ped Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 A joint effort between me and eubassix. This is a very special Carvin BB75 (Bunny Brunel signature) bass which has just been received back from Marleaux of Germany who have done a first class job of sprucing up the bass from its origional spec. Read on for the story! I first owned this bass for a little while whilst at university - it saw a few gigs and some recording, and immediately struck me as a fantastic sounding and playing bass. However, after a few weeks the truss rod adapter snapped off, making it impossible to adjust the neck. The adjustment was via a male hex bolt which looked bent from the start. I put the bass out of active duty for a while and planned on having it repaired, because it was such a nice bass with a lot of versatility. At the time eubassix helped me out with finding my current 4 string and I sent this bass to him to have a look at and think about repair. It turns out it was origionally his before I bought it. After some time eubassix sent it off to Marleaux in germany who he/we have used before and rate very highly. As you can see from the pictures, there is a brand new neck on tha bass which has been installed fantastically, really one of the best jobs we have seen. the fingerboard is in keeping with the beautiful origional birdseye finish, and there is now a Marleaux headstock. The original colour was impossible to remove fully from the deeper grains/swirls.. so the idea was to leave this and overlay the blue - to get a similar 'enhanced grain' (somewhat like F basses and PRS etc). We let Marleaux give the bass the full works - putting in a Marleaux type neck joint on the bass created some problems with the location of the J pickup and the job took some man hours but the workmanship is incredible, and the bass sounds deeper and fuller than before - I really think Carvin should look at using Marleaux necks in the future! We left the electronics as they were as Marleaux agreed they sound very impressive in the bass - there is a coil tap for the MM pickup, a blend, voleme with push/pull active bypass and a very good 3 band EQ which I have the information on somewhere. [b]I am looking for a price of £799 for the bass delivered in the UK.[/b] Please contact me about the bass as eubassix is away for a while. If you would like any specific sound clips or pictures, let me know via PM or email and I will sort it out for you, otherwise the bass should be at the SE bash on the 18th Aug or you are welcome to come and have a play at my home in Oxford. Thanks ped [b]Read on for sound clips of this bass[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Here are some small images of the bass in its fitted hardcase. [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Carvin%20Marleaux/GetAttachment.aspx20.jpg"][/url][url=" class="ipsImage" />[/url][url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Carvin%20Marleaux/GetAttachment.aspx18.jpg"][/url][url=" class="ipsImage" />[/url][url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Carvin%20Marleaux/GetAttachment.aspx16.jpg"][/url][url=" class="ipsImage" />[/url][url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Carvin%20Marleaux/GetAttachment.aspx14.jpg"][/url][url=" class="ipsImage" />[/url][url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Carvin%20Marleaux/GetAttachment.aspx12.jpg"][/url][url=" class="ipsImage" />[/url][url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Carvin%20Marleaux/GetAttachment.aspx10.jpg"][/url][url=" class="ipsImage" />[/url][url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Carvin%20Marleaux/GetAttachment.aspx8.jpg"][/url][url=" class="ipsImage" />[/url][url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Carvin%20Marleaux/GetAttachment.aspx6.jpg"][/url][url=" class="ipsImage" />[/url][url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Carvin%20Marleaux/GetAttachment.aspx4.jpg"][/url][url=" class="ipsImage" />[/url][url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Carvin%20Marleaux/GetAttachment.aspx2.jpg"][/url][url=" class="ipsImage" />[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 I have some more images but there wasn't much juice in the camera so excure the slight blur - I will get better ones asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eubassix Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Thanks Ped - nice summary of the bass (currently) and its history + some nice photos - hopefully, this might find a new owner whilst I'm away: would have been a nice & unique fiver to keep, but not possible. I'll try to find photos of the original bass and post them asap. Should add, for those that might wonder, that the original idea was to replace the broken truss-rod, but the thru-neck was also warped and the only remedy was to replace with a bolt-on. There was a lot of work to be done: the original finish was tricky to remove/balance and the neck re-fit involved a lot of additional/one-off routing (including accomodating the J-pickup into the extended Marleaux neck) - I think the photos reveal what an excellent job they made of this! Some specs: 34.5" scale (with zero-fret), 1.75" Nut, string spacing is 9mm (Nut), 16mm (24th fret) & 19mm (bridge). I forgot to note the weight but recall that it's very light at 