Four- and five-string bass kits start well under $500 and shipping is included! Free ShippingĬarvin sells only by direct shipment to its customers (shipping is always free) which helps keep costs down by eliminating middle-men. Another Carvin specialty is their kits: if you are prepared to do a little work yourself, you can have a great Carvin electric bass at a very reasonable cost. Today Carvin is known for its high-quality, original instruments that offer the customer a surprising number of options – including choice of woods – on even their basic instruments.Ĭarvin basses stand out in a number of ways, one being the use (in some models) of through-neck construction which increases sustain and allows for a slimmer neck heel. Renamed after Lowell’s sons, Carson and Gavin, the family-owned operation began producing electric guitars and basses – at first using Hofner bodies and necks – in the 1950s. As a studio/travel guitar, its big sound far outweighs its small size.Carvin has gone through a lot of changes since Lowell Kiesel founded it, in 1946, as a guitar pickup manufacturer under the name of L.
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Not only is this instrument extremely well made, via the extensive range of options Carvin is putting you in the driving seat, whether you're a 'name' or not.Īlthough the HH2 is limited in appeal, its full-scale compact concept creates a truly pro 'travel' guitar that packs a very professional tonality. What we're keen to do here is to evaluate just how Carvin's electric guitars shape up in comparison to larger, often more expensive brands. It's beautifully in tune and stable, too. There's a beautiful feedback tail to the notes at higher gain, especially on the fuller neck pickup, almost as if you have a Sustainer onboard again, bring some modulation and delay to the party and it becomes quite otherworldly. You might not be able to replicate Holdsworth-style complex picked arpeggios at the speed of light, but as the gain and volume increase, so does the resonance. Reducing the volume thins things a little, too, and because not only the 'board but also the controls are right under your hands, subtle adjustments quickly become part of your style and sound. The tone control certainly helps to create some older, jazzier tones underpinned by a good clarity. And the way the guitar sits sort of makes you want to play more complex chords, Holdsworth style, especially with some chorus.
Sure, there's not loads of deep low end but it doesn't sound thin either - your eyes are telling you one thing but your ears beg to differ. It gives even the bright pickup, played clean, a quality tonality: the mix is rich and the neck pickup fuller. In some ways there's a 'hollowness' to this mini axe. "There's a beautiful feedback tail to the notes at higher gain, almost as if there's a Sustainer onboard" To many, this guitar will look like a toy, but it certainly doesn't sound like one. It's a lightweight and comfortable guitar and you're presented with basically just a neck and fingerboard, and as ever, without a headstock you have to get used to naturally playing 'higher' on the 'board. While it's not impossible to play seated, it's certainly a lot easier with a strap, Holdsworth-style. Neither bears any 'licensed by' logos, but the parts seem of excellent quality - the impression you get from anything with the Carvin logo. Made by a Korean company called JCustom Headless Research, these parts appear to be very close cousins to Steinberger's original parts, now no longer made. The strings' ball ends slot into the bridge end and are locked in place at the nut although it appears special double-ball strings could be used. At the other end, we have a bridge assembly with individual lock-down saddles and six knurled-knob tuners. There's no nut as such instead, we have a zero fret and a string anchor at the top of the neck.
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That leaves just enough room for a three-way mini-toggled pickup switch and a side-mounted jack on a metal plate that has the country of origin and the serial number stamped on. We get 22 adjustable poles to each of the standard H22 'buckers and a master volume and tone with black Strat-like knobs. The neck profile is fairly chunky - 21.3mm at the first, 24.7mm at the 12th - with a fully shouldered D shape and we have a slightly trimmer 'nut' width of 42.8mm and a 508mm (20-inch) radius to its ebony board, with neatly installed jumbo frets. Peering inside the copper foil-shielded control cavity you can see that, there's plenty of air and what appears to be a block under the bridge and one for the neck joint.
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