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Carvin SB5000 / SB4000 Roll Call!

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Now that I've sat (and stood) with my ash bodies, maple board SB5000 for a couple of weeks and a couple of gigs, I am very happy at this point. The bass IS lighter than my Stingray, and I can't wait to have some other much better players take it for a ride as I think the neck will be very appealing. This bass will certainly be a work horse a SO versatile. I guess if you sneeze rather abruptly, the tulip horn may poke you in the chest, but the bass, to me, looks so damn cool...I had the mid control included in the instrument and find all tone controls very musical and useful. Yeaaa for Carvin!
 
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So, am I understanding this correctly that if you go with the mid control it replaces the tone control?

Also, I'm still trying to figure out if it's worth upgrading to the stainless steel frets. Anyone here have a preference for the stainless? I've read that the stainless is more durable, but I don't play that hard and have never needed to re-fret a bass anyways.
 
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When I ordered my SB5000, the salesman told me that the mid control replaces the tone knob AND the ability to go passive/active. Also said that going with the master volume/blend setup took a little bit of the punch away from the bass as opposed to the double volume setup. Since I was trying to recreate the SB5000 I had played previously, I went with the standard (volume, volume, tone, bass/treble) setup.

Also the salesman highly suggested going with the Stainless Med-Jumbo (.048" H .103" W) frets. Since I have an unorthodox percussive right hand technique, I thought that was probably sage advice.
 
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dgce said:
Yo Harry!

I suspect the SB5000 could beat the crap out of a Fender American Standard Jazz V (a bass I was seriously considering for a while). But have you tried out the new American Deluxe Jazz V? Looks pretty cool. At $1,700 -$1,800; it ain't exactly cheap (by my standards at least). Still, I'm pretty curious. Have you lucked up on one yet?
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I have the ADJ5 and the Jazz don't even come close to the SB5000. The jazz has a lower tone were the sb is more cleaner in tone.
 
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blmeier7 said:
Also, I'm still trying to figure out if it's worth upgrading to the stainless steel frets. Anyone here have a preference for the stainless? I've read that the stainless is more durable, but I don't play that hard and have never needed to re-fret a bass anyways.
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One of my basses has stainless steel frets, and I do not care for them. The tone is much too bright for my tastes. They also shorten the life of your strings.

Yes, they're durable. That's the only plus I can give.
 
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KayCee said:
One of my basses has stainless steel frets, and I do not care for them. The tone is much too bright for my tastes. They also shorten the life of your strings.
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So if you have regular frets and use SS strings you have shorter fret life, and if you have SS frets and nickel strings you have shorter string life? You just can't win!
 
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