..... check out the Carvin SC-90 guitars with the maple tops! Very sweet.

They are nice guitars, but can you send it back if you don't want it? Aren't they factory direct?

Yeah you can! Check 'em out at www.carvin.com

Carvin, give me a break. They suck.
work hard save alot of money and buy a Les Paul.

Carvins do not suck. I've played a Les Paul for several years and earlier this year I wanted to get a Strat, just to have one. I instead took a chance on a Carvin DC because a friend of mine had a Carvin bass and it sounded and felt incredible. I wasn't disappointed. The neck is much easier to play then my LP and the tone is excellent. Plus there's a coil tap to get single coil sounds. Even though my Les Paul also has a coil tap (that's right!), I never play it anymore.
My LP looks all beautiful and fancy, but the Carvin is a much more practical design, no doubt due to the fact that Carvin doesn't feel the need to conform to any previous designs as Gibson does. I still like my LP buy let's face it, Gibson is taking people to the cleaners with their high prices. Don't get sucked into nostalgia and don't buy a guitar or a pedal (attention TS-9 fools...) just because your hero owned one.

When it comes down to it, it's all in the neck. Certain people, depending on their hands and playing styles, like certain necks over others. The flatter Carvin neck and the slightly wider frets are much easier for my hands than the LP. As for the tone, you can select from a variety of woods and you can always replace the stock pickups if you aren't happy with them.

Saving money and working hard sucks. Carvin's guitars do not.

Lazy bastard, with that attitude you'll always play with a lesser guitar.

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Originally posted by Dave:
Carvins do not suck.

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I agree. Carvin guitars are very good, and a great value for the money.
I have a DC-400 Koa, with tung oil finish, and it feels amazing.
A couple of weeks ago I almost bought a SC-90. Very nice guitar.

Yes, I am lazy. I'll continue to play my "lesser" guitar (while my Les Paul sits in my closet), while you continue to suport your beloved Gibson empire with your hard earned dollars.

Carvin makes high quality instruments. I have a bass purchased in 1983, guitar in 1986 and amps from 1978 and 1985.
The Carvins beat my ES-335 in quality.
Rock On

Dave, lazy or not your openminded approach will get you more places, still hard work is a good attribute.
Les Pauls are cool and with them comes a certain legacy, Carvin has it's legacy ( not the amp haha ) too and in my opinion are not lesser guitars. My cousin has owned a Carvin for many years and it is still stock. As for the beloved Les Paul, I do not own one yet but I do own a SG ( for nearly 20 years ) and I have definetly seen some shit come out of the Gibson camp for both these modles.
To my knowladge Carvin has a much better and consistant quality control whereas Gibson has ridden the "name brand" thing one to many times for this string bender.
It seems the only way to get a great Gibson is to wait and keep looking at your local dealer for the right one to come in or order the high end sig or historic models and that means patience or doeling out bigger bucks.

Craig

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Carvins are a very good platform to work from. The electronics are very easily modified, the body wood is an excellent grade, the necks are pretty sweet in your hands (if they fit your hand, that is). I'm happy with both of mine, just as I'm happy with my 335.

Nope, . . . Carvins don't suck. . .

Brett

I've played a Carvin SC-90 for about 8 or 9 years. Still stock and a wonderful guitar. However, I do find myself making a lot of truss rod adjustments. I called the factory after I had to make the first one and they told me that this is the price that you pay for that thin neck. So I've been making adjustment about every 2 months depending on how much I'm playing. Have any of you that are playing Carvin's had similar experiences.

"More dynamics? I'm playing as loud as I can!"

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I purchased a DC 400A anniversary edition Carvin three years ago. It plays better than any LP I have ever played. I recently passed on a $4000 1974 Black Beauty Limited Edition because it could not pass the comparision test against the Carvin. Hands down the Carvin has a more playable neck and better tone. The maple cap is amazingly figured and offers a bright yet smooth tone.

This guitar is very well crafted, the finish is much better than Gibson's. The tone is very good out of the box, easily changed out pick ups if desired.

Any one who thinks these guitars suck, either had an exceptionally bad experieince with one guitar, or other piece of Carvin grear, or does not understand quality when they see and hear it.

Gibsons, and many other new guitars are very overrated, Carvin is very underrated.

This guitar has all these features stock, including the ebony fingerboard and abalone inlays for under $1100. It arrived in tune and playes beatifully.

