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    <<SOLD>> Beautiful Carvin XB-75P 5 String Bass

    in Basses For Sale

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    [quote name='dougal' timestamp='1339598425' post='1691215']
    Pretty sure this was my old bass (see [url="http://www.carvinmus...llery/xb75.html"]http://www.carvinmus...llery/xb75.html[/url] - about half way down the page).

    Bought in the states and imported by me when I moved back.
    If so it also has the offset neck profile.
    I can vouch for it's lovely-ness. It also does quite well tuned F#-B-E-A-D (when it left me it had another nut).
    The last I saw of it I traded for a fretless on here.
    [/quote]

    Small world! Thanks for the vouching!
    I believe you are correct as I do still have the original spare set of strings with that monster F#....when I bought it however there was already a new (standard) nut on it with standard strings.


    [quote name='ziggydolphinboy' timestamp='1339615072' post='1691620']
    this is killikng me
    missed this first time round
    only one more gig and ill have the dough !!!!
    [/quote]

    Let me know mate asap, I have an offer just waiting for the reply from the guy however!

    <<SOLD>> Beautiful Carvin XB-75P 5 String Bass

    in Basses For Sale

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    Hi Conan,

    I feel the same, it's quite hard to find a lot of information on this series, however there is a page with plenty of nice examples and standard specs here:
    [url="http://www.carvinmuseum.com/instockarchive/xb75.html"]http://www.carvinmuseum.com/instockarchive/xb75.html[/url]

    Tone wise I you're pretty spot on there, however having the Musicman style pickup near the bridge (as opposed to the 'sweet spot' on the stingrays) means it's more like a jazz bass on steroids, very punchy and clear.
    You can get thunky p-bass like tone by favoring the neck pickup, modern hip hop like tone by using an even split (That's what I used for my funk band), or Jaco-like tone by using the bridge pickup.

    I just discovered from reading up that if you pull the volume knob you have a passive bass! Never knew that....useful for recording I suppose.
    They also have piezo bridge saddles (I suppose that's what the P stands for on the XB75-P).

    My understanding of the controls is:
    Master Volume
    Pickup selector/mix knob
    Switch for piezo on/off and corresponding knob for frequency range/mix (This is my best explanation of what this does - kind of sounds like a sweepable mid but I'm really not sure)
    Bass, Mid, Treble along the bottom row.
    18v Active Circuitry (Pull volume knob for passive)

    I would consider posting it as it has a hard case and there is a lot of advice about posting it on this forum.

    Anything else let me know!

    Shane

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