All in all those are the only negatives I've ever had with the guitars, and to me they were just further customization that in some manner would have needed to be done to most guitars i would have gotten. 68 on a guitar the nut needs to be modified, and surprisingly drilling out the sperzel to accomodate the gauge doesn't seem to hurt the machines stability.
#Carvin guitars dc6 mods#
Yes those will need to be done if you want them to, but they aren't extremely expensive mods plus if your putting a. I've modded mine out quite a bit to fit EMGs and my baritone string set (.68-12) but really have had no major problems doing so. They are reliable, tuning stable, quality made, are a ridiculous value and have lots of customizable options. I have 2 customs and highly recommend them. Maybe I'm just a fanboy, but I absolutely love Carvins. I'd totally get a 6er if they didn't use a 25" scale.
Oh - and I hate that only the 7 strings have a 25.5" scale. That said, it IS awesome, and I would definitely order another one. Took an irritatingly large amount of work to get it to be awesome. I love the guitar, but it certainly didn't come as a 'finished product'. I understand that they've got a certain way of working, but if you offer 'custom' guitars, you should be willing to fucking customize then when offered cash to do so. Wouldn't even put a price on it, just categorically refused to do it. I emailed and requested that they route out DiMarzio routing holes and drill out the tuning peg so that it would accommodate larger strings. Glorious tone victory.ģ) They don't really want to work with you. 068 with no trouble, which is about equivalent to a. Tuning stability with the Gotohs is markedly better than with Sperzels. Doesn't bother me a whole lot, but it makes tuning something of a pain. Unfortunately, Gotohs don't exactly fit in the headstock perfectly, so one of them has to be a little crooked. Given that Sperzels only have a 12:1 ratio anyway and aren't terribly precise, I'd rather just replace them with some Gotohs. In order to get fatter strings in there, you need to drill out the tuner hole to make it work. 056 gauge, which (when tuned to B) is roughly equivalent to a. Reason being: They won't accept a string larger than the stock. Maybe decent for a 6 string that's going to be kept in a higher tuning, but they are a poor choice for a 7 string. Extremely thin, like a highpass at 200Hz or something.Ģ) The tuners. It took me about 40 minutes with a Dremel tool to route the holes to be large enough to fit the DiMarzios, but it doesn't look that great, and really should have came like that from the factory. What annoys me is that the pickup routes are too small for every pickup that isn't a Carvin. Would I prefer pickups that actually have resale value? Yeah, but it isn't a deal breaker. I don't mind cheap/generic pickups in a guitar, since I'll probably be changing them anyway. I had three main problems:ġ) The pickup routes. The Bad: The hardware, electronics, and pickups they ship with are, shall we say, not that great.
$1100 and 8 weeks of waiting is a killer deal for a guitar this good. Carvin was the only way I was getting an ash bodied, ebony fretboard 7 string with decent quality under $2k and in less than a year of waiting time. One of the nicest playing instruments I have ever laid hands on. The Good: The guitar sounds and plays fucking-amazing. I own a Carvin DC727 that I installed DiMarzios into.
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