Carvin DC727

Alright, so now I've gotten to mess around with my guitar for some time, and I have a pretty accurate picture of its capabilities/tonalities...

So, here it goes!

Specs:

Tung-oiled Swamp Ash Body
Tung-oiled Maple Neck
Bird's Eye Maple Fretboard
20" Radius
Stainless Steel Medium Jumbo Frets
Graphite Nut and Saddles
Sperzel Tuners
Push/Pull Coil Tap
3 Way Blade Switch
Routed for Battery Box (in case I want active pickups)

Cost $1198


FINISH/AESTHETICS:

Absolutely perfect. Really, to me it's perfect!

The all tung-oil finish feels so awesome. No friction at all on the back of the neck, no gloss to get sticky and mess with your forearm when it's resting on the top of the guitar. The figuring of the swamp ash and bird's eye maple completely exceeded my expectations.

SET-UP:

I opted...

Thanks Budda.

I'm contemplating the Blackouts.

I've got some questions, so I'll PM you later!

Sick looking axe, I love my DC 727.

Nice review dude. I don't know how Carvin pickups have changed over the years, but if you can find some old '80s Carvin pickups, buy them. They're clean, articulate, amazing they have this certain bite and grit to them. My buddy has a vintage V220 and it sounds terrific.

... Carvin wasn't making 7 string pickups in the 80's dude... mainly because they didn't start making 7 strings until 1999 or so.