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Re: CARVIN guitars...Giant Slayers what do you...... think?

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Posted by mike (from: 02-alba-011.dial.optilinkcomm.net) on October 17, 2000 at 12:11:32:

In Reply to: Re: CARVIN guitars...Giant Slayers what do you...... think? posted by Mike on October 17, 2000 at 12:06:40:

: : i agree about the state of most the name brands...gibson is waayyyy over priced. I playes a carvin and thought it was pretty good. have had bad luck with their mixers....got one..it buzzed...a vu meter fell out...crosstalk between channels...i sent it back....same thing with their amps...quality control doesnt seem to be their thing.

: : i dont why their guitars havent caught on..10 day return...why dont more people play them? re sale is the pits on them...and maybe its becasue not many big guitar gods plays one...i think the whole mail order thing hurts them...no impulse buying from music stores.
: : maybe the waiting period on some...but its not really that long compared to other custom builders.

: : i have almost bought one a few times...but i think being unsure about them stopped me. if they had been in a store maybe i would have.

: : have you heard of Suhr guitars? i got one of those recently...sold a les paul to get it by the way!

: Dear Steve;

: The truth is I own, or have owned guitars by Gibson, PRS, Fender, Ibanez, and Peavy. I am currently playing a Carvin. The workmanship - finish is as good as I have seen. The neck is thin and fast. They have their own sound. Somewhere between Gibson and Fender, pretty close to the Ibanez sound. Carvins do have imperfections like everything else.

: I am playing a Carvin because I like my strings on the deck. At the 24th fret I can barely slip a .028 feeler guage under the strings. I keep the neck nearly straight. String height at the nut is adjusted to be no more than .002 above the first fret. This is the only guitar I have that will play this close to the fret-board. The problem with playing this close is that when the neck releif changes with the moisture in the air I have to adjust the neck releif, or be
: unsatisfied with the action. All necks made of wood move. If you don't play this low, you probably don't notice it. I don't adjust the neck everyday, but I keep an adjustment key with the guitar, and I adjust any time it needs it.

: I have tried to buy two other guitars from Carvin, but, I sent them back. No two guitars are the same, and I want another one that will play as well as the one I already have.

: If you can take the need to keep the neck adjusted, I think you will find that the Carvin is the best buy dollar for dollar.

: Good luck
: Mike

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: : : i agree about the state of most the name brands...gibson is waayyyy over priced. I playes a carvin and thought it was pretty good. have had bad luck with their mixers....got one..it buzzed...a vu meter fell out...crosstalk between channels...i sent it back....same thing with their amps...quality control doesnt seem to be their thing. : : : i dont why their guitars havent caught on..10 day return...why dont more people play them? re sale is the pits on them...and maybe its becasue not many big guitar gods plays one...i think the whole mail order thing hurts them...no impulse buying from music stores. : : : maybe the waiting period on some...but its not really that long compared to other custom builders. : : : i have almost bought one a few times...but i think being unsure about them stopped me. if they had been in a store maybe i would have. : : : have you heard of Suhr guitars? i got one of those recently...sold a les paul to get it by the way! : : Dear Steve; : : The truth is I own, or have owned guitars by Gibson, PRS, Fender, Ibanez, and Peavy. I am currently playing a Carvin. The workmanship - finish is as good as I have seen. The neck is thin and fast. They have their own sound. Somewhere between Gibson and Fender, pretty close to the Ibanez sound. Carvins do have imperfections like everything else. : : I am playing a Carvin because I like my strings on the deck. At the 24th fret I can barely slip a .028 feeler guage under the strings. I keep the neck nearly straight. String height at the nut is adjusted to be no more than .002 above the first fret. This is the only guitar I have that will play this close to the fret-board. The problem with playing this close is that when the neck releif changes with the moisture in the air I have to adjust the neck releif, or be : : unsatisfied with the action. All necks made of wood move. If you don't play this low, you probably don't notice it. I don't adjust the neck everyday, but I keep an adjustment key with the guitar, and I adjust any time it needs it. : : I have tried to buy two other guitars from Carvin, but, I sent them back. No two guitars are the same, and I want another one that will play as well as the one I already have. : : If you can take the need to keep the neck adjusted, I think you will find that the Carvin is the best buy dollar for dollar. : : Good luck : : Mike

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