I used to dream about a butterscotch blond AAAA quilt top an a Lakland.
Nowadays I think it looks like a big piece of soap
... however the more I look at it, it makes me realize it's not that bad actually
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| Author: | markcv [ December 19th, 2010, 1:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Carvin Icon 5 AAAA Quilt Maple top on the bay |
This looks like a gorgeous bass. Birdseye maple board as well. This might be worth picking up and throwing some better electronics into. Maybe some Barts and take your pick of preamps. http://cgi.ebay.com/CARVIN-CUSTOM-SHOP- ... 1140wt_907 Things that make you go hmmmmm... who's up for it? |
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| Author: | Basshappi [ December 19th, 2010, 2:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carvin Icon 5 AAAA Quilt Maple top on the bay |
Too bad they didn't order the no-show neck option. If it wasn't for the neck going through that top wood it would be absolutely stunning! |
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| Author: | Jeroen [ December 19th, 2010, 4:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carvin Icon 5 AAAA Quilt Maple top on the bay |
Basshappi wrote: Too bad they didn't order the no-show neck option. If it wasn't for the neck going through that top wood it would be absolutely stunning! +1! And I don't really like the look of a maple fingerboard on a stained neck, looks awkward to me. I would have liked it a whole lot better with a nice dark slab of ebony on it. |
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| Author: | markcv [ December 19th, 2010, 8:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carvin Icon 5 AAAA Quilt Maple top on the bay |
OK, I agree, it WOULD be much better with the no show neck option, and an ebony or rosewood board would have been better as well. |
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| Author: | Nilezd [ December 20th, 2010, 11:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carvin Icon 5 AAAA Quilt Maple top on the bay |
I used to dream about a butterscotch blond AAAA quilt top an a Lakland. Nowadays I think it looks like a big piece of soap ... however the more I look at it, it makes me realize it's not that bad actually
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| Author: | Jim_k [ December 22nd, 2010, 8:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carvin Icon 5 AAAA Quilt Maple top on the bay |
I just don't like it. |
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| Author: | Lefty007 [ December 23rd, 2010, 7:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carvin Icon 5 AAAA Quilt Maple top on the bay |
I tried one from the in-stock page that looked virtually identical to this, but it had a detuner on the B-string. I have to say I kinda dug the painted neck with the maple board. . . The quilting on the bass listed looks sick, I think in part because of the flash. It doesn't look that impressive in person. And I hate how Carvin applies those translucent colors over 5-piece necks, because the maple pieces in the neck take on the dye differently, and they look really bad. The one fault I find in the Carvin ordering system is that the guys taking the orders are not proactive and coach people to make sure they are ordering a bass that makes sense, for example, telling the guy who ordered this bass that a no-show neck would look much better. |
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