Carvin DC127

This is my second DC127. USA made, 24 frets. 2 humbucker config with a coil tap for each and a 3-way switch. Hard tail, Sperzel locking tuners, 25" scale, 15" fretboard radius with an ebony fretboard.
Here are the additional options purchased:

Mahogany neck thru mahogany body
H22 pickups
GraphTech String Saver saddles
No inlays on fretboard
Black Hardware
Jet Black finish
Tung oiled neck

Tweed case purchased with guitar. Very light for an all-mahogany guitar. A nice understated triple-black instrument with no inlays.

I bought this guitar to satisfy my Allan Holdsworth/Shawn Lane/Al DiMeola/Scott Henderson side. I use it primarily with a Carvin Legacy head which is excellent for the aforementioned styles. Acoustically, the sound is very well balanced and the resonance is spectacular.

Like all my Carvins, the guitar is dead quiet. The combination of the mahogany and H22s did just what I wanted - this guitar is SMOOTH. Very fluid, very fat, very rich, very full, and very articulate. There is certainly a Les Paul vibe in the sound but it remains it's own unique beast. Overdriven lead lines just blossom and sing. The sustain is unbeleivable (probably the result of the mahogany/neck-thru/hardtail combo).

Sparkly, jangly clean sounds are hard to get with this guitar's configuration, but that's not what I bought it for. It does excel at fat and juicy jazz voicings and thick LP-style cleans. Splitting the coils thins and sharpens the sound a bit.

Overall, I optioned this guitar to essentially be a one-trick pony - and it is a damn good trick. I have never played a better guitar for smooth and fluid voicings. I love it.

The action was a bit high from the factory. Strange, since I like my action a bit higher than most, but easily fixed. The visible portions of mahogany on the neck are beautiful, very uniform grain and color. There is a TINY paint run on one of the body bevels. Unusual for Carvin, but almost unnoticable. All else is typical Carvin - in other words, perfect to a T.

Been gigging any playing Carvins for years now. The hardware, finish, and woods are all top-notch stuff and there is no question that it will easily withstand years of enthusiastic playing and gigging.

Hit and miss, depending on who you get on the phone, but getting better all the time. On this occasion, my salesman was great.

I own a lot of gear, from a number of different companies, at all price points. To state is simply, there are no finer player's guitars out there. Some may swoon over super-exotic woods, or hand carved tops, or (lord have mercy) the name on the headstock. But the fact is that there are no finer playing and sounding guitars than Carvin. Add in the price point and it's all gravy.

This is a VERY old model of this guitar...from the earlie 90's I think. It's actually my brothers guitar but I play it as much as my own. It has passive pickups, not sure what kind. Sperzel locking tuners, neck thru, block inlays, and my favorite is the single/humbucker mini switches. It also has an ebony fretboard and I'm not sure what the guitar itself is made out of, like I said...it's old and could be alot different than the newer models.

The sound is amazing. The clarity you can get with the neck pickup on single coil is great, clear, and bluesy. But the best part is the distorted bridge pickup. It's just amazing how crunchy and metally it can sound. Palm mutes grind on this thing.

It's just mean...I have an ESP LTD H-301. This sounds MUCH better than that when it comes to distortion, though I like the clean on the ESP due to the 5 way toggle.

Carvin's stock pickups are much better than most...the ESP's will be replaced soon.

This is also great. The action is extremely low but buzzes just a little on the low E. It plays so effortlessly. It feels alot like my ESP in that sense. It's very easy to palm mute on, those always seem to roll out faster on this guitar. The guitar is very old and the finish still looks great, so that's also good.

I'm not sure here...my brother said he's had to get it fixed a few times. Though that might just be because he doesn't take care of his instruments, but still...I'm not sure about this one

I dunno

Overall this guitar is great...I haven't played a guitar better yet.
But when I get those new pickups, there might be a challenger

I own a basic Yr.2000 Carvin DC-127 hardtail with rounded body sides and clear finish. Everything else about features you can read in the other reviews.

Has a brite sound. I like Carvin pups. I rather have a guitar with a real brite sound, then roll back the tone control.
Great sustain and spank in both single and hum-b mode.

Carvin guitars are flawless! I mean perfect. Nice tight saddles and alighnment is perfect everywhere. Finish is second to none.

This guitar stands up to anything period. Stays in excellent tune even when wanked on.
All the hardware and finish is excellent.
I could rely on this guitar with no back up, but I never go to a gig single guitared. Not smart.

