[Codyyy]

But it was so nice






Wtf is with Carvin lately?

[Blood Tempest]

Originally Posted by Codyyy

Wtf is with Carvin lately?

What ya mean?

[B Lopez]

ok ok heres a second

[Blood Tempest]

Dude, that thing is amazing.

[Codyyy]

Originally Posted by Blood Tempest

What ya mean?

Looking back, I can't think of ONE custom Carvin ordered by a member of this site in the past about 6 months that wasn't either damaged by them, or missing things that the customer asked for and PAID for.

[Blood Tempest]

Jesus Christ. That's insane. I'd be pissed as hell.

[Autofate]

Looking back, I can't think of ONE custom Carvin ordered by a member of this site in the past about 6 months that wasn't either damaged by them, or missing things that the customer asked for and PAID for.

I have to disagree with that, there have been a few people. But its always the bad stuff thats easier to remember that people talk about then the good.


Mine came out perfect in every way

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Blood Tempest

Ok. So it was returned solely based on the appearance? I can't say I blame you one bit. You fork out all that dough and it comes to you in less than acceptable condition in your opinion. It sucks on that hand, but it seems like you regret getting rid of her huh?

well yeah. It certainly didn't effect playability. Neither did the rebuild, which also went back (dried glue stains around frets).

I will say their pickups continue to suck dick, but I think that's pretty commonly known at this time. I will say that both the original and rebuild had cosmetic fret issues, and both had stainless steel frets. I don't know if they just aren't good at working with them or what, but if I were ever to order another one, it would not be with stainless frets. Just my humble opinion.

All three I had were otherwise nice guitars (without considering the pickups) and were well built otherwise. It's a shame Carvin choses to:

A: have poor QC lately, as well as not carefully follow directions (see Scott's bass issue, as well as other threads where they messed up on inlay options, etc)

B: refuse to admit that their pickups are atrocious and make the instrument muddy shit until they're replaced. Had the 727 been shipped with SD's or Dimarzios and not required me to route the fucking thing and have $200 of pickups installed, I might have let the fret stuff go. But I was too pissed at that point.

It might be shallow of me, and I'll admit to that.

[Blood Tempest]

I don't see any fault in those things dude. You're shelling out a lot of cash for something that is supposedly gonna be top quality. No shame there IMO.

I really love how these 727s look. I'm really considering one. However, I can't find a good in real life pic of the antique brown stain. If that doesn't look that great, probably Ruby Red with Blackburst. I'm thinking these specs:


MAH - Maple Neck/Mahogany Body
-CG - Clear Gloss Finish (Standard)
FSA - Antique Brown Stain Flame
BST - Blackburst Edges
5MW - Maple Neck w/ 2 Walnut Stripes
CSN - Clear Satin Finish Back Of Neck
FPH - Flamed Maple Headstock
-EB - Ebony Fingerboard (Standard)
NIN - No Top Inlays - Side Dots Only
-FR - Med-Jumbo Frets .048" H .103" W (Standard)
-R14 - 14in Fretboard Radius (Standard)
-C26B - C26 Bridge Pickup
-C26N - C26 Neck Pickup
-400 - Black Coils w/ Black Bezels (Standard)
AC - Active/Passive Electronics w/ Coil Splitters, Phase Switch
BC - Black Hardware
-1056 - Elixer Light Gauge .010 - .056 (Standard)
WL - White Logo
SL - Dunlop Straplocks
HC11 - Form-Fitted ABS Hardshell Case


Would this be the antique brown????

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Blood Tempest

I don't see any fault in those things dude. You're shelling out a lot of cash for something that is supposedly gonna be top quality. No shame there IMO.

I really love how these 727s look. I'm really considering one. However, I can't find a good in real life pic of the antique brown stain. If that doesn't look that great, probably Ruby Red with Blackburst. I'm thinking these specs:


MAH - Maple Neck/Mahogany Body
-CG - Clear Gloss Finish (Standard)
FSA - Antique Brown Stain Flame
BST - Blackburst Edges
5MW - Maple Neck w/ 2 Walnut Stripes
CSN - Clear Satin Finish Back Of Neck
FPH - Flamed Maple Headstock
-EB - Ebony Fingerboard (Standard)
NIN - No Top Inlays - Side Dots Only
-FR - Med-Jumbo Frets .048" H .103" W (Standard)
-R14 - 14in Fretboard Radius (Standard)
-C26B - C26 Bridge Pickup
-C26N - C26 Neck Pickup
-400 - Black Coils w/ Black Bezels (Standard)
AC - Active/Passive Electronics w/ Coil Splitters, Phase Switch
BC - Black Hardware
-1056 - Elixer Light Gauge .010 - .056 (Standard)
WL - White Logo
SL - Dunlop Straplocks
HC11 - Form-Fitted ABS Hardshell Case


Would this be the antique brown????

Yeah that looks like the antique brown with blackbursts.

I want to stress that I am not discouraging anyone from purchasing Carvins, if I gave that impression. They are nice guitars. I would encourage people to be picky as hell though, as perhaps carvin will realize that the better they do the first time, the less there will be a second time (rebuild).