Carvin DC400

The Carvin DC400 is the top of the line model that Carvin offers. These are very affordable, made in the USA guitars that are semi-customizable to your tastes. The one I played had the following specs:

Neck-thru
25'' scale length
Mahogany body with a quilted maple top
Maple neck with ebony fretboard
12'' radius
Tung-oil finish
HH configuration
Floyd Rose
Sperzel locking tuners
Push/pull active/passive setup with 3 mini toggle switches and a 3 way switch.

UTILIZATION

Carvin always does a wonderful job when it comes to building guitars, especially for the price. The fretwork on these models are great. The back of the neck feels awesome thanks to the tung oil finish. It's never sticky like so many other finishes out there. The 12'' radius makes is great for both chording and soloing, and the neck thickness seems to be just about perfect. The upper fret access is a breeze thanks to it being a neck-thru model. On top of that, it's extremely versatile thanks to its pickup configuration.

SOUNDS

This guitar sounded pretty awesome, and it was ridiculously versatile. The active/passive switch in this made for all kinds of crazy sounds. Despite it only have two humbuckers, you could cover tons of ground with this thing. I play mostly metal, but I also dabble with fusion and blues. This guitar did it in spades. On top of that, it was very resonant. However, if you ever decide to replace the pickups, it can be a real pain thanks to the crazy switching configuration they have going on in this thing. Just keep that in mind if you ever decide to buy one.

OVERALL OPINION

This is one of my favorite Carvins I ever played. It was extremely resonant, had all kinds of cool options built in, the pickups seemed to work a lot better than in the other models (probably thanks to that active/passive thing they had going on), and it was quite the looker thanks to its crazy quilted maple top and transparent finish. These are a bit more expensive than the other Carvin guitars, but they're totally worth it.

manufactured SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA.
maple neck-enhanced two graphite rods to sustain and stiffness!
ebony
Honduras mahogany body
maple table
wilkinson tremolo with piezo
carvin splitable with two double mode phase-out phase
24 frets
one volume / one tone / blender / acoustic.
finishes, choice of wood, string instruments and electronics! perfect, the best of the best!
never before seen better .. and I got a whole lot ...

UTILIZATION

the handle is a marvel, a touchdown exceptional access to acute unmatched, really great! the neck is thin and wide with a radius 12.Any moves effortlessly! the top ..
the shape of the scraper allows access without acute problem.
the weight of the guitar is very reasonable that a strat .. ..
the sound is simply Generalissimo!!

SOUNDS

this guitar suits all styles!
on a vox or fender hot rod, the clean sound are fabulous! depth enjoyable!
a marshall, the crunch is crying! my favorite sound! never heard that before! I am madly in love!
on my Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, the distortion is simply the best I've had!
four different amp, it looks like I have four different guitar! and that's huge! is the kind of high level .. and it's carvin a very high level!
So I say that with this guitar can do everything, but not with all the amp!
we must select his amp in terms of its style and this guitar will do whatever you wanted with lots of character! fat to the lens, the worst of the crunch distortion, everything is perfect and very dynamic!
and its electro-acoustics are very good and can play with no problems .. but should fix that sound good!
short, nothing to say ..

OVERALL OPINION

I've had four days.
I play where I played on a Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, Warmoth, gibson les paul custom, prs custom 24 and parker fly deluxe ...
I love everything in this guitar, there is nothing to throw.
the price / quality ratio is exceptional, and now my model with all these options is 2000euros ..
1000 euros less expensive than most of the guitars mentioned .. and 1000 times better than all that!
carvin is above all, but unfortunately not known in France! domage it!
if you found a go for it ..! and do not hesitate!