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    Identify Carvin Bass Attributes (year, wood. etc)

    I ended up replacing the pre-amp and couldn't be happier. Transformed the bass, even with the stock pickups it sounds pretty amazing. I went with an Audere Pro Z 4 band. Was kinda scary drilling holes in the body and was my first time soldering for the most part. Went pretty well all considered...
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    Identify Carvin Bass Attributes (year, wood. etc)

    Thanks again for all the help...it's appreciated. So techs in my area are far and few between...Installs, sure, but troubleshooting strange stuff not so much. The pickups are still good in it, but I'm one of those people if I'm going to change anything I might as well address everything at the...
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    Identify Carvin Bass Attributes (year, wood. etc)

    Thanks for the replies...I was thinking 98 or newer as well. I did end up taking it in to have someone look at it. The knobs in the wrong place turned out to be a simple thing. Someone only switched the knob handle and not the pot. However, something is wrong with the preamp. Pickups and the...
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    Identify Carvin Bass Attributes (year, wood. etc)

    Hello, Newbie to the forum so go easy on me :) Just acquired what I was told was a Carvin LB76 from 1994 but don't know much else about it. From looking at Carvin muesum it looks like its probably a later 95 version when comparing to the headstock/tuner photos. Can anyone comment on what year...