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Published on 12/01/03 at 15:00Picked this guitar up from Ground Zero Music in Indianola, IA. (Great place to do business. I traded in a Carvin Bolt-t for the DC145, plus $100.00 cash. I own other Carvin guitars and have no complaints about any of them.
The guitar is Blue Burst. It has a Swamp Ash body with a maple neck and ebony fret board. A Alan Holdsworth bridge pickup, twin blade in the middle, and a Seymore Duncan in the front. This thing plays like a dream. The Holdworth PU has a really nice bite to it. With the phase switch, and coil splitters there are many different combinations of sounds. I think Carvin builds a fantastic guitar.
My other Carvin's have tung oil finished necks which are very smooth. The DC145 has a painted neck which makes it feel not quite as fast. Still only a trivial complaint!! I wish the guy who had it before me would not replaced the front pickup with the Seymore Duncan. I'll most likely replace it with a C22 Carvin pickup.
All Carvin guitars are built to a high standard in quality. They build them one at a time.
Alot of guitar players put Carvin down because their guitars are not available in stores. They feel they should be able to try them before they buy them. I've been playing guitar for 37 years. I've owned MANY guitars, name brand and non-name brand. I still feel that Carvin guitars are simply one of the best available. The DC145 isn't Carvin's top of the line. But once you play one you just might feel the same way I do.
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The guitar is Blue Burst. It has a Swamp Ash body with a maple neck and ebony fret board. A Alan Holdsworth bridge pickup, twin blade in the middle, and a Seymore Duncan in the front. This thing plays like a dream. The Holdworth PU has a really nice bite to it. With the phase switch, and coil splitters there are many different combinations of sounds. I think Carvin builds a fantastic guitar.
My other Carvin's have tung oil finished necks which are very smooth. The DC145 has a painted neck which makes it feel not quite as fast. Still only a trivial complaint!! I wish the guy who had it before me would not replaced the front pickup with the Seymore Duncan. I'll most likely replace it with a C22 Carvin pickup.
All Carvin guitars are built to a high standard in quality. They build them one at a time.
Alot of guitar players put Carvin down because their guitars are not available in stores. They feel they should be able to try them before they buy them. I've been playing guitar for 37 years. I've owned MANY guitars, name brand and non-name brand. I still feel that Carvin guitars are simply one of the best available. The DC145 isn't Carvin's top of the line. But once you play one you just might feel the same way I do.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com