Company is as good as it can get with pleasing the customer.
Warrantee is 5 years.

Been playing for 33 years. The ONLY thing about the Carvin I can criticize is the fretboard radius is a little flat feeling. Other than that, you cannot buy a better guitar for the price.
The guitar is wonderful!

This is a 2001 Carvin DC127. Here's a rundown:

Maple neck through mahogany body
Ebony fingerboard
C22 Pickups
Active Electronics
Fishman Acoustic Bridge
Hard-tail bridge
Gold Hardware
Sperzel Locking Tuners
Tung-oil finish over everything...in other words, you see the natural color and grain of the wood.

This thing is jam-packed with nice features, and they're all valuable.
10?

OK, this thing has a very nice sound for the most part. It's not perfect, though I've never played a guitar with PERFECT sound. This comes pretty close to a lot of my ideal tones, though.

My style is very much jazz fusion. I like to dabble in progressive rock and some other styles, but I really like fusion. I like to hear individual notes, ESPECIALLY in full chord shapes. The C22s, with the help of the active electronics, I imagine, give me a tone I can really use. The cleans, and I noticed this especially in the neck humbucker are INCREDIBLY clean, and that's certainly nice. Distorted tones, I noticed, are especially nice and clear. I played some twisted inverted chord forms and the thing I noticed was that the low E was not getting lost like it did on my other Carvin (TL60T, alder body, M22s). The distorted stuff on this axe is GREAT.

One area where it falls short for me is getting that muffled, tone-rolled-back jazz lead tone that I can get so well on my TL60...I don't know if there's something wrong with it or if it's just the active electronics in general, but I can't get that tone.

Something I'm pleasantly surprised with is the Fishman Acoustic bridge. I'm one of those people who can tolerate the piezo sound when you're playing in a mix, and this thing does it really well. I haven't had a multitude of time to mess with the pan pot yet (blends acoustic and electric signal), but I'm sure I'll find some valuable tones with it.

So really, short of the missing jazz lead, I really like the sound of this thing, it's really a good step closer to what I want-an articulate, low-output pickup lead thing. It's great.

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The action on the guitar was fantastic. It was nice and low, and that, combined with the 6105-sized fretwire, made it really comfortable for running through Holdsworth-style legato runs. The only setup issue I'd have liked a little different would be having it arrive in tune, but c'mon, how hard is it to tune it myself?

The pickups were adjusted perfectly, like I said, the sound is excellent on this beast. Not too much midrange, not too little spank.

The bridge routing was typical Carvin - perfect, not a problem to mention.

The tung-oil finish is naturally very nice to the touch, and it just contributes to the classiness of the instrument...this is a beautiful guitar, no mistake about that...and it's beautiful through and through, not a loose-end about it.

I'm confident this guitar will withstand live playing. Like I said, it's built rock solid, the strap buttons are nice and secure...it should be fine.

I am confident that the hardware will last, at least as long as you should expect it to. It's certainly strong, but you have to expect the finish to wear eventually...that being said, my other Carvin has been played like crazy for the past 6 months, and I sweat alot, and I have yet to see any wear on the finish of the hardware.

Without a backup? Of course not, that's just foolish. Course, if I had to, I'd be pretty confident with the thing, it's made well...I just don't like breaking strings in the middles of songs...

Carvin's customer support is nothing short of excellent. Even when you perform an online order, you are assigned a salesman who takes care of you. They've always been accepting of my questions, and they even called when the thing shipped. I was quite pleased.

I've been playing for a little over 4 years now. I'll be attending music school next semester (financial factors dictated otherwise for the fall semester) at Virginia Commonwealth University. I own another Carvin, I just sold the thorn in my side that was my Ibanez RG570, and I'm about to sell my poorly intonated Ibanez 12-string. I've got my 5150II and Marshall 1960 on the way, and I can't wait to try the combination.

If it were stolen, I think I'd definately replace it. It's a very great instrument.

I love the distorted tones, I love a lot of the clean tones, I just wish I could get my little jazz tone...but maybe this will stop me from getting cliched out like that all the time...

Anyway, I think it'd be worth a shot for anyone to check out Carvin. Chances are you'll be satisfied, and if you're not, you can send it back. Give them a shot, you'll most likely be quite happy.

