I Bought A CARVIN CT6 California Carved Top
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- Опубликовано: 27 окт 2021
- Does it hold it's own against my army of Paul Reed Smith Guitars?
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Hey, great video, loved your playing and the guitar, thanks for mentioning about the non wound strings getting caught inside, I use a pair of thin nose pliers to turn the end into a u-turn, like threading a needle, hope it works for you 🙂
That is an excellent idea!
I too used to look through their catalog all the time. Built so many in my head lol
I used to love to come home from school and use their online builder to see what my "custom" one would look like :P
Thanks for this video and all of your other videos. Most in formative and enjoyable to watch
I have a beautiful single cut. my second Carrvin in my life. been looking at those catalogs for 35 years.
Hi Lucas,
As a long time Carvin owner, it's interesting to hear a younger player's perspective. Carvin uses around 100Pf caps on their treble bleed. I changed mine to 47 Pf, and it helps the pickups stay more natural sounding when you turn down the volume. So you can have it at more of a paf level and then when you crank it up it's like engaging an overdrive. But yeah, they're very hot. I left them in my D.C. 127 because if I want that vibe, I have it. Love your channel! Cheers!
Nice guitar Lucas ! The things that amaze me with Carvin/Kiesel guitars is the quality of manufacturing. No hum/hiss due to the high quality of the components and finishing. The level of PRS's without the price tag. Plus you can choose between a zillion options: colour, pickups, neck, fingerboard, and lots of other appointments. Very underrated manufacturer... Enjoy !
And carbon fiber reinforced necks.
I think it would be really cool to see you go on the builder and spec out a Kiesel. Maybe even do an unboxing video of it 😎
Great guitar and nice review ! Still in love with mine ;-o)
Love my 89 dc400.with FR..great built guitar's...
Kicking ass first and taking names later as usual Lucas. Had to fix that fast on the spell check lol hope the Family is doing well and your Dad too.
Awesome guitar! I have a green one also right now. I had to change the pickup switch placement it just felt too far back. If you ever do decide to get rid of those pickups....I would be interested! Awesome video as always!
I just picked up an early 90s carvin dc400 in dragon burst...it looks so amazing and plays way better than anything i have.
I almost got one of these a couple years ago when I wanted a PRS and didn't think I could afford one. My wife got me a 10-top McCarty for our 25th Anniversary, so I didn't pull the string on one of these (I too love my PRS). I'm definitely enjoying listening to you play your Carvin. The guitar is a stunner (I love Red guitars). A buddy of mine who plays in our church band has multiple Carvin guitars and basses and they are fine, quality instruments. God bless and rock on Lucas!
This is my third guitar in that color with the flame top. I don't *mean* to get them, they just end up with me somehow :P
Nice chops brother☆.
Definitely do the comparison
I have one with the floyd rose.got it used.i do alot of trading. They started that headstock in 2014.i got mine for pennies.and I have the original carvin case
Definitely need to do the comparison.
It was a big and warm and Punchy sounding pickup and I wish I still had it
I just placed an order for a custom Kiesel California Carved Top. Moss green translucent flamed maple top, and made a special request to substitute the passive pickups for a set of active Fishmans. I so hyped about getting my first custom.
EXCELLENT VIDEO I SUBSCRIBED! The Carvin M22SD pickups are better than the C22. Every gutiar I own but one I've replaced the pickups with M22 Neck and M22SD Bridge. I have four Carvin gutiars. Three were excellent, and one sucked.
I too stared longingly at Carvin catalogs in High School....
Thanks for the informative vid. Did you wind up keeping the guitar or swapping the pickups?
That was me in HS with my Carvin catalog.
Did you measure the resistance of the bridge pickup? I'm curious as to what the reading is
That thing sounds good! Love how “big” it sounds.. but you always make the guitars you play sound good. Cracks me up how you can go from chuggy heavy metal to a twangy chicken pickin thing-like a guy beginning to talk with a rude New York accent and finishing in a southern gentlemanly one. Little shout at the devil.. then finishing with “hope to see you y’all at church next Sunday!” Lol maybe just my old ears.
I blame Zakk Wylde for that phenomenon :P
The sound is excellent IMHO. Best of any brand. I think Frank Zappa liked them 😊
Hey I own a custom 24 I was looking for a backup was looking at these. One question is the fretboard rolled like on my 24? And if not is it done differently and comfortable?
Years ago I had a guitar that had a Carvin ms-22 D I think is what they called the model number. And I found out that that was their version of the DiMarzio super distortion
The M22 SD was Carvin´s answer to the Duncan JB or similar "Hotrodded PAF´s" (think Dimarzio Tonezone or Schecter Pasadena Plus). This was what Jason Becker used in his "Bluie" guitar and even Frank Zappa had them in one of his Les Pauls.
They recently released a Kiesel re-issue version of this pickup, with 12 pole pieces instead of the 22 that the old Carvin humbuckers had. It´s called the M12SD and they sell it even as an aftermarket pickup.
