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Re: Carvin Guitars
What sort of a neck carve does Carvin offer?
What sort of a neck carve does Carvin offer?
Carvin Guitars
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Binnerscot
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Re: Carvin Guitars
http://www.carvinguitars.com/radiiguide.php
The necks I have run into would be in the wide/thin feel. Not as thin as Ibby.
http://www.carvinguitars.com/radiiguide.php
The necks I have run into would be in the wide/thin feel. Not as thin as Ibby.
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This perfectly explains my experience with Carvin. The graphite rods were mentioned as tone suckers but I tried to refinish one of my Carvins and it was worse than trying to strip a Mexican strat. The poly was extremely thick and took forever to get off even with a heat gun and aircraft paint stripper. You put that much finish on a guitar and the thing isn't going to resonate very well.
The Carvin I played that I liked the most from a tone standpoint was a Bolt with a natural finish. It played really well but at the same time wasn't close enough to a strat for me. It's hard to describe what it was like. For me it was like comparing the AC30 model on a POD to a real AC30 as the POD model was good but not quite there. In the same manner the Bolt was good but not quite a strat. Maybe it was the flat radius on the fretboard or the shredder neck carve. The guitar actually sounded quite good it just wasn't quite what it was emulating.
This perfectly explains my experience with Carvin. The graphite rods were mentioned as tone suckers but I tried to refinish one of my Carvins and it was worse than trying to strip a Mexican strat. The poly was extremely thick and took forever to get off even with a heat gun and aircraft paint stripper. You put that much finish on a guitar and the thing isn't going to resonate very well.
The Carvin I played that I liked the most from a tone standpoint was a Bolt with a natural finish. It played really well but at the same time wasn't close enough to a strat for me. It's hard to describe what it was like. For me it was like comparing the AC30 model on a POD to a real AC30 as the POD model was good but not quite there. In the same manner the Bolt was good but not quite a strat. Maybe it was the flat radius on the fretboard or the shredder neck carve. The guitar actually sounded quite good it just wasn't quite what it was emulating.
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Amen bro.
If I'm going to spend that much on an axe, I'd hope it would keep it's value.
Amen bro.
If I'm going to spend that much on an axe, I'd hope it would keep it's value.
ibanezrocks
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IIRC there were rumors that they got rid of the graphite rods recently.
IIRC there were rumors that they got rid of the graphite rods recently.
Holy Diver
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Wow. Those are some great pictures and great advice. Thanks guys, and I guess I will still keep thinking about it, although I really like bolt-ons better than neck-thrus, because the neck has a "give" that I can't get anywhere else.
Wow. Those are some great pictures and great advice. Thanks guys, and I guess I will still keep thinking about it, although I really like bolt-ons better than neck-thrus, because the neck has a "give" that I can't get anywhere else.
Re: Carvin Guitars
I had a SC90 that was magnificent build and a hoot to play. And after some set up changes and a duncan Pearly gates neck and PATB3 in the bridge, it sounded pretty good too. just alittle tight.. ( I was able to counter some of the deadness. But, I also had some older ones that were more alive... So, if they fix the rod issue, they will be amazing!
I had a SC90 that was magnificent build and a hoot to play. And after some set up changes and a duncan Pearly gates neck and PATB3 in the bridge, it sounded pretty good too. just alittle tight.. ( I was able to counter some of the deadness. But, I also had some older ones that were more alive... So, if they fix the rod issue, they will be amazing!
kherman
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I'm just the opposite.
I prefer Carvins over Jacksons.
I Prefer the 24 3/4 scale of the older 6 string Carvins. The 25" scale is fine too.
I never cared for Jacksons compound radius fretbaord.
I prefer a straight 12 or 14" radius.
As for resale?
Jackson, ESP, Parker, Ibanez don't really do any better.
They all seem to take about a $400 or $500 dollar hit.
I think with a $1400 Carvin it's seems like a bigger hit because
it puts it in another price class.
Where as a $1900 Soloist that same $500 hit still keeps it in the above $1000 range.
Doesn't feel like as much of a hit.
Parkers sell new for around $2300 now.
Still lucky if you can break a $1000 used.
You want resale? Stick with Gibson, Fender, and PRS.
I'm just the opposite.
I prefer Carvins over Jacksons.
I Prefer the 24 3/4 scale of the older 6 string Carvins. The 25" scale is fine too.
I never cared for Jacksons compound radius fretbaord.
I prefer a straight 12 or 14" radius.
As for resale?
Jackson, ESP, Parker, Ibanez don't really do any better.
They all seem to take about a $400 or $500 dollar hit.
