Carvin CM140

Made in the early '80's, good old USA manufacture, and the quality shows. Solid maple, neck through construction make this a tone monster! The usual 2v 2t set up with coil tap, phase and parallel switch, along with pickup selector, all hooked to 2 Carvin M-22 humbuckers. It's wired stereo to boot! Mine is a black lacquer finish, with Tune-O-Matic bridge and stop tailpiece. Fastest neck I have ever played, including my Hagstrom and PRS!

I'm a jazz player, and I do some 60's and early 70's stuff; this axe fits both bills perfectly. I usually play it through a Crate GX-35 with a little bit of reverb and chorus, and I use an RP-100 modelling pedal. The sound varies from a mellow rumble to ear bleeding wail witht he flick of the wrist. It will outplay any LP I have ever seen, and it will run the gamut from old Strat through clasic Gibson and Mosrite sound to today's power sound.

This guitar is approximately 30 years old, and it's quality still shines through. It has it's share of battle scars, byt the fit and finish is still second to none.

I suspect this guitar has seen more than a few smoke filled bars in it's day, and if ti doesn't stand up to gigging, nothing ever will. It's still in excellent condition after all these years and the electronics are still outstanding.

I had to replace the phase switch recently (I snapped the stem off) and Carvin was extremely helpful and easy to deal with.

I have played guitar on and off since the early 60's, and I currently have quite a stable; PRS (2), Gibson (3), Fender (2), Rickenbacker (1), Epiphone (2), DiPinto (1), Yamaha (1) and Takamine (1) and this Carvin is the one I keep coming back to time after time. If it was lost or stolen, I'd pay what I had to to get another one, trust me! Carvin should bring this one back!