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Carvin is California based maker of guitars, amplifiers and associated music equipment that has been selling guitars direct since the 1950's. In the 80s when I dreamed of better gear, especially guitars with better necks and action I dreamed of Carvin guitars. Many years later I finally had a chance to get one of my dream guitars, a mid 80's Carvin DC-150. As you can see, its body style kind of apes the Gibson Les Paul Junior Double Cutaway models, but instead of a thin piece of mahogany this plank is a very substantial slab of maple. As you might imagine this is a bright sounding guitar, very ringing and screaming. The Carvin 22 pole pickups are not exactly mellow either. Is the neck what I dreamed of? Yes, it's exactly as their ads described it: low action without buzzing or fretting out. Nice flat radius fretboard and a thin but not to thin neck profile. In the lower right, a Carvin X60 guitar amp, like the DC-150 it's loud and bright sounding. For more info on Carvin and some great pictures from the old catalogs that started me dreaming, check out the unofficial Carvin Guitar Museum or visit Carvin's web site. Carvin still makes a great playing instrument for a reasonable price.
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