New Carvin Vanquish Basses

[mark beem]

Here is mine, was finished today, going to go pick it up on Monday.

Love it!! Congratulations!!

 

[swspiers]

Steve Jenkins just posted briefly on FB about putting new strings on his Carvin Vanquish. Steve may not be a household name, but after taking a clinic with him and being familiar with his stuff, it definitely has my attention. He compares it to a pre-Gibson Tobias...

 

[phillipkregg]

Here's the one the folks at Carvin sent me to check out. Pretty conservative as these go-one piece swamp ash body with traditional sunburst, rosewood board, one piece maple neck.
Controls are volume/pan/passive tone control with active bypass/stacked bass and treble EQ. Pickups are radiused humbuckers. The electronics really remind me of the SB series basses-perhaps the best description of the tone of this bass might be "Fender-like" for some reason. I will take it on a Jazz gig tonight and see how we get along. So far, I've not had a whole lot of time to check it out. I hope to get some video up pretty soon as well.
I'm studying it with the eye to making a "Signature Bass" with a couple of personal modifications that will hopefully show up in a later production model. For now, I'm just taking some time to get to know this new instrument. Stay tuned....

That's a gorgeous bass - look forward to hearing your thoughts on it Roy

 

[olirm]

Here is mine all finished. Should be here next week sometime.

 

[jazz41]

These things are beautiful!!!

 

[mark beem]

I'd love to try all the new models they've recently added; Vanquish, JB, PB & Xccelerator.

I wonder though if they'll discontinue some models. The LB series (while great) is a bit dated. Additionally I believe there are no features inherent to the LB line that cannot be had on other models. I would not be surprised to see the LB, XB and B40/50 lines go the way of the Dodo.

 

[Toptube]

I'd love to try all the new models they've recently added; Vanquish, JB, PB & Xccelerator.

I wonder though if they'll discontinue some models. The LB series (while great) is a bit dated. Additionally I believe there are no features inherent to the LB line that cannot be had on other models. I would not be surprised to see the LB, XB and B40/50 lines go the way of the Dodo.

The LB and Bunny are the only basses on which you can get dual Music Man pickups, without option 50.

 

[phillipkregg]

I'd love to try all the new models they've recently added; Vanquish, JB, PB & Xccelerator.

I wonder though if they'll discontinue some models. The LB series (while great) is a bit dated. Additionally I believe there are no features inherent to the LB line that cannot be had on other models. I would not be surprised to see the LB, XB and B40/50 lines go the way of the Dodo.

They've had the LB series since the 70's, so I don't see them getting rid of it.

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[mark beem]

The LB and Bunny are the only basses on which you can get dual Music Man pickups, without option 50.

Ah! Thanks for the info. Had not thought of that.

 

[mark beem]

They've had the LB series since the 70's, so I don't see them getting rid of it.

They'll probably just change the styling of it like they've been doing for years: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Would be interesting to see where next they would go with the design.

 

[Ironbar]

Looks like Carvin went ahead and turned that blue five string bolt on prototype from NAMM into a real product!

Visually, these things are quite a departure for Carvin. I'm really digging them, especially the one below with the new "antique ash treatment".

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[Bassist4Eris]

Here is mine, was finished today, going to go pick it up on Monday.

Wow! That's the aesthetic I would go for if and when I buy one of these.

 

[Toptube]

This thing is in stock right now, is drool worthy:

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[aproud1]

This thing is in stock right now, is drool worthy:

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Wow! Thats a beauty!

 

[Roy Vogt]

Here's my Vanquish and JB5 at a gig last week.

 

[huckleberry1]

just gorgeous, I'm gassin hard!

 

[Toptube]

Another total babe is in stock:

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[okcrum]

I'd love to try all the new models they've recently added; Vanquish, JB, PB & Xccelerator.

I wonder though if they'll discontinue some models. The LB series (while great) is a bit dated. Additionally I believe there are no features inherent to the LB line that cannot be had on other models. I would not be surprised to see the LB, XB and B40/50 lines go the way of the Dodo.

The B40/50s, which I thought were already gone save for being the kit bolt ons, are still listed. They've got 4 bolt on models and 7 neck through models. I bet they thin the herd on the neck thrus next.

 

[Toptube]

The B40/50s are already gone save for being the kit bolt ons.

Eh? the B40 and B50 are still on the Carvin site, to order. And they just put a cool new one on the "in-stock" page:
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[okcrum]

Eh? the B40 and B50 are still on the Carvin site, to order. And they just put a cool new one on the "in-stock" page:
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See my correction above. Last time I looked before double checking, I didn't see them in the bolt ons, but with my luck I hit them during a site update.