Description
What makes this guitar special? This is an extremely well-made Carvin bass with great aesthetic elements and versatile controls. The most immediately noticeable aspect is the gorgeous and evenly-figured flame maple top, which looks especially great under a Tiger’s Eye gloss finish. Its combination of a single-coil in the neck and humbucker in the bridge provides an already good range of tone, but with the additional treble, mid, bass, and sweep controls, plus a pickup blend, offer up a massive array of solid sounds from smooth and creamy to punchy and up front. Its other appointments like gold hardware and a matching headstock cap off what is an already outstanding bass for the price.
Condition: This bass is in excellent condition overall. Outside of various small dings, dents, nicks, and light scratches, it is very clean and still looks as good as it plays. The frets show only very light wear and still have a ton of playing time left in them. The neck is straight and the truss rod is functioning.
Body: Solid contoured body with flame maple top in Tiger’s Eye finish. Fixed bridge with individually adjustable saddles. Gold knurled control knobs.
Neck: Slim D shape maple neck and ebony fingerboard with white dot inlays. Sealed gold tuning machines. 1 5/8” nut width. 34” scale.
Electronics: J99A alnico single coil in the neck and Carvin humbucker in the bridge. 18V active/passive electronics w/ 1 x master volume, 1 x pickup blend, 1 x treble, 1 x mid, 1 x bass, 1 x sweep control. 1 x coil-tap switch.
Weight: 8 lbs 9.9 oz
Playability/Sound: The slim D shape profile is very easy to move around and comfortable throughout the length of the neck. The pickups sound great across the board and with the expansive tone controls, provide a nice wide range of tones.
Case: Includes hardshell case.
