BassCliff's NBD! Kiesel (Carvin) PB5

[BassCliff]

Hello friends,

Just a quick post to let you know that my long-awaited new bass arrived yesterday. It's beautiful. It's a pretty stock Fender-esque five string, ash body, maple neck, ebony fingerboard, passive P/J pickups, and a tobacco burst finish that I really like. Pictures? Sure, I got pictures.

The gig bag is pretty nice. I'll use it for a while until I get another SKB case for it.

I haven't plugged it into an amp yet. I have gigs Wednesday and Thursday night so I'll bring it, at least use it during sound check, but might not play it all night. I think I'm going to have to tweak the setup to my liking. We'll see. I tend to play aggressively sometimes and I noticed a couple of buzzes when I hit it hard. But I know we'll have a long-lasting relationship.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[trainyourhuman]

Beautiful bass! I've got one of these on order as well.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Nice....

 

[mmbongo]

Very nice! And good to see some Kiesel love around here. They are the most underrated basses out there. I wish more TB'ers knew what they were missing!

 

[charlie monroe]

Happy NBD, Cliff.

Play the frets off it!

 

[growlypants]

Congratulations!! (Finally, a 5-er!!!). Fantastic looking, too!!!

 

[two fingers]

Noyce! I think you'll like the 5. And Kiesel/Carvin makes some great necks, as you already know. Great choices. An instant classic at home on any stage.

 

[garp]

Congrats! I know you don't do NBDs very often, so I can appreciate the amount of contemplation that went into your choice. Looking forward to seeing its on-stage debut in a future gig report. And if any of those country bumpkins give you flack over the brand name, just tell 'em: "It's diesel – like a Ford F-150 – but with a 'K'."

 

[Blues Bass 2]

Very nice ! I love the necks on the Carvins .

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Kiesel, and Carvin before them, really makes high quality instruments that do not quite get the respect they deserve, but they are certainly worthy investments.

 

[DrDAV14]

Very nice!!

 

[bench]

will this one get the front row seat of your Jazz Bass Special??

 

[Gustopher]

Love the ebony on that burst... classy.

 

[dalkowski]

No food? No comely maidens? Weight?

Srsly thanks for the excellent share -- can't wait to see it in situ!

 

[staurosjohn]

Beauty!! Now you just need to get some gigs!!

 

[Humbled]

Beautiful !





Jaco only needed four bolts.

 

[74hc]

Hows the adjustment to the new string spacing?

I noticed that going up to a 5 string with 19mm was no real adjustment for me. However, going back down was surprisingly difficult. I played my SG at rehearsal for the first time since, maybe 15 years, after exclusively playing the bass. Strumming chords were not an issue, but flat picking notes was extremely difficult.

 

[BlueShox]

Love it, was this an "in-stock" or one you speced out?

 

[Holdsg]

nice. love me a PJ5.

 

[flojob]

How's that neck profile compared to your 6 string?