USA, 2001
This is a 24-fret, all mahogany neck-thru guitar. It's double-humbucker setup w/one volume, one tone, a three-way selector & a coil tapper for each pickup. I ordered it with Carvin's M22's, but have replaced them with a pair of Duncans. The shape is strat-styled w/sapphire blue translucent finish. The bridge is an FT6 string-through. Molded hardshell case was included, as well as a strap...

I'd say even with the Carvin pickups, this is THE best guitar that I have ever played or owned (and I've tried just about everything). And now that I've put the Duncans in this guitar... WOW!!!!!!!! I play many different styles of music (played a gig this weekend where we did rock, punk, hardcore, r&b, disco, funk and blues... just to give you an idea of how many different styles I need to cover)and this thing can do it all! I run it through a Line 6 POD version 2.0 into two 40-watt tube Fender combos (stereo).
The split-coil settings on the Carvin pickups just flat-out blew. With the new pickups, I actually like the split sound. The pickups are a Duncan Pearly Gates Plus (bridge) & a Duncan custom 59 (neck). I pulled these pickups out of a stock Fender Big Apple Strat, and they absolutely SING in this instrument!!!

(I probably would have given this catagory an 8 or 9 with the Carvin pickups...)

Although this guitar was setup for VERY light strings (I use 11-50 gauged strings), the action was perfect right out of the delivery package, and almost in perfect tune!
The finish on this thing is just beautiful. I can definitely say that there were no issues (other than the pickups).

I just gave this thing the first REAL test run at 2 1/2 hour gig this past weekend, and it performed FLAWLESSLY! It NEVER went out of tune! And rest assured that I beat this thing silly at an outdoor gig under the hot, humid sun down at the Jersey shore (I put new strings on about an hour before the gig began). I was amazed. In fact, I did not bring a back-up to this gig and I never needed one! (brazen move, but I knew this guitar was going to perform like a champ)
I had Dunlop Strap Locks installed (custom option at Carvin) and they did exactly what they should have done. End of story!

I have only had two experiences with reps at Carvin and both times were with my salesman, Urban. Urban was THE man! He was VERY helpful and answered all of my questions. The second time I called him was regarding an order change due to my fickle nature, and was VERY patient with me.
5 year warranty, just like all Carvins ordered from the factory.

Anybody on this board bitching about Carvin gear should GET A LIFE!!! What in GOD'S name could you possibly be complaining about??? I've been playing for fifteen years now and owned countless Fenders & Gibsons, played MANY PRS's (would never purchase one though), and these guitars just can't be touched (and I'm not just talking about the price). If you don't like your Carivin, send it back and stop your damn belly-aching.

The reason I took a chance on Carvin was because of their 10 day guarantee (business days that is). If you don't like the guitar that you just ordered, send it the fuck back! They'll give you a FULL refund! You only eat the shipping charge, which is twenty friggin' bucks. And twenty bucks to play a semi-custom guitar for two weeks is a damn tempting offer if you ask me. Needless to say, they'll NEVER get this instrument back from me!!! I would DEFINITELY order another guitar from Carvin...

Since I purchased the guitar used, I can't really rate the features, as I didn't select 'em! I'll just give it a "9" because the guitar comes with a lot of stuff for the price, even when new. My guitar is basically a stock DC127. The guitar was probably made in April or May of 2000. The only features added by the original owner to the stock features were rounded body sides, black hardware, and the transluscent gloss antique yellow finish. Otherwise, the guitar is a maple neck-through with alder body sides, two passive Carvin C22 humbuckers, ebony fretboard, fixed Strat-style bridge, three-way switch, and two coil tap switches. Looks-wise, the rounded sides make it look somewhat like what a neck-thru Ibanez Satriani model might look like. I advise anyone interested in more detail to check out www.carvin.com for a list of all available features--there's a ton of 'em. The frets are the standard medium/tall frets not unlike those you would find on many PRS or Parker Fly guitars.

