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Carvin SB5000 / SB4000 Roll Call...Part 7!

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BFunk said:
I am no CNC guy, but I am a software developer. So this seems strange to me. Is there no way to load a different program? I mean, they don't have a different CNC machine for every model they make right? So they must have some process to load a program or configuration for a particular model.
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You have a point...In reality its not a bid deal.
However I think its another aspect that builders don't won't deal with much. (Integrity aspect, ect....)

I cannot saying anything about Carvin but I can say that Warmoth does NOT have the option loaded for thier CNCs machines. They will do a custom route for additional $75.

Thats what they quoted me about 1.5 half ago when I was thinking about building a 70's Jazz.
 
#182
WoodyG3 said:
Lackey, many options are available that aren't listed on he web site bass builder, and I would be surprised if Carvin wouldn't build an SB with a mahogany body. I'd call and talk to a sales rep.

The pickup route ain't gonna' happen, though. What seems like a simple change would require a good bit of time both for the CNC operator, and in terms of stopping everything to make a one-off body, then resetting again to get back to regular production.
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This.

Call them.
 
#183
Alright, thanks for your comments everybody. Pretty sure I can swing the body wood, less sure about the pickup route. Still, we've used CNCing for school projects before and its hardly a big deal to make small adjustments. Especially in a case like this where the route itself would be the same, the machine would be merely starting the cut a quarter inch away on the X or Y axis. To me, I would think they would want to offer this simple option on their only jazz style bass. The big name boutique jazz guys do.. Ah well.
 
#184
Bought a used SB5000 from Grateful, here on TB, and I'm lovin' it. It's become my bass of choice, and I'm fortunate to have some nice choices in my closet.

Got a puzzlement that maybe y'all can help me with, though. When I was practicing the other day, I noticed that tapping on the cover of the bridge pup can be heard clearly through the amp. But this is not the case with the neck pup.

Mystified me. Ideas?
 
#185
Ewo said:
Bought a used SB5000 from Grateful, here on TB, and I'm lovin' it. It's become my bass of choice, and I'm fortunate to have some nice choices in my closet.

Got a puzzlement that maybe y'all can help me with, though. When I was practicing the other day, I noticed that tapping on the cover of the bridge pup can be heard clearly through the amp. But this is not the case with the neck pup.

Mystified me. Ideas?
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Yeah, turn the volume up on the neck pickup. ;)

Ok, ok, just kidding. :)

The only thing I can think of is you might have simply tapped in one case where there was a pole piece right under and not on the other pickup? Maybe you happened to tap between poles on it somehow?
 
#186
Ewo said:
Bought a used SB5000 from Grateful, here on TB, and I'm lovin' it. It's become my bass of choice, and I'm fortunate to have some nice choices in my closet.

Got a puzzlement that maybe y'all can help me with, though. When I was practicing the other day, I noticed that tapping on the cover of the bridge pup can be heard clearly through the amp. But this is not the case with the neck pup.

Mystified me. Ideas?
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IME, the bridge pickup in most basses is a little higher than the neck pickup. Often, the same size springs or same amount of foam is used to maintain the height of both pickups. When you tap the pickups,the bridge pickup has a little more give and is more likely to bang against the mounting screws, making noise. I find this is very common, but is easily fixed with some extra foam under the bridge pickup.
 
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wvbass said:
IME, the bridge pickup in most basses is a little higher than the neck pickup. Often, the same size springs or same amount of foam is used to maintain the height of both pickups. When you tap the pickups,the bridge pickup has a little more give and is more likely to bang against the mounting screws, making noise. I find this is very common, but is easily fixed with some extra foam under the bridge pickup.
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I'm going to guess he's not talking about pushing/tapping so hard the pickups move. I'm guessing he's literally just lightly tapping on the covers... likely with a metal object like a small screwdriver.

This is a classic way to test for dead/weak pole pieces in a pickup. I think his concern is the pickup might have an issue.
 
#188
Thanks for the replies!

I'm tapping lightly on the plastic covers just to the side of the B string, with my fingernail. Not hitting a string, or using enough force to move the pup.

Everything sounds fine, playing the bass. All the controls function normally, and I've soloed the pups and mixed them, as well.

Hence my puzzlement. If the pups were inherently sensitive to physical vibration, I'd have figured they'd both be sensitive. But the tapping on the bridge pup is clearly audible while tapping on the neck doesn't get in the signal at all.
 
#189
Ewo said:
Thanks for the replies!

I'm tapping lightly on the plastic covers just to the side of the B string, with my fingernail. Not hitting a string, or using enough force to move the pup.

Everything sounds fine, playing the bass. All the controls function normally, and I've soloed the pups and mixed them, as well.

Hence my puzzlement. If the pups were inherently sensitive to physical vibration, I'd have figured they'd both be sensitive. But the tapping on the bridge pup is clearly audible while tapping on the neck doesn't get in the signal at all.
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Now I'm curious about mine. I'm gonna' try mine tonight. :)
 
#190
Hi guys- I am out of practice posting and/or taking pictures of basses but this is my new SB5000. I just love it.
 

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#194
Ewo said:
Thanks for the replies!

I'm tapping lightly on the plastic covers just to the side of the B string, with my fingernail. Not hitting a string, or using enough force to move the pup.

Everything sounds fine, playing the bass. All the controls function normally, and I've soloed the pups and mixed them, as well.

Hence my puzzlement. If the pups were inherently sensitive to physical vibration, I'd have figured they'd both be sensitive. But the tapping on the bridge pup is clearly audible while tapping on the neck doesn't get in the signal at all.
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Hey, not to be a pest, but I'm wondering if anybody else had noticed something like this. (That tapping the cover of the bridge pup can be heard through the amp, while tapping the cover of the neck pup can't.)

I've checked with the pre on and with the pre off; no difference.
 
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