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11-21-2012, 08:37 PM
|  | Supporting Member and fetch player | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado, USA | | | New (Used) Icon with Spalted Maple Top
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11-21-2012, 08:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville, NC USA | | | That's a lot of pretty woods. Enjoy!
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11-21-2012, 08:44 PM
| | Time's 2006 Person of the Year | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: NJ | | | Stunning. What preamp ended up in there? |
11-21-2012, 08:56 PM
|  | TUBE LOVER! | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Edmonton, Alberta | | | Did they play that thing! Sweet bass! Congrats! |
11-21-2012, 09:02 PM
|  | Hip No Ties | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY | | What a beaut! 
I've got a couple of Icons myself. Love 'em!
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11-21-2012, 09:18 PM
| | Supporting Member and fetch player | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CnB77  Stunning. What preamp ended up in there? | I'm told it's a Bass Mods. It seems like a reasonably good pre. Still thinking about putting a Carvin pre back in. Also thinking of trying the Carvin radiused single pickups. But, it sounds really good as is, so I'll probably just leave it. 
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11-21-2012, 09:23 PM
|  | Plus ça change, Plus c'est la même chose. | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown, OH | | | That's gorgeous. Just how I'd want to make one if I got one. Love spalted maple. How much does it weigh out of curiosity? I've been thinking about Carvin but it seems like most of their basses are on the 9+ lb. weight.
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11-21-2012, 09:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Australia | | | That's a beauty
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11-21-2012, 10:31 PM
| | Supporting Member and fetch player | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EagleMoon That's gorgeous. Just how I'd want to make one if I got one. Love spalted maple. How much does it weigh out of curiosity? I've been thinking about Carvin but it seems like most of their basses are on the 9+ lb. weight. | I don't have a good scale and I haven't weighed it, but since it's walnut, it's not light. It's not what I'd call heavy, though. I'd guess it's 8 1/2 to 9 pounds. But, that's just a guess. It's really well balanced, which helps keep it comfortable on the old shoulder.
As far as Carvins go in general, the SB basses are on the heavy side, but the other models are generally average to light IME.
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11-22-2012, 06:41 AM
| | Plus ça change, Plus c'est la même chose. | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown, OH | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by WoodyG3
I don't have a good scale and I haven't weighed it, but since it's Honduran mahogany, it's not light. It's not what I'd call heavy, though. I'd guess it's 8 1/2 to 9 pounds. But, that's just a guess. It's really well balanced, which helps keep it comfortable on the old shoulder.
As far as Carvins go in general, the SB basses are on the heavy side, but the other models are generally average to light IME.
| I played an Icon at GC one time and just loved the feel and looks of the bass. Sounded nice too, though pretty modern. My main bass is 7.3 lbs. so almost anything is heavy compared to that.
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11-22-2012, 06:56 AM
| | Supporting Member and fetch player | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EagleMoon I played an Icon at GC one time and just loved the feel and looks of the bass. Sounded nice too, though pretty modern. My main bass is 7.3 lbs. so almost anything is heavy compared to that. | Is that your Sadowsky? 7.3 pounds is crazy light!
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11-22-2012, 07:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | Very nice! I never was fond of black and/or gold hardware, but black and gold fits in this case. If the truss rod cover were black that would be IT (but that's just me)! Enjoy your find! |
11-22-2012, 07:26 AM
|  | We are the robots. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodyG3 Is that your Sadowsky? 7.3 pounds is crazy light! | Thats her silly light and fancy and great playing and great sounding Sadowsky....  I guess it's pretty nice.
I love the Icon series. Almost bought one myself recently. Easily my favorite bass in Carvins lineup. |
11-22-2012, 08:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Elk Grove, CA | | | The spalt on that isn't over the top, but it has nice color and the flame figure is really nice.
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11-22-2012, 09:05 AM
| | | | beautiful bass woody - any pics of the back?
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11-22-2012, 09:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Sovereign State of Texas | | | An instrument has to have enough mass to offset the string vibration especially a B string.
I had a fretless LB75 Carvin that weighed 7 LBs and was a nice bass but the B string was less than stellar.
The best sounding basses for me have always had some weight.
Nice looking Icon! |
11-22-2012, 12:19 PM
| | Supporting Member and fetch player | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bhunt1 beautiful bass woody - any pics of the back? | Here ya' go:  
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11-22-2012, 12:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: West of Stumptown, USA | | | Congrats! WOW.
I love basses that reveal a whole new character simply by flipping them over. I know that sounds loaded with innuendo, but it was unintended. |
11-22-2012, 12:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Shaw AFB, South Carolina | | | Gorgeous bass!
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11-22-2012, 01:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Chicago South Suburbs | | | Absolutely beautiful instrument. It looks like it sounds great....
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