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Author:  Carmine [ September 4th, 2012, 3:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Show your Carvins!!
Okay, I confess to getting bored and starting this thread-- but I didn't see one here, and maybe this could be fun. I am well known to be a bit of a Carvin junkie but then again, I am a bit of a junkie for any mass manufacturer of high quality affordable basses that will treat me as an equal to any right handed player. When you add that Carvin will build you anything you want within their scope of options and finishes, huge "bang for the buck" value factor, and relative ease of acquiring a nice used one, my question is-- why don't ALL of you guys have at least ONE Carvin? Anyway it would be nice to see all those lefties in one thread, wouldn't it? Thought I'd start with my current line up, but I'm going to dig around my photo archives and see if I can find a pic of every Carvin that I've owned--man there's been a bunch of em....


First up-

B4, Active, Alder w/ Birdseye Maple fretboard

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Author:  Carmine [ September 4th, 2012, 3:57 pm ]
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LB20, Passive, Swamp Ash, Maple fretboard

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Author:  Carmine [ September 4th, 2012, 4:01 pm ]
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Bunny Brunel, Active w/Piezo, Alder w/ Maple top, Flame Maple neck w/ Ebony fretboard

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Author:  Carmine [ September 4th, 2012, 4:05 pm ]
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Bunny Brunel, Active w/Piezo, Swamp Ash, Ebony Fretboard

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Author:  Carmine [ September 4th, 2012, 4:08 pm ]
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1990 LB70, Gold hardware

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Author:  Carmine [ September 4th, 2012, 4:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Show your Carvins!!
1980's LB60, Solid Bird's Eye Maple, dual Bartolini humbuckers, 24K Gold hardware, Stereo output, Ebony fretboard - pretty exotic stuff for the time!

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Author:  bhunt1 [ September 4th, 2012, 4:18 pm ]
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2009 LB 70, walnut neck and body, tung oil finish, ebony board, mop diamond inlays, HB/J99A p'ups:
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Author:  Carmine [ September 4th, 2012, 4:19 pm ]
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1980's LB50....last of my current line up!

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Author:  danomite64 [ September 4th, 2012, 4:39 pm ]
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Carmine wrote:
1980's LB60, Solid Bird's Eye Maple, dual Bartolini humbuckers, 24K Gold hardware, Stereo output, Ebony fretboard - pretty exotic stuff for the time!


Wow. That's the nicest Carvin I've ever seen.
Author:  AzWhoFan [ September 4th, 2012, 4:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Show your Carvins!!
jeez louise Carmine, do you have your own climate controlled wharehouse or what? :lol:

p.s. those are pretty sweet basses
Author:  pjmuck [ September 4th, 2012, 9:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Show your Carvins!!
Here's my '85 Carvin LB50 which I purchased a few years ago from (drum roll please) Carmine. Currently strung with D'Addario piccolo strings and equipped with a Roland GK3B hex PUP (then processed through a Roland GR-55 guitar/bass synth), this is my main midi bass. I run the GK3B in combo with 1/4" stereo outs, running 1 (bridge PUP) out to my guitar amp and the 2nd (neck PUP) running through a Digitech Whammy tuned down an octave to bass register before going into my bass amp. (GR-55 patches from midi PUP go straight to PA). Result: virtual one man band with huge wall of sound multi-voice capability.

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Author:  Jeroen [ September 4th, 2012, 11:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Show your Carvins!!
Here's my B4. Alder body with subtle flame, high gloss finish. Maple neck with slight birdseye in the fingerboard, tung oil finish. Original owner requested a 2+2 headstock and I'm glad he did because I think the regular 4-in-a-row Carvin headstock is just about the dullest headstock design out there. The 2+2 isn't exactly adventurous either, but I like it a lot better. Black hardware (Hipshot style B bridge, Carvin tuners), J99 + HB2 pickups, all passive with a 2-way switch to split the humbucker. Very nice bass, sounds great and feels great too. Very substantial and tough, very comfortable to play.

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Author:  fivebass52 [ September 6th, 2012, 3:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Show your Carvins!!
Carmine, that '80's LB60 looks like it was carved from a single piece of Maple!! Beautiful.... I have two Carvins, and will post them soon...
Author:  AustinLeftyBass [ September 6th, 2012, 9:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Show your Carvins!!
Lousy pic of mine.
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Author:  fat fret [ September 9th, 2012, 10:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Show your Carvins!!
Carmine wrote:
1980's LB50....last of my current line up!


I like this best. Black & Classy 8-)
Author:  Yail Bloor [ September 14th, 2012, 5:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Show your Carvins!!
Bolt kit I did 8 or 9 years ago. Still have it, never play it; I've been thinking about switching the neck to a fretless just to entice me to play it more:

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Author:  Assumer [ May 16th, 2013, 8:35 pm ]
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AustinLeftyBass wrote:
Lousy pic of mine.
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Loving the new carvin look. Nice bass.
Author:  Basshappi [ May 17th, 2013, 9:06 am ]
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I have serious bass-envy for that maple LB-60.
Author:  ezstep [ May 17th, 2013, 10:52 am ]
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I posted this on the other thread also, but PLEASE let me know when/if you decide to sell that black LB50.
Author:  Jeroen [ May 18th, 2013, 8:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Show your Carvins!!
Jeroen wrote:
Here's my B4. Alder body with subtle flame, high gloss finish. Maple neck with slight birdseye in the fingerboard, tung oil finish. Original owner requested a 2+2 headstock and I'm glad he did because I think the regular 4-in-a-row Carvin headstock is just about the dullest headstock design out there. The 2+2 isn't exactly adventurous either, but I like it a lot better. Black hardware (Hipshot style B bridge, Carvin tuners), J99 + HB2 pickups, all passive with a 2-way switch to split the humbucker. Very nice bass, sounds great and feels great too. Very substantial and tough, very comfortable to play.



Oh, that's right, I reorganised my Photobucket album because I had too many folders in the main album. Pics are now here:

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I still like it a lot. It was so affordable, but it is such a fun instrument to play and so versatile despite the simple passive electronics, and sounds very authoritive.
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