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With Carvin's Custom Shop you now have more choices than ever to create your own custom instrument. In the last couple of years we have added options like birds eye maple and rosewood fingerboards. Stainless steel frets are available in both standard and jumbo sizes. To enhance the tone of our basses several Carvin pickups are available including the new SP series soap bar humbuckers. More important than our growing list of options is our commitment to building high quality basses. Our modern 82,000 square foot plant in San Diego is equipped with the finest instrument building machinery in the industry. The use of high quality woods and our constant improvement in manufacturing methods are an ongoing quest at Carvin.
If Carvin basses were available in retail stores, you would pay up to three times more than our factory direct prices. By selling direct, Carvin not only gives incredible value but also provides you with a direct connection to the builder. This is something you don't get when purchasing retail. With the best build up times in the industry along with our risk free 10-day money back guarantee, there has never been a better time to order your Carvin Custom Shop bass.
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- Eastern Hard Rock Maple neck-through-construction
for increased sustain
- Smooth neck-to-body heel for effortless playability to
the last fret
- Tone enhancing alder wood body sides
- Premium grade Ebony fingerboard
- Super long lasting polished hard alloy medium-jumbo
frets (.048 tall x .103 wide)
- Scale Length: 34" (35 1/4" scale on XB models)
- Dual action truss rod
- Premium Carvin tuners with extra fine 20:1 ratio
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- Graphite nut with teflon helps keep bass in tune
- Two Carvin premium humbucking pickups with 18v
active/passive electronics
- Hipshot A-Style brass bridge with strings fed through the body
for exceptional punch
- Strings: Carvin Med-Light Nickel round wounds
(optional Stainless round wounds)
- Chrome hardware standard
- Colors: Jet Black, Classic White, Ferrari Red,
Pearl Blue, White White, Tung Oil Finish,
Clear Gloss, Clear
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| The superior strength of our reinforced neck-through-body construction
increases resonance and sustain for a sweeter tone. The dual-action truss rod allows you to set the action just the way you like it. Also, the smooth neck heel design gives you effortless playability to
the last fret. |
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| Carvin uses premium ebony as the standard wood for it's fingerboards. Ebony is preferred for both fretted and fretless basses because of it's solid tone and life long durability. Other optional fingerboard woods include rosewood, hard rock maple and hard rock birds eye maple. The tops of our fingerboards are precision surfaced with a diamond surface grinder. This exclusive process insures a uniform thickness tolerance of less than .001" from one end of the fingerboard to the other. Whether you choose a fretless or fretted model, we guarantee that all Carvin basses will have string action exceeding anything you've ever played. |
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Carvin uses the highest quality hard alloy fret wire by Jescar as standard equipment. This medium jumbo German made fretwire is known for its extremely accurate intonation and longevity. Standard fretwire dimensions: (.048 tall x .103 wide)
Optional fretwires by Jescar include:
- 6100 jumbo (.055 tall x .110 wide)
- STF stainless medium jumbo (.048 tall x .103 wide)
- STJF stainless jumbo (.055 tall x .110 wide) |
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| All Carvin standard neck though body basses now come with the heavy solid brass Hipshot A-style bridge for added deep bass punch and definition. This bridge gives individual side to side string spacing which allows you to custom tailor the playability of your bass. The dual design allows you the freedom to top load your strings or feed them though the body for improved sustain. |
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BASS PICKUPS |
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| The J99A Alnico single coil bass pickup has great
tonal range with a full clear bell tone. This J-bass sized pickup has moderately low output and is ultra quiet.
J99A pickups come standard on most Carvin basses. Available on Icon basses as J9AS pickups (J99A in a soapbar
case). J99A pickups are available in black or cream. J99A pickups have a tan dot next to the Carvin logo. |
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| HB series humbucking pickups have large Alnico-5 pole pieces, which is one of the main ingredients to the fat aggressive tone of it's design. This humbucker has medium-high output. HB pickups are available as an option on both the bridge and neck positions for many Carvin basses. Not available on Icon basses. |
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| Carvin SP series "soap bar" humbuckers have a deep smooth bass response with excellent mid range punch and top end definition. The SP series incorporates side by side coil design which enhances mid range growl and gives a smooth bottom end. These medium output pickups are extremely versatile and serve a wide range of playing styles. SP “soap bars" come standard on Icon series basses and are available (in pairs only) on many other Carvin models.
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| Carvin's H50A alnico stacked humbuckers combined the deep, powerful
sound of humbucker pickups in a case that's compact and unobtrusive. These are the same physical size as the J99A pickups,
and are also available in black or cream. Offered on Icon basses as the H5AS. H50A pickups have a red dot next to the Carvin logo (older H50S ceramic stacked humbuckers have a blue dot). |
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