In short, the sound of this guitar is solid, but a bit nasal-sounding and not quite as smooth on heavy distortion as I would like. I believe this is primarily due to the Carvin-made pickups, as the guitar itself is structurally and materially almost identical to an '80s Jackson soloist (maple neck-thru, alder wings), which does not sound like that. The solution is probably to plop a couple of Seymour Duncans into this guitar. A JB in the bridge and a Pearly Gates in the neck position would be nice. I have a couple of EMG 81s available, but those have limited switching options, and I would rather stay with passive pickups in this Carvin. The clean sounds, on the other hand, are wonderful--the coil tap switches allow you to get a wide range of sounds when you use both pickups at the same time, although I wouldn't have minded having a phase switch, as well. Strat-lovers beware, however: the coil-tap does not create a very strat-like sound. It just creates a thinner, shimmering version of the humbucking sound, for some reason. I'm basically a "evolved shredder", meaning my goal in life now is to be as good as Mr. Holdsworth, rather than Mr. Malmsteen! For the style of music I play, this guitar-style is very well suited, as a neck-through design permits extremely low action, and the design and manufacture of the Carvin are much better than anything else I've found in this price range. For what I paid used ($395), almost anything else I could get would either be a beater or a Korean special. Had I ordered one from the factory myself, I probably would have opted for the Wilkinson tremolo, as well as a mahogany body/neck with a maple top, but the hardtail has advantages, as well. For one, the tone is much improved, I believe. Each note rings out clear as a bell and sustains beautifully. In a way, it's odd that almost all of the commercially available neck-thrus these days come with Floyds, which blunts a lot of the sonic advantages of having a neck-thru guitar in the first place. Interestingly, this DC127 seems a bit more 'transparent' sounding than one I owned a couple of years ago. That first DC127 was much heavier, however, and may have been all-maple. This new DC127 is really quite light--even lighter than my Charvel Model 5. Carvins are all definitely "bright" sounding, however. Gotta get those weird pickups out of it!!

I purchased the guitar used, although it's only about a year old--so I can't comment on the factory setup. Interestingly, the neck seems to be just about perfectly in alignment, even after sitting in a used guitar shop for awhile in the semi-tropical climate of Washington DC in the spring/summer. This climate is brutal on guitar alignments because of the radical difference between winter and summer, and I expect to have to do a truss rod adjustment in the next few days due to the fluctuating humidity in my basement studio. The strings were set rather high, however. I suspect that this was either the doing of the first owner, or else he ordered it to be set up high from the factory. Carvin normally promises low action. A few tweaks and I've gotten the action down pretty low. I'm going to try to set it even a bit lower--Carvins are *great* that way. If you want to shred, you have to have low action in order to avoid repetitive stress injuries. As far as fit and finish goes, the guitar is far ahead of anything else I've seen available in that price range ($6-700 new). I haven't seen any of the problems with bum switches that others have reported here. The "antique yellow finish" is a bit orangish, I'll admit, but it is still quite striking. The hardware all seems to be functioning quite well and still looks brand new.

I've only had the guitar for one day, so I don't know how it will hold up. If it's anything like my first DC127 (which I had to sell in order to come up with rent deposit money on a house), it will withstand WW3. The finish is decent, although I've seen thicker gloss coats before. I'm just a studio guitarist, so I don't really have to worry about gigs and strap locks and all that good stuff. I don't usually feel the need to imitate EVH's moves while tracking material in my basement... ;)

I purchased both DC127s I've owned used, so I've avoided the factory. Years ago, however, I did purchase an X-100B half stack from the factory, and found the folks nice to deal with. That was a loooonng time ago, however, so I don't know anything about them now. The only repairs I've had on my first Carvin guitar was a plain setup job. My setup guy said the thing was quite easy to work with, however.

I've been playing for 19 years, and I've owned just about every decent guitar that's come down the pike. Traded 'em all in like an idiot at one time or another. Seriously, I could open a kick-ass used guitar store with all of the axes I've played! Now that I'm married, money pressures don't permit me to own the kind of expensive guitars I used to have (Les Paul, PRS, Steinberger, etc). I'm not a pro, so it's hard to justify having $2000 axes to the Missus. I had kind of a sad story recently, because the Charvel Model 5 I spent a bunch of money fixing up myself turned out to be junk due to warpage of the top part of the neck related to the fact that the headstock is a separate piece of wood and aged differently than the neck. As of two days ago, I had not a single totally functional guitar! Anyway, enough of the bio. Carvin guitars are a godsend for me, even if they aren't perfect, because they allow me to own a quality American-made guitar, when the only other options available to me are shoddy Asian-made guitars that don't play or sound good, or extremely beat-up Jacksons or Fenders. No, my new DC127 isn't going to threaten anyone's PRS Custom 22 or Brian Moore, but those guitars, even used, cost *four times* what I paid, at least.

