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New Carvin Vanquish Basses
- Thread starter Handyman
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Roy Vogt
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- Sep 20, 2000
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- Endorsing Artist: Kiesel Basses, Ampeg Amplification, Hotone Ampero II effects
Here's a video clip of the Vanquish V69K at the 4th Annual Thunder Row Bass Invitational at Summer NAMM. I'm really enjoying this bass! 
Man... these would look great with some big oval/hexagonal shaped inlays instead of the rectangular blocks.
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I would like to know what you think of the overall quality and tone of this bass. I'm very intirqued by the combination you got except for in Blue. Are they worth the roughly $1700-1800 price tag?
Roy Vogt
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Jeff Kiesel seems to be single-handedly raising the Bass Porn Value of the Carvin Web Presence.
Roy Vogt
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Will have a surprising re-think of this design for you all at 2015 NAMM. Stay tuned! 
Hopefully some wider spacing both at the nut and heel.... while it's understandable that a particular design can't be all things to all people, one can tighten the spacing with a narrower nut and bridge, but can't widen an already narrow spacing, so a bit more room can allow for some additional customization.
Will have a surprising re-think of this design for you all at 2015 NAMM. Stay tuned!
I LOVE the wider spacing, but I believe the 6 is still standard Carvin tight spacing....I wish it was 19mm
give us a hint. is it just a shape change or something superficial?Will have a surprising re-think of this design for you all at 2015 NAMM. Stay tuned!
Roy Vogt
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A fundamental change of the tone, in a good and useful way. That's all I can say about it now. More to come soon. I will share when I can. Let's just leave it at that for now, but I'm stoked. It's like nothing else in their catalog.
I just placed my order for a Vanquish 5 fretless:
1 piece ash body
tranparent white finish (matching ash headstock)
5 piece walnut/maple neck
ebony board, no lines
radiused single coils
vvtb/t knob layout
black hardware
straplocks
abalone logo
It's been a while since I had a fretless - very much looking forward to this one though!
1 piece ash body
tranparent white finish (matching ash headstock)
5 piece walnut/maple neck
ebony board, no lines
radiused single coils
vvtb/t knob layout
black hardware
straplocks
abalone logo
It's been a while since I had a fretless - very much looking forward to this one though!
If the Vanquish were a neck-through, I'd prefer it for my forthcoming order over the Icon. I love the layered wood look on the body.
while I totally understand what you mean here, i would invite you to refocus on the model you will be buying and consider the possibilities that are there! For the Icon has some very interesting possibilities to result in a multi-toned look. there's even a contrast line between the top and the back. And don't forget the option for a visible neckthrough. There are three examples on this page alone:
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For my own build, I didn't want a top. But I tried to think about how to showcase the neckthrough aspect in a way that was a little more than just some high contrast lines through the body. The response for how it came out has been very positive!
