New Carvin P bass, about time?

[R&B]

Oh fer cryin' out loud. Just found this thread. I'm done for. GAS!!!! And Carvin's L.A. store is a couple miles up the road from the office.

 

[hrodbert696]

Mine just showed up. It's easily the loudest, cleanest passive pickups on any of my Carvins and the active preamp just makes it more. I think they knocked it out of the park with this one. I opted for a flamed maple cap over alder body with rosewood board. I was trying to recreate the feel of my old '63 and '66 P Basses but was seduced by the siren call of emerald green over flamed top maple.

MAN that's pretty!

Interesting that everyone seems to be going for P/J rather than straight P...

 

[6stringpanda]

Is the 1980's hairband jackson style headstock available on these?

If so I'm there dude!!!!!

 

[jb64]

and here we have the best looking Carvin ever IMO. I was on the fence but I may have to get one now.

Thanks Adam! The photo doesn't do the bass justice!

Carl

 

[jb64]

MAN that's pretty!

Interesting that everyone seems to be going for P/J rather than straight P...

I wanted the option of having P/J versus straight P for my 5 string but I have a PB4 coming next week that has just the P pickup.

Thanks,

Carl

 

[jim777]

Wow, they ALL look GREAT guys! Very jealous here! How are you guys liking the slap tone on these?

 

[WoodyG3]

They look great. Please let us know how they sound, how the neck feels, and all that practical jibber jabber.

 

[Jarrett]

Wow, I dig that green! I'll do some A/B clips of mine and the SB5000 when it arrives.

 

[invalidprotocol]

Thanks Jarrett!

 

[Handyman]

Wow, I dig that green! I'll do some A/B clips of mine and the SB5000 when it arrives.

I predict the SB5000 will have a better B string than your PB4.

 

[Jarrett]

lol

 

[Erich Bruning]

I'm really tempted to pull the trigger on one of these. I have a build list printed for one of these as a straight up passive P only 4 string. I've got a few Fender P's, but they aren't nearly as nice as my SB5000, and the thought of a p that is as nice is hard to resist.

 

[Up the dose]

Yea, well, you see, the SB5000 that is about to be delivered is a rebuild resulting from a 10 day trial 6 weeks ago. The one I got at that time was too heavy. Carvin built another one with a "promise" it will be lighter (< 10 lbs). The lighter one is about to be here.


... but I really wanted a PJ ...

No problem. Just do what everybody else here does. Put it up for sale as soon as it arrives. Tag it with some stupid line like " It pains me to sell this cause its such a killer bass, but I'm just a P bass guy." It will actually have some truth. Then, buy the PJ bass you want BEFORE sell the SB. If you buy the new one after you sell the SB, that's cheating.
Problem solved!

 

[jim777]

No problem. Just do what everybody else here does. Put it up for sale as soon as it arrives. Tag it with some stupid line like " It pains me to sell this cause its such a killer bass, but I'm just a P bass guy." It will actually have some truth. Then, buy the PJ bass you want BEFORE sell the SB. If you buy the new one after you sell the SB, that's cheating.
Problem solved!

You only got here in March? LOL Such wisdom

 

[sevdog]

Need more pics and some soundclips please...Seriously, contemplating selling off most every other bass I own to build a P/MM.

How stingray-ish are their humbuckers?

 

[Lucky Strike]

Really dying to hear some sound samples between the PB and SB...

 

[almost human]

Man, that emerald green is gorgeous!

 

[jb64]

Hey Guys!

Here are some sound clips of my new Carvin PB5 I recorded today.

I mainly recorded using the P pickup but first clip has both the P and J pickup up full.

The only eq is from the bass, which is noted below. I used Cakewalk Sonar X2 Producer to record the clips.

Enjoy,

Carl

P/J pickups 100%, passive tone -10%, Bass +10%
https://soundcloud.com/jb64bass/carvin-pb5-finger-funk-both

P pickup 100%, passive tone -10%, Bass+10%
https://soundcloud.com/jb64bass/carvin-pb5-finger-funk-p

P pickup 100%, passive tone 100%, Bass +10%
https://soundcloud.com/jb64bass/carvin-pb5-pick-groove-p

P pickup 100%, passive tone 100%, Bass +10%
https://soundcloud.com/jb64bass/carvin-pb5-aj-mute-p-pickup

J pickup 100%, passive tone -20%, Bass +10%
https://soundcloud.com/jb64bass/carvin-pb5-j-pickup-groove

 

[Bassmunnky]

^

Great Tone, Killer Clip, ain't nothing wrong with that! Man that's sweet

 

[Morning Beer]

Perfect clips, I'm sold.