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    Is Carvin Going Downhill?

    Hello, I've had three Carvin necked (home made body) basses for 13 years now. With this confidence, I just bought a new, hot off the CNC machine, Carvin XB76P. The neck is thin, and they only put one truss rod in it. (I know they don't use the graphite rods anymore.) The lone rod can not...
  2. tobiasaurusrex

    Defending against multi-string prejudice and, "That's a guitar!"

    It's an increasingly recurring, ignorant comment that we hear in person, and see posted on 6 and 7 string bass YouTube videos... "That's not a bass, that's a guitar!" The appropriate response? "It's not a guitar, it's an electric, double-bass voiced, viola da gamba, you mal-educated cur."...
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    Turning 8 ohm drivers into 16 ohm

    Hello, I have a 4x12 ported bass cabinet, and I have to change out the speakers. I want to keep this cabinet: it's the size of a 4x10, but pushes more air and is warmer; It's as firm in the low end as an 18, but not muddy, foggy, and slow. It pushes all the mids to be present anywhere, and...