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carvins!

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adept_inept

Jan 9, 2006
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#1
so, in a recent post, i said how i wanted a bass in the 700-1400 dollar price range. so... i checked out carvin. they look cool....

really cool. and right in that range.

i was just wondering what people who have em think

cos im a big fan of trying before i buy...

and thats the ultimate not trying b4 i buy.
 
#2
I have a carvin fretless I got used at a Guitar Center. It looks about from 90'-91' from what I can tell from Carvin's site. The pickups have been replaced with EMGs but overall its a very nice bass. The neck is very smooth, came with D tuner, nice shape, sound, finish. I think it's a good bass but I find myself not playing it as much, the whole fretless deal was an impulse buy. I would sell it to fund a warwick but my father wouldn't enjoy that too much. Overall, good bass though!
 
#3
DasClyde, welcome to talkbass! i see you made your first post!

and i love my Carvin. it's a lined fretless 5, and it's freaking great. if you have a local Guitar Center you might be able to find a used one to try out. i found that i don't like the 4 stringer necks, but the 5s are great for me (i think this is because i went from Jazz to Carvin, and Carvin necks are beefier). off the top of my head the neck on Carvin 5s is slightly comparable to Ibanez SRX705 necks. the have pretty much the same numbers at the nut.

sometimes i have trouble finding the sound that i like from my pickups (stacked humbuckers), but once i find it, it's great.

ALSO, the used market is great for the babies.
 
#4
I have a carvin LB75 Fretless. The construction and playability of this thing is unparrelled in its price range. However, the fretless sound I consider to not be one of the best. It sounds good, but not great. If I could do it all over again, I'd go with a warwick corvette fretless 5 string. I have friend however that has the same bass but fretted. I think his bass sounds great.

I chose the walnut body with the maple thru-neck and ebony finger board. I ended up getting rid of the electronics in favor of bartolini pickups and active 5-band eq.
 
#5
check out your local music stores and see if there is a used carvin aroudn for you to try, my first carvin was a used, so since I got the same model, only with and extra string and without frets, i had no worrries about ordering my second carvin, also a used one will get you a HEFTY price deduction, don't buy carvin if you aren't intending to keep it forever, there resale value is crap
 
#11
im like in love with the rick cheyenne models

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like that. that, or a warwick corvette or katana.

pretty much my dream guitars. i'll never have a need for a bass over 1600. ever.

id be happy with any of those.

or maybe a carvin.
 
#12
adept_inept said:
does that include warwick corvettes?

and higher end ibanez ?
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If it was me, and I could find a perfect warwick corvette 5 string for the same price as a new Carvin LB75, I would buy the warwick simply because I dig that kind of sound. But I own a carvin LB75F, so its obvious what my choice was. the carvin is exceptionally built for its price range.
 
#18
King David said:
Has anyone tried their guitars?
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Guitarist at church owns a little of everything...mostly high-line stuff...he swears that his Carvins are every bit as good as anything else he as, up to a $1000 more in cost! Just his opinion; but he can obviously afford whatever he wants and owns a 2 of them that I'm aware of.
 
#19
Bass Viking said:
Oh get over it! :)

I can understand that the first impression is the last impression but your Carvin experience is not typical.
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Says you. It's HIS experience, and he's allowed to tell and re-tell the story as often as he likes.

And FWIW, my Carvin experience was just as bad. BOTH of the amps I bought from them were useless in less than two years. So from MY experience, I second Snarf's choice of words.
 

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