Sounds like you had a wild hot summer fling with your bucket list Carvin’s, and are going back to your true love, the beloved Ibanez SR basses.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I did just see you list the 2nd carving for sale on Offer up today.
I did hear you say something about how you just love playing your Ibanez so much more that the Carvin’s don’t get much play time, so, it seems the love affair is over, and off they go to find another find suitor.
I sort of have the same gut feeling about a carvin bass. by far the best guitar I have ever played (besides a PRS, and the EBMM EVH, when if first came out. Heck, I still kind of want to get a cheap SBMM Axis (EVH evolution) someday (just cuz they are so cool, I know they come in orange, and I may want to noodle on guitar, or create a guitar riff for a baseline I write someday, who knows, the possibilities are limitless), and I know I loved the basses of the time, but that is just the thing, it is of that time. Some things are awesome, and age like wine, others, sour grapes
I also wonder if it is because I don’t ever see exactly what I want in a Carvin that I can afford. Your basses are nice, I especially like the neck thru, but I am not a fan of bursts, and I don’t even think of that as a great burst. It is not bad, nor it it good, it is just a burst.
For me, even if it were just black, it would be better, not my most favorite, but better then that burst IMHO, no offense intended, same with white. Then there are all those fun things you can do with pick ups and knobs and plates and pick guards and pick up covers (colors) that , hmm, a black or white one might just be what the Dr. ordered. Red pick ups seem to be all the rage today, as do white, and even if you go with Herrick, he allows you to chose the color you want your pick up housing, so think about it, you can get white bass with Orange pick ups, or a black bass with a split P, with 2 tones of Green, or a green and yellow, like Lego’s
I am sure I could find a pick up color combo that wold even make the burst pop.
Thing is, thats just it, is it s long forgotten crush from yesteryear, that doesn’t translate to the love affair of the lifetime in the present?
that is the question.
I am curious @JustTim, how would you feel about swapping a bass for a week, so I could get a feel of the Carvin and see if it is still something I like. If I fall in love, I am sure I would breakdown and buy its but this way, if I don’t, I can swap back without anything lost on both parties (unless you have interested parties to purchase your bass right now).
You could probably just about have the pick of the stable to take home and love and stroke on and cherish, and shower with appreciation, ya know, a Hall Pass moment
Let me know, I know you are looking for cash, not trade (as you told me on offer up), so I am not proposing a trade per say, but a swap, so you have something of mine that is valuable to me while I am testing out what is valuable to you. and I hope you would take the opportunity to test out whichever of my values you choose to get all snuggly with.
Hit me up via PM if this sounds like anything you are interested in pursuing.
Just consider it an Indecent Proposal.