My main axe/amp is a 1965 rosewood strat, all stock, a very sweet guitar, through a 1970 50 watt marshall head and 1973 G12m-25 loaded original marshall 4X12 cab. The strat sits about half the time while I am playing the Carvin.

My other guitars include a Collings D2-H, 1932 National Duolian and a vintage Dan Armstrong, a tone giant. I know and appreciate quality guitars. carvin represents a true value in the guitar sales business.

Check out the features of this amazing instrument.

construction/scale 5 piece neck through, 25" scale

body alder, 1/2" thick AAA flamed maple top

neck 5 piece, graphite reinforced,AAA flamed headstock overlay

neck width 1.71" wide @ nut, 2.22" wide @ 24th fret

fingerboard ebony (15" radius)

inlays Abalone block

hardware Chrome

bridge FT6 feed through body fixed

frets 24 medium jumbo .103" wide X .048" tall

pickups C22N & C22T classic humbuckers

electronics active/passive, pickup selector, phase switch, master volume, active tone, passive tone

tuners Sperzel™ locking tuners

standard colors flamed translucent colors (no extra charge)

guitar dimensions 39.5" long, 12.75" wide body, 1.68" thick body
weight 7.75 lbs

Has to be one of the best values in the business. Try one take the plunge and you will not be sorry. They offer outstanding guarantee as well.

Thoughts from others?

Anyone also tried one of these Godin LG I did foudn their earlier version (P90) interesting but being a bucker guy I shyed away so when this one came out I had to go and try it I did AB it against an Epi LP (no Gibson was in the same store at that time) I like the neck but I could use a fatter neck more like a C shape if you may. this one is more of a D shape neck nice guitar and a wide array of tone... the toen knob has some wide range compared to others I've tried. Yeah it's one tone one volume unlike a LP but if you trust sound man that thing is great.

Confessed Pickaholic!

Carvins are cool right up until the day you go to sell it. When that day comes you will find out just exactly how valuable it is to the rest of the world.

So, if you can decide on the layout, and can keep it on stage with you for every gig - no alter guitar egos allowed - you have made the right decision.

I have to ask the Carvin fans this, too: If they are so nice, and by being so affordable they could possibly be considered the working class hero's guitar, why doesn't some big name cat play them?

No, I will hang with my Fender's, Gibsons, Ibanezs, and Yamahas, thank you very much.

You probably have the answer. Why is the question so hard?

I've never been much of a Les Paul fan. In fact, the only guitar I like from the Gibson line is the Flying V. Les Paul's are too bulky and they feel horrible to play. I admit they do have awesome looks (nothing beats a white Les Paul with black binding). But I also think they are overrated along with PRS which are, in my opinion, nothing more and nothing less than a modern Les Paul. Les Paul's are ok but not better than Carvins. I think Carvin is REALLY underrated. A lot of really good players use Carvins: Allan Holdsworth, Tony McAlpine, Doug Marks, Yngwie Malmsteen, just to name a few. These guys rip with the best of them just like Carvin rips with the competition. Rock on Carvin!

Enjoy playing music

I use 3 Carvins at the moment. I also have an old Les Paul, an old SG Custom, an American Strat, an original issue Ibanez Artist EQ, and 2 newer Gibsons, a Les Paul DC Standard and an SG Supreme.

Out of all of these instruments, the Carvins are the guitars of choice for most gigs. Look, for some reason, Carvin got it right. These Carvin instruments are killer sounding, playing instruments. They don't go out of tune, even with .008 - .038 strings! As you see, I have my choice of fairly popular instruments to gig with, and I ALWAYS bring at least one Carvin, because by the end of the night, it ends up being the guitar that's in my hands. I've been playing rock guitar since 1963, and have some clue. I love my Carvins.
Mesadude

those artist endorsements don't mean a thing to me.
Holdsworth does seem to actually use his Carvin, but he had it highly mofdified to his special design. previoulsy, he was typical - would take endorsements from many different companies.

When was the last concert or concert pic of Yngwie using a Carvin? When guitar Wolrd goes to his mansion to photograph 40 gorgoues guitars, no Carvins in the pic.

Over the years Carvin has had many pro players in the catalog that you would not see playing the guitar live or in pics.
hmm..

I saw Tony McAlpine playing in concert and his tone was wonderful..
I probably will never own an LP or a Strat.. I would much rather have my own guitar that isn't overly similar to every other guitar player

who cares what some big names play..
why would someone spend a lifetime trying to nail SRV's tone instead of nailing their own