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Carvin Basses?

#102
I've pretty much owned every boutique bass out there. I really love'em, but I can't bring myself to using them at most of my gigs, worrying that they might get dinged. Anyways, I just picked this up today on a trade. It's pretty nice. I had to tweak around with trussrod a bit, so I got the action nice and low with minimal buzz. The piezo bridge pups are real cool.

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#107
People,
I'm a newbie here and I dont have a pic of my LB 75 yet, but I've owned that bass for close to 17 years and I LOVE IT. I dont have a problem being heard and even though mine only has the 2 band preamp and no passive option, (remember-its 17!), I can pull quite a range of usable tones from it, even through my ancient 150W Crate combo.
Even after sitting in its case for a looong while, I barely needed to tweak the neck when I brought it back out into the daylight. Like someone else said-construction on these babies is top-notch, the frets were beautifully finished, and straight out of the case after a cross-country trip from CA to CT, my LB-75 was ready to play!

I bought a new off-the-rack 4 string over the winter and I just ordered another from our own Tom Clement but I've decided to stick with my Carvin for my extended low-range needs because it does everything I need it to do.

I also noticed someone talking about resale value-who's looking at resale value when you're buying a brand-new instrument??? :confused:If I'm thinking "resale value" when I'm buying it brand-new, something is dreadfully wrong. If you're already thinking about selling it as soon as you buy it, why buy it in the first place???????

Just my 2 pesos

Ken
 
#108
kjpollo said:
I also noticed someone talking about resale value-who's looking at resale value when you're buying a brand-new instrument??? :confused:If I'm thinking "resale value" when I'm buying it brand-new, something is dreadfully wrong. If you're already thinking about selling it as soon as you buy it, why buy it in the first place???????
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Exactly! That's why I put that line about resale value as one of my bass rules to live by.
 
#112
Bass Viking said:
I really like the sound. If you want to hear some sound clips PM me with your email and I'll send you some MP3s. (I put them in an Icon thread I started a while back but the links seem to be broken)
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I have to say the MM pickups that Carvin builds are outstanding (IMHO). My LB7W has one MM pickup which sounds great. A few months ago I played a LB76W at the local Carvin Dealer that had 2 MM Pickups with 2 Coil Splitting Switches and a Piezzo Bridge pickup. That bass was (again to me) the best most versatile bass I've ever played. There were more tonal combinations that could be gleaned out of that setup... than any other bass I've ever played, it was amazing. Unfortunately I didn't have the money to buy it... but I could have sold both of my other LB76s because the tone options made it so versatile.

And as for ease of play, the Carvin's neck and fretboard are outstanding. I graduated from 4 strings to a Carvin LB76 and have never looked back. The Necks contour and feel made that transition easy.
 
#118
I'll probably get blasted for this--but I'd put my LB75 up against any SR5, or L2500 out there. I've owned pretty much every production bass out there and vastly prefer my Carvins---my LB70PF is far better than most fretlesses costing 2-3 times as much. If that have a weak point--definitely is resale value.
 

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