[darren]

I'm curious as to which options led for them to ask for you to waive the return option.

[Scott]

Originally Posted by darren

I'm curious as to which options led for them to ask for you to waive the return option.

I odered it left handed.



Wait....

I may actually call them back today, and change a couple things. Mainly the thing that is making me waive my return option. Plus, it adds like, $100 to the price, and im technically getting less because of it.

Originally Posted by jeff

exact specs, or else it didn't happen!

Pfft. almost no one checks out a lefty picstory. Holding out on the specs is all I have. I may just make a 'specstory' Where all I do is list the specs once I have it

[Scott]

Alright, so I asked to get the bass with only a bridge humbucker, as opposed to H-S or H-H.....it was a $100 upcharge, and voided my return option.

So I just called back and had that changed back to H-S, removing the$100 upcharge, and allowing me to return it if need be. And since I did the change before my order was actually processed, I didn't have to pay the $50 fee.

I don't have much need for a neck pickup, but I figure I can just....not use it, and save some money

[HighGain510]

Originally Posted by Scott

I don't have much need for a neck pickup, but I figure I can just....not use it, and save some money

Plus if you REALLY want to stick it to them, I'm sure you could toss the neck pickup on eBay and make a couple bucks off it! I'm looking forward to the completion of your bass, I don't know if it's for me but the bunny brunel definitely has a unique shape to it. I think I prefer the LB-shaped models though personally. You will definitely have to share how the neck plays as well, does the BB model have the assymetrical carve to the back of the neck?

[Scott]

Yes it does.

I went for the BB mainly for the cutaway under the neck, and cause it was a little less traditional looking, yet still classy. As opposed to my second choice of a bongo, where while it's still pretty good looking, it's kinda out there.

[Suho]

A couple of weeks back my guitarist asked me to try out his Carvin (and some other basses, like his Ric and a '62 J reissue) and tell him what I thought, since he really isn't a bassist. Now, this guy has all kinds of nice expensive guitars and basses, and the Carvin was absolutely beautiful. Here is the thing:
the pickups really lacked any bottom end worth mentioning. Of course there was an active 3 band EQ, but the pickups were also so hot that they distorted the amp almost immediately when boosting anything (and this is in comparison to the other basses, as well as my own).

I found that if someone were playing things like Tool or other more similar things, it would sound great, but as for thumping the rock and funk, etc, this was not a good choice. How does this compare with your own experiences with Carvins? Were they just freak p-ups or are there many p-up choices available when ordering? Are there sound samples on the Carvin web site?

[Scott]

So far, i've had Carvin basses with their Soapbar pickups, and their j99 pickups.

Soapbars


J99's


The soapbars had crazy amounts of bottom end, where as the j99's did not. (I thought the J99's sucked pretty bad actually.

I'm not sure if this was because of the pickups themselves, or that the Soapbar bass was 18v where as the J99 one was 9v.

I guess i'll find out with this third one, since it's a HB2 with the new 18v preamp.

[Alex-D33]

I know it must be a pain in the ARSE waiting for such a fucking great guitar . but whats the average waiting period when you order from CARVIN . THANKS

[Scott]

Carvin gives an estimate of anywhere from 4-8 weeks, depending on what you order.

[Suho]

Originally Posted by Scott

So far, i've had Carvin basses with their Soapbar pickups, and their j99 pickups.

The soapbars had crazy amounts of bottom end, where as the j99's did not. (I thought the J99's sucked pretty bad actually.

I'm not sure if this was because of the pickups themselves, or that the Soapbar bass was 18v where as the J99 one was 9v.

I guess i'll find out with this third one, since it's a HB2 with the new 18v preamp.

Yeah, I don't know which ones these were. I will have to check this week. I was pretty shocked because the build quality was superb. I think my guitarist liked to hang it on his wall for this reason, mostly.

Playing it was like walking up to a Ferrari and starting up the engine on a long flat test road, hitting the gas, only to find out that someone had swapped out the engine for a Hyundai 2 cylinder economy model.