Carvin SB5000 Bass. Whatcha think?

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Sunday Oct 02, 2011

Has anyone seen this yet? I was listening to some sound samples of it on the website last night. It looks and sounds sweet.

Carvin does make some good stuff. That is for sure.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Sunday Oct 02, 2011

Nah, I hate Carvins. They're the worst basses ever designed and built. Only some loser with Vash the Stampede for his avatar would ever play such trash.

RamRod 1 · Post by **RamRod 1** » Sunday Oct 02, 2011

For those new to the board, that's only Paul's sarcasm.

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Sunday Oct 02, 2011

I think the SB4000 (I'm not a 5 string guy) looks like a killer bass. I'm sure that they sound like a jazz bass (or like something else depending on your options.) If I didn't already have a high-end jazz bass, I'd probably pick one up.

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Monday Oct 03, 2011

Really ugly to the eye, though.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday Oct 03, 2011

I like the way it looks. I'm not sure if I would buy one, but I do like the design.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Monday Oct 03, 2011

The look is definitely an acquired taste. I was a bit ambivalent about the Bromberg model (which has been made by other companies prior to Carvin) as well. I dig both designs, though. I think the SB is an interesting take on a Jazz.

I haven't played an SB, though. They have the wide neck. I have an XB75 with the wide neck and I don't dig the string spacing as much as my other Carvins, which have the more narrow necks. Though the XB is a 35" scale bass, so maybe I would dig the wider neck more with a 34" scale bass.

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Monday Oct 03, 2011

check out one of the more Jazz Bass looking ones

I think they look pretty sweet.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday Oct 03, 2011

I like that one also, MeYatch. I wish there was some place close by that had them. I would love to try one out.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Monday Oct 03, 2011

A friend of mine has a Carvin fretless 6 string bass and it sounds great but the neck is a bit too wide for me to play one.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Monday Oct 03, 2011

f.sciarrillo wrote:I like that one also, MeYatch. I wish there was some place close by that had them. I would love to try one out.

The closest store is in Cali. Though Bass Central in Florida was actually a Carvin dealer for a while. I'm not sure if they still are. Beaver Felton was a big Carvin guy back in the day.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Tuesday Oct 04, 2011

They need to get a carvin store around here. You would think that, with how popular they are, there would be.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Tuesday Oct 04, 2011

A Carvin store in NYC would be pretty cool, but I doubt the overhead costs would justify opening one anywhere else except their homebase in CA.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Tuesday Oct 04, 2011

I looked at the build time for a carvin guitar and it is 5 to 7 weeks. I am thinking about getting a bass. I'm not sure which one though.

TJ Kelly · Post by **TJ Kelly** » Wednesday Oct 05, 2011

I'd go for a Oly White with Tort P-Guard! And the JJ pickup config! YMMV

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Saturday Oct 08, 2011

I am thinking a vintage white with matching color headstock, red tortoise pickguard, rosewood fingerboard with white dot inlays, and chrome hardware would be sweet.