Carvin a fretless 4

[Bassinator89]

So, I went on chistmas vacation to see my family in Arizona(still there, borrring.)and with money I had saved and got for christmas, guess what I found at the AZ GC in Tempe?!

Its a fretless carvin 4, 432.32 USD including tax and hard case made specially for it, it was used thought found in the back. The bass is also used, and theres no model or anything on it. So, heres some pics, can anyone ID it for me? Plays like a dream and I am now in love with fretless!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/bassinator89/Picture033.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/bassinator89/Picture034.jpg

[Bassinator89]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/bassinator89/Picture035.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/bassinator89/Picture036.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/bassinator89/Picture037.jpg


Notice the drop D tuner, and the previous owners reinstone fetish :p
regardless, it plays so nice and tapping now seems like I can do it!

PS sorry for my poor photography skills...or lack there of skills.

[Phalanx]

that is absolutely beautiful, nice buy man

[Belfast Bassist]

0o0o0oh!!!
noice!!!

that is secksy..... Hows the drop D tuner? theres a convo about them in another thread, is it good? convenient?

[Guitar_fool202]

i like the drop d switches

[Phalanx]

i really love the white and black hardware, combined with the ebony fretboard makes it look a beaut :P

[Bassinator89]

Well it is glorious. The D is pretty cool, I don't need it so much really. I think i brought it up in that 5 or 6 string metal band thread. hehe. So, its ebony fretboard? what do you think the body is, and the neck. Theres a seem on the neck where it connnects...could that be neck through or is definetly glued? After playing this dream, I think I'm gunna be a fretlesswhore :p


PS who wants to start the mx carvin club? =-D

[Sergio]

Theres a seem on the neck where it connnects...could that be neck through or is definetly glued?



It's probably neck-through. As far as I know, all Carvins except the B4 and B5 are neck-through.

[Bassinator89]

man, this is a beaut!

I wish I was home...my uncles poor guitar mini amp is killing me! need hartke 4x10

[vashts80]

I can't help on identifying it, but that looks awesome.

How's it play and sound?

[thelowsoundofbass]

very nice looking and welcome to the world of fretless

lowsound

[Bassinator89]

I can't help on identifying it, but that looks awesome.

How's it play and sound?

Is like playing a neck made of butter with rubber strings, and it sounds like what I have been searching for as far as tonewise lately, with more options. I need to get hope and mess with my amp eq more, the amp I'm on just cuts out randomly.

[wonder_steve]

Do they come stock with EMG's?

[Bassinator89]

Do they come stock with EMG's?

no clue

[wonder_steve]

Thanks, great buy man. :thumb:

[Bassinator89]

Thanks, great buy man. :thumb:
:thumb:
thanks, i thought so too..notice the reinstones!?

[Shinobi_sniper]

I really like the headstock.

verry hawt http://70.85.81.229/2897/89/emo/buttseks6iq.gif

[FunkMetalBass]

And to think, B-man here bought this only a half hour away from my house and didn't let me come play it.

...bitch...

[Bassinator89]

**** man, lets jam. I'm leavin friday but other than that nothin much goin on. Now that I have a bass I can actually jam! :chug:

[Esp Griffyn]

Id take the Rhindstones off, but other than that it looks cool.

[Jimbobntnr]

I have one in black, it's an lb70f (if it is a neck through and active) I believe the passive bass is the lb20. The body shape is stock, without the rounding option.
They don't come stock with EMGs. The tuner was an option, though. The fret lines were also an option.
great find, mine was 999 new and I love it.
crappy pic:
http://www.expansion-solutions.com/full.jpg

[FenderJazz]

I want to get a 5 string next year and theres a ****ing sweet carvin on their site that I really like, but its too expensive for my budget :/

http://www.carvin.com/products/gis.php?guitarType=BS&serial=91188

[Jimbobntnr]

I want to get a 5 string next year and theres a ****ing sweet carvin on their site that I really like, but its too expensive for my budget :/

http://www.carvin.com/products/gis.php?guitarType=BS&serial=91188
watch ebay, the resell value on them is horrible so you can pick one up relatively cheap.

