Well that's very disappointing if that is true. I was thinking of getting an AC40 one day.
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"Official" Carvin and Kiesel Club - Part 3
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Well that's very disappointing if that is true. I was thinking of getting an AC40 one day.
Does Carvin ( I just cant seem to bring myself to call it a "Kiesel"...) have any basses that come standard with 17mm spacing? That is what made me love my B5 (and my 1989 LB75 I picked up recently). I just cant get into 19mm spacing on my B50.
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The Icon and LB both come standard as 17mm for the 5 strings. 19mm is an option. I have a 17mm Icon 5. I have girly hands which love the narrow spacing.
This Vanquish would be the only bolt-on 17mm 5 string in their current line-up.
Look at the Guitars area of the BBS. Click on the "to be discontinued" thread - you will find it there.
Here's my new (to me) Ebay score - JB75
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I found the original live feed the BBS members were referring to in the thread I referenced. It's their FB live upload of 12/13/17. Go to the portion with 38:22 remaining and Jeff answers what models are being discontinued. He states the AC40 and AC50 are gone.
Thanks for the info. I knew my LB75 was 17mm but it is an 89 model. I suppose I could always swap out the bridge to something with a smaller spacing on my B50...
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Single cut headless "Zeus" releases tomorrow.
I'm super excited for that, I'm just hoping he has a multiscale option. I've been dying for them to do a multiscale headless bass, just seems like a lot of fun.
He said in last nights live video no multi scale bass. He said he’s not ruling it out in the future, but there are no plans for it now.
Interested to see what the Zeus bass looks like. I’m enjoying almost everything about my AW5...
Yeah I really really like the way the Zeus guitar looks... but the guitar models seem to always look better than the basses. Not that the Aries, Vader and Vanquish basses don’t look good, but the guitars just look like the body was designed for them and then it was changed a little to work on bass. Yes, even the Vanquish which was a bass before a guitar! IMHO of course.
Ah I missed that, still I think I like the design a little more than the Vader. I'm just not a fan of the Vanquish body shape and don't want to get multiscale on a bodyshape I'm not a fan. Never had a single cut bass either so still a first for headless and singlecut.
