Is this a Carvin?

[pondscum29]

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It really doesn't look like any Carvin I've ever seen, but it does look like something else I've seen. I just can't put my finger on it. Anyone know?

Thanks

 

[mas502arc]

Methinks it's an F-bass

 

[Rumblefisher]

Isn't that a $5000 bass?

 

[M0ses]

Yeah, I'm also pretty sure that is not a Carvin.

It sure does look a LOT like this: Fbass

Down to the inlays.

You pretty much need to go get that thing NOW, before someone else realizes how much money they could make.

 

[Rumblefisher]

Yeah, I'm also pretty sure that is not a Carvin. Sorry I don't know what it is, though.

It looks like an F Bass Alan Cairon model. If so...that price is stealing it.

 

[Munjibunga]

F Bass indeed. Be careful. I smell a scam. Or the guy just posted the wrong picture.

 

[Munjibunga]

OK, I called the guy. He said he put up the wrong picture, but "his Carvin is just like the bass in the picture." Uh huh.

Me: "So are you going to change the picture?"

Him: "Uh, I don't have a camera, but my Carvin is just like the one in the picture."

 

[darkstorm]

Not carvin. No legitimate qaulity bass either imo due to no headstock pic showing brand name. Probably one of those chinese fake basses thats being peddled under various names as very popular instrument nowadays.

 

[GM60466]

Turn the page on this ad.

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[Jared Lash]

F Bass indeed. Be careful. I smell a scam. Or the guy just posted the wrong picture.

Either a scam or someone trying to sell a stolen bass.

I remember when Jady had his Stambaugh stolen. The guy who ripped him off tried to sell it on Craigslist - as a Schecter I believe - because he didn't know what it was and it was probably the closest match he could find.

Either way, something is up.

 

[pondscum29]

Hey, thanks guys. I was originally thinking Fodera, but their website didn't show anything that looked like the pic, and I was drawing a blank otherwise. I was close, though. Still starts with an F.

Actually, I was thinking more stolen goods than Chinese knock-off.

 

[pondscum29]

Actually this looks like a stock shot from the F-bass website: http://www.fbass.com/html/productshots2.htm and scroll down.

Hmm.

 

[lbwdog]

Actually this looks like a stock shot from the F-bass website: http://www.fbass.com/html/productshots2.htm and scroll down.

Hmm.

SAME BACKGROUND....SAME PHOTO!!

SHAMELESS!!!!

 

[Rumblefisher]

I called the guy. He's not trying to scam it seems...he's just lazy. He found a picture of a bass that KINDA looks like his with similar woods. He's actually selling a Carvin, and not at a bad price either. I think that pic needs to come down though.

EDIT: Super lazy!! All I did was type in Carvin bass into google images and look at this: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Fretless, neck through maple w/ what appear to be Koa wings. I bet you this is the same model bass he's selling.

 

[pondscum29]

Well, you probably could include me in that lazy camp. I could have called the guy too, but I wanted to be sure. I didn't want to take him to task in case it really was an older Carvin (even though I was pretty sure it wasn't), and if it was a stolen F-bass, I didn't want to tip him off that someone was on to him, thus making him pull back and hide. Once again, you guys don't disappoint.

 

[pondscum29]

EDIT: Still, why didn't he put in the ad, "it sort of looks like this." or just not post a pic?

 

[JumboJack]

Who doesn't own a camera nowadays?

 

[EagleMoon]

Who doesn't own a camera nowadays?

Or have a cell phone with a camera.

 

[Munjibunga]

My read: scam.

 

[EagleMoon]

Looks like a couple of people have posted about it. Apparently the phone number is for a pawn shop.