FS Carvin JB5

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Marley's Ghost
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FS Carvin JB5

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Excellent condition! 800 shipped to conusa!

Rosewood fretboard. mother of pearl inlays. Carvin soft shell case.

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price drop to $750 shipped to conusa.
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Price drop $700 shipped conusa
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Price drop $650 shipped to conusa.
zawinals
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Re: FS Carvin JB5

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Great bass!

What is the body wood?
novamike
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Re: FS Carvin JB5

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active pups? emg? or?
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Lefty007
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Re: FS Carvin JB5

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I ordered this bass new. It's a great Carvin. Very light. Pickups are Carvin with active Carvin preamp. Body is chambered ash. $650 is an absolute steal! Geeezus!

I paid close to $1500 for this bass. I just got out of the 5-string game and the modern J sound, but this is a killer playing and sounding 5-string. Plays like butter.

Give this guy at least $850, c'mon.
ColonelAkita
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Re: FS Carvin JB5

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Would you trade for a subject archtop Harmony guitar from the 40s worth 650?
Winkster1
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What's the string spacing?
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Marley's Ghost
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Re: FS Carvin JB5

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Here's the spec from the Kiesel website:

construction bolt-on neck
scale length 34"
body alder with smooth comfortable neck heel
neck tung-oiled maple with classic style headstock with Kiesel logo, two high-strength carbon-fiber reinforcing rods and fully-adjustable dual action truss rod
fingerboard ebony, 14" radius
inlays white pearl dots with standard black-ring Luminlay Super Blue side dots
neck width 1.77" wide @ nut, 2.98" wide @ 22nd fret; .78" thick @ 1st fret, .88 thick @ 12th fret
hardware chrome
bridge Carvin Guitars bass bridge with adjustable lockdown saddles & strings-through-body or top loading
tuners Carvin Guitars premium tuners, 20:1 ratio
frets 22 medium-jumbo stainless steel frets, .103 wide X .048 tall
pickups two JVA single coil pickups
electronics 18V active/passive, volume, pickup blend, push/pull active and passive tone control, stacked concentric bass and treble frequency cut or boost
strings Dunlop Super Brights
dimensions 21" long body, 13.5" wide body, 1.7" thick body

Mine has a rosewood fretboard and weighs in at a little over 8 lbs.
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sold
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