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03-27-2006, 04:36 PM
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so i know this kid who says he has a carvin electric g***ar worth 5 grand...
he said its older. from early 90s. so its all handbuilt.
is this total bull?
i think so.
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03-27-2006, 04:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada | | I don't think so.....unless of course he swapped out the stock neck for one with solid gold/platinum frets. I am no Carvin expert though.... Ask him which model it is, then have a look at Carvin guitar catalogues at this website (complete with model years and prices). http://www.carvinmuseum.com/decade/95-guitars.html |
03-27-2006, 04:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Boston | | | Carvin guitars aren't exactly known for their resale value. If he can get five grand for a used Carvin guitar, he ought to take it and RUN RUN RUN. Maybe the kid thinks "grand" mean hundred .... not thousand. |
03-27-2006, 05:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hunts-Vegas, Alabama | | | This really needs to be posted in either the Miscellaneous forum or Off Topic... Not really bass related...
instigata, you might want to consider where the most applicable forum your threads should go when you decide to start a new one..
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03-27-2006, 05:07 PM
|  | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | | Hmm...the most expensive "stock" Carvin available today is $1270. Even if you optioned it out with gold hardware, pearl inlays, exotic woods, etc. I don't thinhk it would get much over $2500. ASSUMING Carvin sold stuff that high-end back in the early 90's, do you suppose it has appreciated 100% since then?
An early 90's Carvin? NAH!
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03-27-2006, 05:11 PM
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03-27-2006, 05:25 PM
| | | | bull ****! smack him in the face and tell him to sit down, unless the guitar can play it's self and it pickups are made of solid gold. |
03-27-2006, 05:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Winnipeg Canada | | I'm gonna disagree with everyone and say its totally worth the money.  |
03-27-2006, 05:47 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | i would assume he is talking about some one-off or custom made carvin...i can't verify anything though... |
03-27-2006, 06:04 PM
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03-27-2006, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by superbassman2000 i would assume he is talking about some one-off or custom made carvin...i can't verify anything though... | Even if it was some one off, it's not worth five grand unless someone else is willing to fork over their hard earned green backs for it. Highly unlikley for a used Carvin, unless it was owned by Jimi Hendrix or something! (just as unlikely) |
03-27-2006, 06:19 PM
| | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | true...any famous carvin users?
i don't know any that would jack up the price like that... |
03-27-2006, 06:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oceanside; So. Cali | | | It's only worth what someone would actually pay for it.
5K seems unlikely to me. But I'm just a bass player. |
03-27-2006, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by instigata so i know this kid who says he has a carvin electric g***ar worth 5 grand...
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a "kid", that should answer your question...
offer him 5000$ in Monopoly money.... after all it is hand built, they did sell kits at that time too.... so throw in the shoe.  |
03-27-2006, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by fr0me0 I'm gonna disagree with everyone and say its totally worth the money. | I with fr0me0; totally worth it, if not more. |
03-27-2006, 06:50 PM
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03-27-2006, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by mothmonsterman bull ****! smack him in the face and tell him to sit down, unless the guitar can play it's self and it pickups are made of solid gold. | ding ding ding we have a winner!!!! this is the only solution. |
03-27-2006, 06:59 PM
| | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | see if you can get a pic of the guitar so we can see a $5,000 guitar...i'm interested in seeing this 
maybe he meant yen?
i could totally understand a carvin being worth 5,000 yen |
03-27-2006, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by savit260 Carvin guitars aren't exactly known for their resale value. If he can get five grand for a used Carvin guitar, he ought to take it and RUN RUN RUN. Maybe the kid thinks "grand" mean hundred .... not thousand. | ...and he'd still be exaggerating.
Of course, if the guitar was owned by someone famous and he can prove it, all bets are off.
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03-27-2006, 08:35 PM
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