Carvin Guitars IC5 Deep Teal with Black Burst Edging,... (Review)

Reviewed By: "Top Shelf" Kevin McAleer

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $1959 USD as customized ($1319 stock model) with case + shipping

About:

Carvin Guitars has been selling guitars and basses direct to the customer for almost 70 years. On their website (www.carvinguitars.com) you can order the "stock" version or customize any model to your own liking.

This Carvin Guitars Icon-5 5-string bass has a mahogany body with a quilted maple top, 5-piece maple neck with mahogany stripes and a 14” radius 24 fret ebony fingerboard.

Hardware:

Chrome Hipshot A-style with strings-through body, Chrome Carvin Guitars premium 20:1 ratio tuners.

Electronics: 

RH2 radiused humbuckers, 18V active/passive, volume, pickup blend, stacked concentric bass and high frequency, stacked concentric mid frequency and sweep. 

Pedulla Nuances 5 String Bass by Master Luither Michael Pedulla, ... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $3,900.00  USD with case + shipping 

About: 

M.V. Pedulla Guitars is a Manufacturer of handcrafted, custom boutique, American-built electric bass guitars by master luthier Michael Pedulla, in Rockland, MA..

This Nuances five string model has a 34" scale length, a maple bolt-on neck with a Single, double acting adjustable truss rod with two stiffening bars dressed in an ebony fingerboard featuring 22 frets with a bone nut ending in a soft maple body with an arbutis burl top and weighing just under 9 lbs. 

Jeppson Guitars LSJ-5 Custom Bass, ... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $2,800.00  USD with case + shipping 

About: 

Jeppson Guitars is a Manufacturer of handcrafted, custom boutique, American-built electric guitars and electric bass guitars by master luthier Bryan Jeppson, in East Brunswick NJ.

This LSJ-5 Custom Model has a 34" scale, five-piece Walnut and Purpleheart neck with a dual action truss rod and steel rod reinforcement. It's dressed in an ebony fingerboard separated by evo alloy fretwire at a 12" radius with Donkey abalone Egyptian inlays ending in a bookmatched 3/4" figured walnut top over cherry back topped with a bone nut .