I've seen a lot of bitching on this board about Carvins in one way or another, but I have never seen any other guitar in this price range with either the build and design quality or the range of custom-options. Just do like what I'm going to do--junk the Carvin pickups and pop some Duncans in.

1999-24 fret ebony fingerboard, no inlays, classic sunburst on alder body and maple neck, black hardware, original Floyd Rose trem, Sperzel locking tuners, strap locks, and 2- M22V and M22SD series humbuckers. 25" scale length. Same as PRS. Coil splitters, one tone, one volume, and a three way.

This pickup combination sounds awesome with distortion. You can get a real fat tone with the tone knob alone, but its very metalic sounding through a clear channel. Not really a clean playing guitar. More for metal with this configuration.

Awesome!

The three way switch keeps clicking and making funky noises when I use it. Carvin sent me another after sending me the wrong one, and it does the same thing. I've cleaned it with compressed air to no avail. Other than that it's fine.

They have caused me too many problems to mention. I?ve only talked to two people in over three years at Carvin that care, Eddy and James. Most of their people are down right rude and the management there doesn't care enough to fix the problems. That?s why they have so many problems in this area. Just read some of the other peoples experiences on here under Customer Support.

If they would get rid of most of their people or at least train them in customer support they would have one of the best companies going. Fact is it sucks even though the guitars are some of the best in the world. I'll buy more, but they'll come from Ebay.

2001 custom made (USA)
Tung Oiled Mahogany (neck through of course)
5 piece neck (Mahogany and Maple)
Active Electronics
C22 Humbucking Pickups
Fishman Acoustic Bridge
Low-Wide Frets
No inlays on the fretboard

I play a mostly clean guitar. Jazz/Rock/Funk and other things. I use little or no distortion. Running it through an MTS3200 and a 1X12 (soon to be 2X12). No real effects besides an occasional compressor or delay. The tone on this guitar is BEAUTIFUL. Its a nice full sound due in part to the Mahogany Body. The sustain is great. The Fishman adds so much to the tonal pallete. For instance, with the bridge pickup activated I get a great deep, bassy sound. I add alittle of the Fishman and it almost sounds 3 Dimensional. It adds the slightest (or greatest, whichever I desire) bit of percussive high-mid sound to the guitar. It really makes for endless possibilities. I'm still experimenting.

Action is terrific, not to high but not too low (alittle on the low side I guess) Pickups sound great right out of the box. As far as the tung oil goes, everything was PERFECT. I'd definately have to pay $2000 in the music store for an instrument like this.

Built strong. I dont think I'll buy any other brand of guitar besides Carvin.

The sales guy wasn't great but everyone else I dealt with was great.

I've been playing guitar for almost 15 years now. I've owned a Les Paul, a Strat, two SG's, an ES-165, an ES-135, an Ovation Elite Standard (the only other guitar I still have and LOVE), and a few other crappy cheaper models that dont deserve mentioning. I wouldn't compare any of those guitars to my new Carvin (except maybe the Ovation) If it were stolen I would buy another one, no doubt about it. Any neck through guitar is automatically going to be expensive. Originally I was looking at a PRS but I didn't have $2000 to spare!! This Carvin could outplay a PRS any day of the week. Not to mention I saved over a grand. There's only one option...BUY CARVIN!!!

Another Carvin Custom Shop masterpiece! Constructed at the end of 2000, and shipped to my house the following February. All mahogany, with the usual Carvin neck-through-body construction. I opted for a clear finish, but chose a matte rather than a glossy finish. Black painted headstock, just like how they used to paint them in the good ol' days. Chrome hardware, ebony board, 24 nicely done frets, locking Sperzels, Dunlop strap locks, fixed bridge, coil splitter, free hardshell case, and free shipping. They even gave me a free tweed strap and some extra packs of strings. Nice!

I thought the tone would be darker with the mahogany wood, but it's still kinda bright due to the neck-through-body construction. I play mainly jazz and blues, and it does the job quite well. I am using a Peavey Triumph 120 combo noise machine (remember those?), as well as a Tech 21 Series 10 - the best practice amp...ever! If anything, the guitar is versatile as hell. Even through the shitbox Triumph, it still sounds like a million bucks, not like the corner-cutter Gibson SG Special I used to own.

