Never had the chance to play one. The pictures of them look nice.Just wondered if anyone has any experience with them.
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Carvin Icon...anybody own one?
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Brings a smile to my face every time I plug it in.
19mm
Alder body
Ebony fingerboard
Radiused single coil pickups
Around 9 pounds
19mm
Alder body
Ebony fingerboard
Radiused single coil pickups
Around 9 pounds
I used to have this one:
It was a really great bass, and beautiful flame maple top. I only sold it because my arthritis makes it hard to play a 6 string these days.
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It was a really great bass, and beautiful flame maple top. I only sold it because my arthritis makes it hard to play a 6 string these days.
I played a used one at GC one time. Very nice bass but the neck was thicker than I like so I didn’t seriously think about getting it, but it played very well.
I played one for the first time at a GC, one with narrow spacing (5-string)...and it wasn’t as narrow as I was expecting. It was actually quite comfortable.
It was an older model with 2000’s era control layout and Piezo bridge. Alder body with Walnut top, maple/walnut neck.
Definitely a very substantial bass, it felt bigger than I expected, too. The neck was a bit on the thick side, but for me neck thickness is very low on the list of things that might bother me (my G&L has the thickest baseball bat neck ever, and I love it).
It sounded great! It took a while to figure out the controls (5-knobs with 3 of them stacked). If I had the $899 asking price, I would have bought it on the spot.
It was an older model with 2000’s era control layout and Piezo bridge. Alder body with Walnut top, maple/walnut neck.
Definitely a very substantial bass, it felt bigger than I expected, too. The neck was a bit on the thick side, but for me neck thickness is very low on the list of things that might bother me (my G&L has the thickest baseball bat neck ever, and I love it).
It sounded great! It took a while to figure out the controls (5-knobs with 3 of them stacked). If I had the $899 asking price, I would have bought it on the spot.
I bought an Icon back when they were introduced. I liked it immediately, played and sounded great. I owned that bass for 12 years, then sold it after I got my Xccelerator. I highly recommend the Icon!
Thanks for the comments. I am having to make a big decision between getting an icon or getting a pb bass...I'm leaning towards the lcon bass.
Love mine...but I replaced the electronics completely with a Sadowsky preamp and Ulyate single coil soap bars. Never would have spent the upgrade money if I wasn’t totally impressed with the general build quality...I think they are exceptionally well made from a woodworking standpoint!
I’ve owned 2, both were great. Traveled a lot with them and they handled the road and crazy southern humidity like champs. I thought the pickups were just “ok” to my ears but the playability of the basses was really nice.
I'm trying to decide between an icon and a PB5. I don't have experiance with either of them.Both sound like great basses. I just wanted to hear what you think about them.