I think with a $1400 Carvin it's seems like a bigger hit because
it puts it in another price class.
Where as a $1900 Soloist that same $500 hit still keeps it in the above $1000 range.
Doesn't feel like as much of a hit.
Parkers sell new for around $2300 now.
Still lucky if you can break a $1000 used.
You want resale? Stick with Gibson, Fender, and PRS.
JordanM82
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I bought a 2008 Carvin Bolt-T last march (my Avatar pic) and I love the guitar more then anything I have ever played. It is gorgeous, plays phenomenal and sounds fantastic. This guitar does NOT have a graphite rod... I did swap the pickups for SSL6 Neck and Mid and a 59 Trembucker in the bridge and it sounds just fantastic... I wouldn't trade this guitar for any strat out there...
-J
I bought a 2008 Carvin Bolt-T last march (my Avatar pic) and I love the guitar more then anything I have ever played. It is gorgeous, plays phenomenal and sounds fantastic. This guitar does NOT have a graphite rod... I did swap the pickups for SSL6 Neck and Mid and a 59 Trembucker in the bridge and it sounds just fantastic... I wouldn't trade this guitar for any strat out there...
-J
KeeperOS
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Carvin has been one guitar manufacturer I've checked out repeatedly and have liked a LOT.
What I've gone for was mainly their DC-135 and DC-127 but I've also played a BOLT or two.
First of all, the DCs are NOT Jacksons while the BOLTs NOT Fenders. Not by a long shot.
They both are their own thing and they both RULE.
My take on the bolt is that it is what a Strat COULD have been (all improvements IMO but your mileage may vary) while the DCs are pure 90s (not so much 80s) Metal Shredder beasts while still great all-arounders.
However for such incredibly consistent guitars in shape/feel their tone varies a GREAT deal. I've played some whose tone was really warm while crisp and others that were all middy or trebly. None was overly so but still quite the difference from one guitar to the next.
One thing I've realized about them, I REALLY don't care for a Maple top with their Alder/Maple neck-thrus (although I've never tried a Mahogany one).
However with no top their Alder body/Maple neck-thru/Ebony fretboard RULES.
For some time I've been looking for the *right* DC-127 and, as luck would have it, I've found the *right* DC-135 instead :9:
Carvin has been one guitar manufacturer I've checked out repeatedly and have liked a LOT.
What I've gone for was mainly their DC-135 and DC-127 but I've also played a BOLT or two.
First of all, the DCs are NOT Jacksons while the BOLTs NOT Fenders. Not by a long shot.
They both are their own thing and they both RULE.
My take on the bolt is that it is what a Strat COULD have been (all improvements IMO but your mileage may vary) while the DCs are pure 90s (not so much 80s) Metal Shredder beasts while still great all-arounders.
However for such incredibly consistent guitars in shape/feel their tone varies a GREAT deal. I've played some whose tone was really warm while crisp and others that were all middy or trebly. None was overly so but still quite the difference from one guitar to the next.
One thing I've realized about them, I REALLY don't care for a Maple top with their Alder/Maple neck-thrus (although I've never tried a Mahogany one).
However with no top their Alder body/Maple neck-thru/Ebony fretboard RULES.
For some time I've been looking for the *right* DC-127 and, as luck would have it, I've found the *right* DC-135 instead :9:
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HeadBanginologist
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how about their california carved top models? they seem enticing at first glance...
how about their california carved top models? they seem enticing at first glance...
Moonsorrow
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Carvin rules!
Carvin rules!
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JOLLY
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rammer69
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT&viewitem NICE one on ebay now
Ascension
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I have owned dozens and dozens of Carvins and the later ones with the rods sound much differently than the earlier ones without them. The response with the rods is very even throughout the neck but it just does not have the life in the tone. The graphite rods just suck the tonal life out of the guitars.
I have owned ever Carvin wood configuration you can think of and flat won't own another one with the rods. I only own now Carvins pre 1995 when they went with the rods.
I have owned dozens and dozens of Carvins and the later ones with the rods sound much differently than the earlier ones without them. The response with the rods is very even throughout the neck but it just does not have the life in the tone. The graphite rods just suck the tonal life out of the guitars.
I have owned ever Carvin wood configuration you can think of and flat won't own another one with the rods. I only own now Carvins pre 1995 when they went with the rods.
Mr 9finger
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Re: Carvin Guitars
I've been tossing some emails back and forth w/ Carvin and they no longer use the graphite rods in their necks. Or at least that's what they told me about the bolt kits.
I've been tossing some emails back and forth w/ Carvin and they no longer use the graphite rods in their necks. Or at least that's what they told me about the bolt kits.
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