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XB75
Ash Body
5 piece Maple neck w/Icon headstock
Birdseye maple board
22 stainless steel frets
Bartolini Soap bar pickups
Bartolini 18v 2-band pre.
Hipshot A bridge
Carvin Gotoh tuner
19mm spacing at bridge
35" scale
weigh around 9 lbs.
Did you order the bass from Carvin with their soapbar pickups in it? If so how much extra was it?
Yes,I added the Bart's after I got the bass. They are know as a P2 configuration.
There is an LB70 for sale on ebay right now with the traditional headstock.
That bass has been on Ebay for a few weeks now. It's a nice looking bass but the seller can't get anyone to bid up to his reserve. The thing that caught my eye about that bass is that there is no battery compartment even though its an active bass!
You would think that people would get the hint that they're starting too high or have the reserve set too high after the first or second auction. But it's funny to see the same items listed again and again for the same $. Isn't that part of the definition of insanity?
Alright, what is going on with the bass builder on the Carvin site?
I have been trying to figure out what I want and have been doing several different configurations on the bass builder. I noticed today that it automatically charges me $80 for active electronics even on models that are supposed to come with active electronics! For example the B40A kit, which costs $499 ($60 more than the passive B40 kit) has an additional $80 for active electronics. What's up with that? It's already built into the price of the kit, why are they charging me for it again? Same thing happened with an Icon bass. The Icon is already an active bass so the active electronics should be built into the price. But when I do the bass builder it adds $80 for active electronics!
Here is a copy of the bass builder for the B40A kit just to show you I'm not crazy!
Base Model Options Quantity Price
BK40A
Right Handed 1 $499.00
ASH1 - 1-Piece Swamp Ash Body/Maple Neck $60.00
-TN - Tung Oil Finish Back Of Neck (Standard) $0.00
-IN - Inline Headstock (Standard) $0.00
BMF - Birdseye Maple Fingerboard (Tung-Oiled) $30.00
NIN - No Top Inlays - Side Dots Only $0.00
-FR - Med-Jumbo Frets .048" H .103" W (Standard) $0.00
-R12 - 12in Fretboard Radius (Standard) $0.00
-J9A - J99A Alnico Single Coil Pickups (Standard) $0.00
-400 - Black Pickups (Standard) $0.00
AC - Active/Passive Electronics (Guitars Have Coil Splitters, Phase Switch) $80.00
-CH - Chrome Hardware (Standard) $0.00
-4011 - Nickel Roundwound .040 .060 .080 .100 $0.00
IVN - Ivory Graph Tech TUSQ Nut $5.00
-NC - No Case $0.00
Custom Shop Total: $674.00
Options Discount: $-50.00
I have been trying to figure out what I want and have been doing several different configurations on the bass builder. I noticed today that it automatically charges me $80 for active electronics even on models that are supposed to come with active electronics! For example the B40A kit, which costs $499 ($60 more than the passive B40 kit) has an additional $80 for active electronics. What's up with that? It's already built into the price of the kit, why are they charging me for it again? Same thing happened with an Icon bass. The Icon is already an active bass so the active electronics should be built into the price. But when I do the bass builder it adds $80 for active electronics!
Here is a copy of the bass builder for the B40A kit just to show you I'm not crazy!
Base Model Options Quantity Price
BK40A
Right Handed 1 $499.00
ASH1 - 1-Piece Swamp Ash Body/Maple Neck $60.00
-TN - Tung Oil Finish Back Of Neck (Standard) $0.00
-IN - Inline Headstock (Standard) $0.00
BMF - Birdseye Maple Fingerboard (Tung-Oiled) $30.00
NIN - No Top Inlays - Side Dots Only $0.00
-FR - Med-Jumbo Frets .048" H .103" W (Standard) $0.00
-R12 - 12in Fretboard Radius (Standard) $0.00
-J9A - J99A Alnico Single Coil Pickups (Standard) $0.00
-400 - Black Pickups (Standard) $0.00
AC - Active/Passive Electronics (Guitars Have Coil Splitters, Phase Switch) $80.00
-CH - Chrome Hardware (Standard) $0.00
-4011 - Nickel Roundwound .040 .060 .080 .100 $0.00
IVN - Ivory Graph Tech TUSQ Nut $5.00
-NC - No Case $0.00
Custom Shop Total: $674.00
Options Discount: $-50.00
My new Carvin SB5000 finally showed up, and she's a beauty. More pictures HERE in my NBD post in the SB5000 owner's thread.
My new Carvin SB5000 finally showed up, and she's a beauty. More pictures HERE in my NBD post in the SB5000 owner's thread.
I think I need a cold shower!
My new Carvin SB5000 finally showed up, and she's a beauty. More pictures HERE in my NBD post in the SB5000 owner's thread.
Very nice! And I usually don't like spalted tops.
My new Carvin SB5000 finally showed up, and she's a beauty. More pictures HERE in my NBD post in the SB5000 owner's thread.
That is beautiful.
Likewise! That spalted top and finish are gorgeous! And i like the FL ac40 pic above,too! I may be getting a 2nd Carvin bass in a trade next month,a fretted Ac50. If i like it,it would be my first ever 5 string in 30-plus years of playing.....will keep ya'll posted if/when i get it.
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