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New (Used) Icon with Spalted Maple Top

#23
MysticMichael said:
What a beaut! :cool:

I've got a couple of Icons myself. Love 'em!

MM
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The SBs get all the attention but the Icon definitely has its own thing going and I actually prefer it soundwise. I liked the tone immediately upon first playing it, which is always a good sign.

Recently, I brought it to a music store to try out an amp and another customer commented on how nice it looked. But Woody's is even nicer!
 
#27
Bass Viking said:
The SBs get all the attention but the Icon definitely has its own thing going and I actually prefer it soundwise. I liked the tone immediately upon first playing it, which is always a good sign.
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Apparently there are a lot of players who are really into the whole retro/vintage thing - which demand the SB more or less fulfills. That's cool. To my surprise, I even picked up an SB5000 myself - for special applications.

But I'm with you on the Icon. For Carvin's first foray into the neck-through hi-fi soapbar world, they've done a fine job. The medium-narrow string spacing makes it very playable - at least for fingerstyle & pickstyle. It's nicely balanced, weight-wise, with an ergonomic shape that's pleasing to the eye. Everything about it just shouts, "Modern!" Sort of reminds me of a hybrid of a Tobias and a Cort - but probably nicer than either. :cool:

MM
 
#28
MysticMichael said:
Apparently there are a lot of players who are really into the whole retro/vintage thing - which demand the SB more or less fulfills. That's cool. To my surprise, I even picked up an SB5000 myself - for special applications.


MM
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Plus it's a Jazz bass, the most popular bass of all time. I wonder when Carvin will come out with their version of a Precision?
 
#32
Woody GMoney,

I told you once and I'll say it again...that's one bad a$$ Icon you got there. Simply outstanding.

WoodyG3 said:
All of us who are Carvin fans have been waiting for an eternity for a Carvin P and/or PJ. :)
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It seems it would take a prominent bassist to get his/her sig model and demand those configs. There's been many request for P and/or PJ for years, but...
 
#34
Nice bass. If you're going to upgrade the pickups consider some Bart Quad coils (classic) and an aggie obp3 and you will be killing. The classic series have a more open and bright tone. I already know that Bart makes a pickup that will fit as I did research when I was considering an icon 5 with the pickup and pre upgrade I suggested.
 
#35
El-Bob said:
How would you describe the sound of the Carvin soap bars? I've been looking into Carvin for a fretless build sometime in the (distant) future.
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Definitely a rather smooth, rather refined tone. Very detailed & articulate. "Hi-fi" is the word that comes to mind, if that hasn't been worn out yet. :smug:

(Shameless plug: I happen to have a set of Carvin's Bromberg soap bar humbuckers for sale right now. Very similar, if not identical in tone to the standard Icon soap bar humbuckers - but with the very cool 14-inch radiused top. Priced competitively as well. I have a custom set of these in my Bromberg fretless 5 - and they sound great! :ninja:)

MM
 

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