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Carvin SB5000 / SB4000 Roll Call...Part 2!

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#665
Placed this order today:

SB5000 NEW 1 $ 949.00 $ 949.00
ASH Maple Neck/Swamp Ash Body $ 40.00 $ 40.00
BMNH Birdseye Maple Natural Clear Headstock (Non-Painted) $ 30.00 $ 30.00
-SBH SB-Style Headstock (Standard) $ 0.00 $ 0.00
BMF Birdseye Maple Fingerboard (Tung-Oiled) $ 30.00 $ 30.00
DAB Abalone Diamond Inlays $ 50.00 $ 50.00
-FR Med-Jumbo Frets .048" H .103" W (Standard) $ 0.00 $ 0.00
-R14 14in Fretboard Radius (Standard) $ 0.00 $ 0.00
G Gold Hardware $ 50.00 $ 50.00
-J9A J99A Alnico Single Coil Pickups (Standard) $ 0.00 $ 0.00
-BLK Black Pickups $ 0.00 $ 0.00
STS Stainless Steel Med Light $ 5.00 $ 5.00
PK Metal Knobs w/ White Pearl Inlays (Black Inlays on Black Knobs) $ 10.00 $ 10.00
SL Dunlop Straplocks $ 10.00 $ 10.00
HG Metal Hand Guard for Neck Pickup $ 15.00 $ 15.00
WP White Pearloid Pickguard $ 15.00 $ 15.00
IVN Ivory Graph Tech TUSQ Nut $ 5.00 $ 5.00
HC8W Black Tolex Wide Hardshell Bass Case $ 69.00 $ 69.00

Got the postcard. It's due for completion on 3/7/11. Very excited!
 
#668
Me playing Tom Barney's SB4000
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#670
I'm in.

I have one now on the way that will be pretty similar to this. Ash body with a flamed top, FDO finish, ebony board, black guard/pickup covers, abalone dots, SB5000. Can't wait. I played a bunch of the SB400x/500x basses at NAMM and it was impressive how consistently great they all played and sounded.

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Vic said:
I have one now on the way that will be pretty similar to this. Ash body with a flamed top, FDO finishInvalid Link Removed
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Man that's a sweet looking bass. What's FDO?

I've got a 5001 due to complete in 6 days that is supposed to look like a 5-string version of this:
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I'm fired up and ready to get that puppy in.
 
#674
I keep hearing little things about folks complaining about the upper horn on the SB series, and the "large-sized" body

In particular, I'm also curious as to the "unplugged sound" of the bass, and its body "resonance" -- I can usually tell how well a bass will sound plugged-in by simply hearing it unplugged first

Can any of you comment on the body shape, comfort + balance, and finally, its "resonance" when unplugged? Is it "snappy"?

Sorry to be so anal here, but I've 5-weeks left to go on my build completion date to know first-hand

Thanks!
 
#676
Still awaiting the arrival of my Sunburst/Alder/Birdseye SB5000, but I did play a bunch at NAMM, and yes... they do seem consistently great! Luckily, I still have the bass I reviewed here at the studio (I'm holding it for ransom!). I played one of the chambered body models - nice and light, and to the best of my ability (NAMM is no place to make critical sonic judgements) I thought it sounded just as good as the non-chambered.

Also got to hang out with Sekou Bunch a little bit, super nice guy, and what a great player! I'm very happy to see people get excited about this bass, as many of you know, I was a Carvin endorser for about 9 years or so, and I always thought they built great instruments. But there was always a pervading sentiment that somehow their basses weren't as good as they really were. Well, those of us that played them knew the truth, but I'm very happy to see them getting well-deserved kudos for this model.

And the new Bromberg bass? Awesome. I know Brian pretty well, as well as being friends with Bob Mick, the guy that built his original models. I've played many incarnations of the Bromberg bass - Mick originals, Peavey, Dean... and I can say this one beats them all.
 
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edfriedland said:
Still awaiting the arrival of my Sunburst/Alder/Birdseye SB5000, but I did play a bunch at NAMM, and yes... they do seem consistently great! Luckily, I still have the bass I reviewed here at the studio (I'm holding it for ransom!). I played one of the chambered body models - nice and light, and to the best of my ability (NAMM is no place to make critical sonic judgements) I thought it sounded just as good as the non-chambered.

Also got to hang out with Sekou Bunch a little bit, super nice guy, and what a great player! I'm very happy to see people get excited about this bass, as many of you know, I was a Carvin endorser for about 9 years or so, and I always thought they built great instruments. But there was always a pervading sentiment that somehow their basses weren't as good as they really were. Well, those of us that played them knew the truth, but I'm very happy to see them getting well-deserved kudos for this model.

And the new Bromberg bass? Awesome. I know Brian pretty well, as well as being friends with Bob Mick, the guy that built his original models. I've played many incarnations of the Bromberg bass - Mick originals, Peavey, Dean... and I can say this one beats them all.
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Ed, you actually *buy* basses? !?! ? :p

By the way - Man, you're my hero! What a job you have compared the the rest of us shlubs!
 
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CharlieC said:
I keep hearing little things about folks complaining about the upper horn on the SB series, and the "large-sized" body

In particular, I'm also curious as to the "unplugged sound" of the bass, and its body "resonance" -- I can usually tell how well a bass will sound plugged-in by simply hearing it unplugged first

Can any of you comment on the body shape, comfort + balance, and finally, its "resonance" when unplugged? Is it "snappy"?
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Quick answer from limited time spent so far... yeah, the unplugged tone is a big one for me as well, and so far, all the SB's I've picked up have had great unplugged tone.

On the horn issue, there's two things here, aesthetics (which also gets into the headstock) and function. At least from a functional standpoint, they hang just fine on a strap. From an aesthetics standpoint, I think they look great, but opinions vary as much as you can imagine on this of course.

In my case, I've actually had the luxury of playing a bunch of these things at least for a little while, and a few of them a while longer. Again, the consistency of how great they played and sounded was astonishing. Carvin has a HUGE win on their hands here. HUGE.

While at the show, I spoke to a couple top folks and voiced a concern I've heard here; "these basses are so great, the prices are gonna' have to go up, right?". At least as of this time, they're currently happy with the business model, so they're not looking at raising prices. I think this is fantastic news. It's always nice to have such a great bass at such an affordable price point.

In general, I've always been particularly impressed with Carvin's quality/price ratio, and their customer service seems to also typically get top marks. In these times, that is particularly hard to accomplish, especially while also maintaining manufacturing here in the USA. You have to give these guys props for getting all this done.
 
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edfriedland said:
Still awaiting the arrival of my Sunburst/Alder/Birdseye SB5000...
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Ed, so great to meet you at the show, tho for such a limited time. I've always loved your videos and writing, not to mention your great musicianship. Maybe sometime we'll get a chance to visit more. I must also say it was nice to know my opinions matched yours. At least I'm not crazy, right? :)

And the new Bromberg bass? Awesome...
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Ok, you can stop talking about that bass now... I almost plugged that bass in too, but I knew what'd happen if I did, so I ran away. ;) :D
 
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