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Crabby, if I were you I would also buy an extra truss rod tool and store it some place safe. They are small and easy to misplace. Maybe you aren't as absent minded as me, but for only $2.99 each, you can easily afford the extra one as insurance.
Wow, I'm very intrigued by this bass. It looks fantastic. But having no controls whatsoever really concerns me. What do you guy think of it?
http://www.bassnw.com/Used%20Basses/carvin_xb75_trans_green.htm
http://www.bassnw.com/Used%20Basses/carvin_xb75_trans_green.htm
That is an odd one. I've never seen an XB with just a volume pot. The Timothy Schmit model is set up that way, but I've never seen any of the other models come that way from the factory. Also, I've seen very few Carvins with only a bridge pickup.
I agree that it looks really nice but the lack of controls is a deal breaker. At the very least, I would have to play it first. And good luck trying to sell it. For that price, you can find a used Carvin with the full electronics package.
I wonder if Carvin waived the 10 day trial period when they built that one?
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Losing faith in humanity...one call at a time.
Intrigued is a good word. In all honesty, I usually set the bass vol/tone/eq/etc. where I like it and leave it. If the tone needs to be jacked with, it's usually on the amp or the DI.
If the pups are good sounding, the look is cool enough...
Yeah, I thought of the TS Carvin when I saw this bizzarro XB. However even the TS has a volume control! This XB has nothing at all. Literally, plug in and play. The only other bass I've seen even close to this was a Fodera custom 6 contrabass build for Anthony Jackson. It only had a phantom power jack and that's it.
I've also never seen a passive Carvin 5er. I wonder if its worth risking comprimsing the beautiful finish with drilling three holes for a volume, tone, and a mini-switch to split that humbucker. Hmm...
That one looks familiar but I don't remember where I saw it. On the Carvin forum maybe?
The webmaster of the Carvin Museum has a BB70 with just the bridge pickup. Yes, they are pretty rare. I'm not sure why someone would specify one pickup. I'd just order the regular electronics and set the pan knob accordingly.
Below is a picture of my LB75 koa fretted bass and LB75F white fretless (w/ lines) bass:
Both basses presently have H50N pickups installed, but I am planning to upgrade to the J99A pickups this month and have the plug-in jacks replaced.
The LB75 is usually strung with medium gauge Ken Smith Burners, and the LB75F is usually strung with D'Addario Chromes.
Both basses presently have H50N pickups installed, but I am planning to upgrade to the J99A pickups this month and have the plug-in jacks replaced.
The LB75 is usually strung with medium gauge Ken Smith Burners, and the LB75F is usually strung with D'Addario Chromes.
I'll be doggoned! I didn't look that close and assumed it was a volume pot, not the jack input. Very unusual.
I guess this is not the deal one should buy such a bass for (and, obviously, not what it was built for). This is an instrument for purists. If you want EQ and coil splitter (not to mention a neck PU), it's a better idea to buy an instrument with all that stuff already wired-in and working. This one's got a nice look, but there's a lot of Carvins on sale around, and many of them look no less great, so the appearance is the last thing to be concerned about, I think.
Sorry for the misnomer, I meant an XLR jack to go straight to the board. Its hard to make out with this image of Jackson and one of his minimalist beauties but I think you get the idea. No onboard circuitry. I think this is what the person who originally commissioned this beautifully odd Carvin might have been going for.
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