The guitar arrived perfectly in tune! No kidding. The action was quite low, but I like that. The neck is maybe the nicest I ever played, fast like those shredder Ibanez necks made in the late 1980's, but more comfortable. The pickups are great for stock pick-ups; I opted for a M22SD bridge model. The matte finish is great - less susceptible to visible scratches. It's not the fanciest guitar I've own, but asthetically, it is quite beautiful, in a simple, yet functional way. I looked inside the wiring, and voila...outstanding shielding! Simply stated, everything was GOOD!

I am sure this guitar will stand the test of time. I plan on keeping it - selling it would be rather dumb since Carvin's have zero resell value! This is an excellently constructed instrument, not a mass produced piece of garbage that you will find at Sam Ash.

Sean at Carvin was totally cool. He helped me with this, and I am grateful. Keep in mind if it gets damaged, you need to ship it to San Diego, but their customer service is great, the best I ever dealt with.

I have been playing since 1987 - damn it's been a lot time, eh? I went through my metal phase, a time of great stupidity and youth when I actually traded a Les Paul Custom for a piece of shit B.C. Rich Gunslinger - give me a break, I was still a kid!! Now I own my Carvin DC127, and a Takamine acoustic. I don't play as much as I used to, but I still like to kick out the jams early each weekend morning. I plan on getting a Carvin Bolt within the year.

I want to let the readers know, Carvin might be the best kept "secret" in the music instrument industry. I bought an outstanding piece of glorious American-made guitar for UNDER $700!! Screw Paul Reed Smith and Brian Moore - their prices disqualify them from being able to compete with Carvin. Screw all other companies, Carvin has a customer for life with me!

My Carvin was made in 2000 in the USA. super-Strat style with rounded body edges. 24 perfect medium-jumbo frets. mine has passive electronics; 2 humbuckers (M22V neck & M22SD bridge), each is splittable and there is a 3-way selector switch and a volume and a tone pot. i also ordered mine with a phase switch. mine has a mahogony body and neck (ebony fingerboard) and a beautiful AAA flamed maple top finished in greenburst. it's gorgeous. it has a Fender-style hard-tail bridge and the strings go through the body. locking sperzel tuners made stringing the guitar a breeze and keeps the guitar in tune better than any other guitar i've played. straplocks were installed. it came with a free hardshell case and a few goodies such as picks, wrenches...since it's all customizable, you can't complain that you dont get the features you want.

I love this guitar! i mostly play alternative and rock and dabble with funk and blues a little. right now I'm using it with a Marshall TSL60 head with the matching 4x12 cab and a couple effects here and there. the guitar can cover about any style except maybe country, but i dont even touch that, so it's not an issue. the bridge pickup gets a little noisy on higher gain settings. the split humbucker sounds aren't completely convincing but they're nice for a little variety. i'm considering switching the pu's for Duncans or something. this guitar can sustain like no other. thats probably due to the mahogany and the bridge style. very full and cutting sound but not muddy nor piercing. the neck is sooo comfortable. thin, but not too thin. perfect for me. some people say that they'll only play on tung oiled necks and hate painted necks. but i have no problem. i'm not a shredder so i don't mind. i like everything about the guitar; except it's pretty heavy.

The guitar was shipped from San Diego all the way to Baltimore and it was perfect straight out of the box. action was perfect and the neck needed no adjusting. pickups were good too. the flamed maple top is flawless and gorgeous. finish seems a bit thin, but it's ok cuz i baby my guitars. the electronic cavity was properly shielded. the fret job is immaculate. you can tell that the guys and gals at carvin put lots of effort and time into each guitar. the only problem was that the selector switch was a little noisy. that was easily fixed though.

I've never gigged with it and even though i have faith in it, i wouldnt gig without a backup. finish, like i said, is kinda thin, but not in a bad way. the strapbuttons are for straplocks so i dont need to worry about it falling. hardware is all solid.

When i ordered my guitar, Carl, my salesperson, was very helpful. didnt try to pressure me into buying anything i didnt want. my first case was bent up in the front. i called about it and they let me keep the bent case until they brought the new one. they shipped the broken one back for free! when i called about the selector switch, they were very helpful in diagnosing the problem and explaining how to fix it. 5 year warranty.

I've been playing for almost 5 years and this is my 3rd electric. i also own a Martin acoustic which i love too. if somebody stole my carvin, i'd find them, and kill them in some gruesome way. i wont go into detail about that though. i love everything about it. props to carvin for building such fine instruments at such great values. i like it better than any PRS i've played; singlecuts, McCartys, CEs...do yourself a favor, save a couple grand and look to Carvin.