Meanwhile, At Carvin

Dramatic Koa! Doesn’t it look dramatic? There’s something wonderful about Carvin’s willingness to keep its fans up to date. I’d say they make the best use of Facebook of any of the major guitar manufacturers; Gibson mostly runs trivia questions, Fender talks about some of their third-rate new endorsers, PRS doesn’t do much at all. But Carvin’s people regularly put photos up on in-process guitars, a practice that almost certainly results in additional sales as people check out the “lookbook”. It also says a lot about Carvin’s confidence in their manufacturing process that they are willing to post pictures of half-finished product.

And here are a few more nice ones…

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For Sale: Carvin SB4000 Bass

Selling this Carvin SB400. Fully loaded with stainless frets and active electronics. $699 plus shipping. It’s already been replaced by another SB4000 with an ash body and birdseye fretboard; this koa/mahogany body and rosewood fretboard combined for a very soft sound. Great for rock, not great for R&B or pop music.

My bass player, Patrick, has full details on TalkBass.