Nice top on that for sure
It's very 3D!
Lucas: What pickups did you mount in your DGT ? Thanks...
Hey Lucas,
Great video, yup I used to dream of all that gear in Calvin's catalogs also, if you decide to sell those pickups, please keep me in mind, I could use it 🤘🤙
Thanks
Drop me an email at lucasf89guitars@gmail.com and when I pull them out I'll contact you :)
@@LucasFowler cool, I just emailed you 😀
"quick sound check"....... Melts face
Treble bleed is a must. Sounds better than coil-tap, IMO.
I can't live without it. Very rarely a guitar will have a pickup that doesn't need it, but 95% of my guitars have that same 180pf treble bleed cap.
I have one of these that looks almost like yours. I got it I would say around 2005. I don't gig with it that much because I am pretty much a Strat guy but I do occasionally. My question is do you have trouble getting the thinner strings to pass through the hole when you are restringing it? They always get caught up and it sometimes takes forever to get the string to line up and pass through the hole. I don't know if it is just mine or they all do it.
Yes, and check out the pinned comment for a great solution :P
Cool, I never knew Carvin did a "PRS". It's got an incendiary sound. Sounds like muh'hoggin'nanny to me. You could check the pickup cavity to see if it's muh'hoggin'..and also how deep the maple cap is..
I will check that and report back :)
I’m jealous. I always wanted one of those. Keisel still makes them but they’re more expensive now
Yes, I would recommend buying a used one if you are interested. I paid about $1300 total for this one off Reverb.
@@LucasFowler I’ll have to look into that.
Bought a PRS seduced by the online hype; think I'll stick with Teles. When I was growing up in Toronto all the big guitarists had white Teles with rosewood necks. That Carvin sounds pretty good, but I'm a single-coil dude.
When I play I do a lot of staccato lines; everybody's playing legato these days, so I sound different; I'm not better, just different. Nobody's doing any staccato licks or riffs; why not? A Tele is perfect for playing staccato, on the bridge pickup, of course.
Teles RULE ! ! !
My carvin DC 400 blows my core PRS McCarty away in versatility . Still love em both.
your bridge pickup is probably too high if its fuzzy and sputtery. or the input impedance of your amp needs adjustment
At 6:32 you said the bridge pickup was 13 and something K resistance
Hey Lucas, what is your opinion on Fishman fluence pickups? Have you tried them?
I think maybe I tried them in a guitar I was repairing for a client, but only enough to check everything. I would have to spend some time with a set to give you a real opinion, but I *tend* not to like active pickups in guitars.
@@LucasFowler that's fair. I feel like you would really like either the Classic set, or the Willie Adler (rhythm guitarist for Lamb of God) set
I’ve always found those carvin pickups too midrangy and hot for my tastes. I haven’t tried a kiesel and I hope they fixed that.
My Dad loves them, I think it just comes down to personal preference and playing style. I hope you're doing well Johnny!
If you want a low-output/vintage sounding PAF from Kiesel, get either the Berylliums or the Allan Holdsworth set.
Berylliums are Alnico 2 PAF´s und the Holdsworth are non-vax potted Alnico 5 PAF´s.
Their Lithiums were designed for more for modern rock/metal/ prog/djenty styles, they´re perfect if you going for some Steve Vai, Petrucci, Plini, Periphery type of sound, but they don´t do the classic PAF tone very well.
And if you want something similar to a "hotrodded humbucker" set: get a M12 SD in the bridge with a Beryllium neck. That´s my favorite combo from Kiesel´s stock pickups, it´s pretty close to a Duncan JB/Jazz or Schecter Pasadena Plus combo.
Also, you can send in your own aftermarket pickups to Kiesel, when they buid you a guitar and they will install them for you. It´s an extra option if I´m correct.
Ok, so the question is what planet tone pickups are going in this one?!
Probably my Statera set with something like an Alnico 8 mag instead of my normal Alnico IV. I like to experiment :P
Change the pickups.. It will be interesting
Sooooooo….what Planet Tone pickups are going in it? 😀
The comparison with same pickups would be interesting though!
Lol..
I do *have* another set of Statera IV's like what is in my DGT and CU24....
@@LucasFowler - would be interesting to hear those compared to the stock ones.
Definitely..... drop some planet tones in that thing! Come on.....You know you want to.
Yeah I had Jose wind me a custom set :P
Sure, fine. Just go ahead and alienate all of the algebra teachers in your audience. 😉 FWIW I keep a guitar in my classroom, and if kids are finished with their work I let them play it…
Hahahaha my Algebra teacher spent most of the time in class looking at herself in the mirror...
@@LucasFowler oof…I might be inclined to do that, but the mirrors keep breaking 🤷♂️
Yeah !!!!but this amp is horrible , sound like glass ! I do not like at all !!!