need some help with my new carvin LB75P

I would call Carvin customer service 1-800 #

You did just buy it new from them. It think some customer service would be in order here. They will be able to explain the controls and expected output from any combination of tweaks to the controls.

They have always been very helpful on the phone.

I found out the other day that you can order a wide 5 piece walnut/maple neck (neck-through) for a 5 string with an undrilled/unshaped headstock for a project you may never get around to.

K

 

Try going to www.carvin.com go to forums there alot of guys that hang out in the Bass forum
and they should be able to help you.
mine are older ones 1994, but with the blend know at center detent, both pickups are on.

 

They should have sent you a nice detailed sheet explaining the knobs (?)

Anyway, the top row of knobs is master volume, J99 vs. HB pan control, and J99/HB vs. piezo control. The bottom row (smaller knobs) is bass, mid, treble control. Try everything center and work from there.

I basically center the J99 vs. HB control, and have the J99/HB vs. piezo control paned over to the magnetics with just a little of the piezos blended in.

Have fun with your new bass!

 

I'm sure that you can. One of the blends is between the front and rear magnetic pickups, and the other blend is between the piezo and the magnetic pickups. If you turn the second blend all the way to piezo, you are soloing the piezo pickup. If you turn it all the way to the magnetic pickups alone, you can then use the other blend to solo either the front or rear pickup by turning the first blend all the way one direction or the other...not too complicated, really.

It may be that the gains on the piezo pickup are not set high enough. I can see from the catalog that there are individual trimpots in the control cavity for the gain on each piezo saddle. If there's not a "master gain" for the piezos, you might try turning one of those trimpots to see which way boosts the gaiun and which way cuts it.

Mike

 

No problem. Once you've spent a bit of time playing around with it, definately give us your impressions. I haven't played many piezo-equipped basses, so I'm curious how you end up liking the piezos.

Mike