[FenderJazz]

watch ebay, the resell value on them is horrible so you can pick one up relatively cheap.

Oh. I hadnt thought of that. Im not plannig on buying one any time soon anyways, so I'll search religiously around half a year from now.

[Bassinator89]

I have one in black, it's an lb70f (if it is a neck through and active) I believe the passive bass is the lb20. The body shape is stock, without the rounding option.
They don't come stock with EMGs. The tuner was an option, though. The fret lines were also an option.
great find, mine was 999 new and I love it.
crappy pic:
http://www.expansion-solutions.com/full.jpg

thanks for the ID man!

[sixner]

holy crap, that's exactly how i want my Westone to look.... all white with black hardware + black neck... take the fretlines off (Ew)... and i would have had an Orgasm......
:lol: :thumb: nice find man
-Sixner

[TheBassman238]

that is one sexi bas...:naughty: Congrats on the purchase.

-TBM

[Bassinator89]

Thanks for congrats, and I dunno if I could play it well without fretlines. If I turn into a Jaco type player I could always get another or have those removed.

[Chris K]

Id take the Rhindstones off, but other than that it looks cool.

Oh yeah, take them off, they look as gay as ****!

otherwise, very nice, even if the Kubicki D-clip does pwn the D-tuner there ;)

EDIT: just noticed the fret lines, -10 points

[Jimbobntnr]

EDIT: just noticed the fret lines, -10 points
staying in tune with the rest of the band = + 25 points.:p :p

[Chris K]

staying in tune with the rest of the band = + 25 points.:p :p

if you can't play a fretless without them, I feel awfully sorry for you.

[Jimbobntnr]

if you can't play a fretless without them, I feel awfully sorry for you.
yes, pity me. the elite > me.

[Panda Licker]

I'll tell you what, if your bass is half as good as my Carvin fretless (which I'm sure it is) you have one hell of a bass on your hands.


I guess you can show you pictures of mine. Just took em today

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/Pandalicker/DSC01016.jpg

theres more here http://photobucket.com/albums/v381/Pandalicker/ . One of them is blurry, but it shows off my Budweiser signs well

[Nickle Pickle]

So jonly, when's the next time your family is gonna be gone, and do you have a dog that bites?

[Jimbobntnr]

So jonly, when's the next time your family is gonna be gone, and do you have a dog that bites?
we're leaving tomorrow, and the dog is a lab, so he just pees on the floor when he sees someone new. Don't you have a new P to play? and where's your old account?

[Nickle Pickle]

we're leaving tomorrow, and the dog is a lab, so he just pees on the floor when he sees someone new. Don't you have a new P to play? and where's your old account?

Alright, dog sounds good, new P is nice, and old account got hijacked.

[Bassinator89]

i always hear badness about slap on a fretless, but i hear ebony is the hardest wood...can I? :smash:

[Jimbobntnr]

i always hear badness about slap on a fretless, but i hear ebony is the hardest wood...can I? :smash:
mine has always had rounds on it, and I have always slapped it. That neck holds up very very nicely.

[Bassinator89]

ha, now I don't feel bad about slappage!

[Chris K]

yes, pity me. the elite > me.

So true.

[Jimbobntnr]

So true.
There's no way that I'm going to log onto an internet forum that idolizes Jaco Pastorious, and let someone bust my balls about fretlines.
:p :p

[kilian]

^^:lol: :lol:

Congrats on the bass!

[Akira]

There's no way that I'm going to log onto an internet forum that idolizes Jaco Pastorious, and let someone bust my balls about fretlines.
:p :p
Well to be fair, Jaco had fretlines because he defretted his own bass.
On the other hand, I think he was all in favor of them.

I personally think that unlined boards look beter, but if fret lines help you play I see nothing wrong with that.

[Cedence]

Awesome man. Good buy.

[Bassinator89]

After I emailed Carvin they couldn't help. They said there was no such serial number. Now, unless the serial on the jack is from a totally different jack, it says that the bass could be from 90-94, and after headstock examination, im thinking 90-91, which is so cool to have a bass thats possibly 15 years old.