8.25 - 8.5 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 Origional pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassjamm Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Wow guys...that is awesome!!!! I don't suppose you're taking trades at all are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 Hi Jamie, sorry I have just seen your message... What do you have to offer? Cheers ped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassjamm Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Hi mate, My Ken Smith mate. What does this beast sound like mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 Cool mate I will pass that on to David, with my reccomendation, of course. I will get some sound clips up tonight hopefully! There are many many sounds in this bass! Cheers ped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmonster Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 phwar!!!!!, stunning that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eubassix Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Asian BUMP - hope somebody might snap this up at the Bash (if Ped can still make it - best wishes on your speedy recovery, Chris!) if not before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douggy Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 (edited) i had a carvin guitar( a v220 if anyones interested )and honestly they are so nice. but that bass reallllllyyyy should be in the porn section ! doug Edited August 9, 2007 by douggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 Hi chaps, I have just done some clips of the bass - you can hear the pickups in MM/ MM+J/ J+J/ and single J config here: [url="http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishiscocks/Bass%20guitar%20samples/Carvin%20Marleaux%20J,J.mp3"]J/J config[/url] [url="http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishiscocks/Bass%20guitar%20samples/Carvin%20Marleaux%20MM,J.mp3"]J/MM config[/url] [url="http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishiscocks/Bass%20guitar%20samples/Carvin%20Marleaux%20MM.mp3"]MM config[/url] [url="http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishiscocks/Bass%20guitar%20samples/Carvin%20Marleaux%20Front%20J.mp3"]J single config[/url] You can hear the origional pre-mod clips on my bass samples page here: [url="http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishiscocks/Bass%20guitar%20samples/"]http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishisc...itar%20samples/[/url] This is a collection of samples from members of Bassworld etc and a few of my own. I think it could be a useful resource one day! Cheers ped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 Bump - this bass will be coming to the SE Bash for those interested in having a play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 20, 2007 Author Share Posted August 20, 2007 Post bass bash bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted September 3, 2007 Author Share Posted September 3, 2007 Bump and reduced to £799 including super fast and reliable delivery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eubassix Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 BUMP / Pending ebay listing ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eubassix Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 BUMP / ebay auction (link above) ends 21:22 on 16th (Sunday). Would be able to end auction late Saturday (if no bids at that point) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 wow! gorgeous bass. Too bad it's not a fretless, I'd have snapped it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 Another bump - did anyone miss the sound clips earlier in the thread? Here they are again: [url="http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishiscocks/Bass%20guitar%20samples/Carvin%20Marleaux%20J,J.mp3"]J/J config[/url] [url="http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishiscocks/Bass%20guitar%20samples/Carvin%20Marleaux%20MM,J.mp3"]J/MM config[/url] [url="http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishiscocks/Bass%20guitar%20samples/Carvin%20Marleaux%20MM.mp3"]MM config[/url] [url="http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishiscocks/Bass%20guitar%20samples/Carvin%20Marleaux%20Front%20J.mp3"]J single config[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Oooh! just looking at the pix again, lovely bass. If I had more money than sense I would have it but the wife would kill me. Hopefully you'll get a buyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohan Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 That is stunning, tone is so clear on the clips. Neck looks amazing. Wish I had money. Whoever gets this won't regret it I can just tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 Yes the Carvin electronics sound fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Can I just say that Ped an Eubassix are great to deal with, having met up with Ped to sell him my Trace V4 and having bought a Modulus Jazz from Eubassix a few years ago. I've even just bought another bass (which used to belong to Ped!) from Eubassix this week, which should be in my hands very soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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