These are 34" scale, correct? | That is correct. 34" scale, strings through the body, 19 mm spacing. The bass weighs 9.5 pounds.
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11-07-2011, 06:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveC That's a nice bass, Dave.
I am looking for a 5 for my church and smooth jazz gigs. Was thinking fretted, but this is really tempting. I love playing my fret less Mouse. | Don't resist temptation! 
It really is a sweet bass.
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11-09-2011, 01:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Waxahachie, Tx | | Dave I doubt you want to hear this old line, but I've got this other thing for sale and when it sells I will likely buy your thing for sale if its still for sale at that time |
11-09-2011, 01:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarrett Dave I doubt you want to hear this old line, but I've got this other thing for sale and when it sells I will likely buy your thing for sale if its still for sale at that time | Why would I not want to hear that? Good to know!
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11-09-2011, 01:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Waxahachie, Tx | | Well cuz its usually BS |
11-09-2011, 01:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarrett Well cuz its usually BS | Ha! Good point. I know how you love the SB5000, though.
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11-09-2011, 02:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC | | | Bump for a sweet-looking bass and also the Chuck Rainey quotation. (Tough news the other day.)
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11-14-2011, 04:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: croatia | | | Beautifull bass!
Pitty that you don't ship in Europe!
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11-16-2011, 06:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | | Bump!
This bass is just about as good as new, and would cost you more than $1,000 if you ordered it today.
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11-16-2011, 06:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Waxahachie, Tx | | I wish my acoustic trio would book a gig soon. If so, then I'd HAVE to buy it immediately Until then I gotta wait for me thing to sell. That bass is exactly like the one I used with the group weekly during the summer sans the tusq nut. Great bass, so versatile and expressive. It's nice to break free of the oppressive fret shackles now and again |
11-19-2011, 06:12 AM
| | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | | | Surprised that this one's still here BUMP!
I've build a quite a couple of fretless 5's and I had more $$$ in parts than Dave is asking for this minty SB5000.
This would be a great way to enter the world of fretless. These SB5000's just kill in every way. There's as good as any Fender style bass that I've ever played! |
11-25-2011, 07:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | | OK, no one seems to want this bass, and I just played it for a few minutes and had a blast, so I'm keepin' it for now.
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