Nice guitar. I have 3 nineties Carvin. Early nineties dc 200 in pearl white with block inlay. Fancy top are dc400 pre amp etc on the 200 and 400 were the same. Mine just does not have the push pull pot to make it passive. Later ones had this. On of my mini switches is a bright switch. Keeper guitar.
I have a 90s dc127, easily the best playing guitar I have. I just wish the bozo who spec’d it out didn’t make it a maple neck with maple wings lmao, It killed my back when I played it regularly. They really were something special.
My green Carvin is quite similar, All Maple except fretboard (It's heavy lol) Black Sperzels, Neck through with S/S frets & dots, Dual 10pole HB. Phase mini switch, H/S mini switch Wilkinson trem, Treb, Bass, blend & volume (coil tap push/pull pot) I could NOT love it more, It's QUALITY through and through. Fun fact: Wanted a Carvin since the late 80s but before that happened... I bought a used 99 Parker Fly (it's great still have it❤) While chatting when I went to pick it up I said: "I'm curious, Why are you selling this? Too many guitars? or debt necessities? or Did you replace it with something?" He seemed upbeat & I didn't think I was going to get a tragic answer... With a huge smile he said "I bought a Carvin Tele❤" My reply was that a Carvin was next on my list.
CARVIN MODUAL A500G from around 1991-1992. I have the same module in mine which I purchased from CARVIN in San Diego, CA. Mine is a natural wood (no color). I was just reading the instructions on how the knobs and switches work. Typing on my phone is not fun. Because your guitar has the module to replace the 9 Volt battery it is either newer than mine or someone has that routed out and installed it. I need to remove the cover plate on mine. It is so well fitting that changing the battery is a real pain. I've resorted to putting a piece of dental floss under the plate with a knot tied on the end under the plate to help me remove that cover without damaging the guitar body. As far as the switches I'll try to type on my cell phone what the instructions are that came with my guitar. Those do look like original tuners. They are locking, and my guitar stays tuned - period. Rarely do I need to adjust it and it does have a whammy bar that slides into the bridge. 39343 is on the jack. I'm guessing that is an additional clue mine is older than yours and perfect condition. I just don't like how the battery sits inside the body. It is a very tight fit, barely enough room. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. The pan pot only functions when the pickup selector is 'on' on both pickups. (Centered) 2. For the phase switch to function, the pickup selector must be set to both pickups and the pan pot must be set near the center position. For a variance in or out of phase sounds, play with the pan. (The pan knob is the one on top nearest to the three little switches). 3. Carvin's active master treble control gives more highs with the control set in the middle of its travel than most instruments have with their tones full on, so go easy. The rest of the document refers to obvious things such as unplugging the cord to avoid battery drain, etc. I hope this helps. Being as you seemed to have misconstrued the function of the switchs and knobs as I have done over the past 30+ years until I only now read the explanations of what and how each switch and knob functions. The sad thing is I've barely played mine because I didn't want to scratch it. Now that my doctor told me not to play guitar anymore due to arthritis, bone on bone in both hands, I finally read the paperwork. The instructions also makes references to how this guitar has a built-in headphone amplifier. I didn't know that either. It requires an HD1 Adapter. I haven't looked into that, might only be a reducer from 1/4 inch to 1/8 TRS. I doubt it's TRRS (headphones with a mic). I do have a RUclips channel where on one of my videos (3 actually) I'm playing my Carvin without any effects. It can be found under: Arlene August is Singing. "Arlene - Ride To The Moon (original)" LadyMamarazzi recorded the video. Don't expect much as I was not prepared, I was encouraged to play a song I wrote. My performance sucks, (to be honest). But, you'll be able to see my guitar. There are two other videos, but they are a bit corny 😢 and poor quality because they were recorded a long time ago. ✌️ ~Arlene~
The influence of the phase switch will be most pronounced when both pickups are being used. Since the coil splitting switch shorts the wire that links pickup coils to ground, flipping the phase switch on the pickup affected by the phase switch will reverse which coil is active. The effect on tone will be subtle at best. You can narrow down the date of manufacture by visiting www.carvinmuseum.com and looking at the serial number (which puts it somewhere in the '90s), the headstock shape, the presence of Sperzels, etc.
it's a dc400.i have a 89 dc400 trans blue flame top with custom ordered Strat shape as an option.with a German Floyd.very well made guitars.going up in value now..
Beautiful guitar. Some great tonal switching features. Those are some of my favorite tuners. I'm guessing the year somewhere between 1946 to 2015. I'm never wrong. LOL. Another great video Dane, keep it up. Rock on, Dudes.
How can you tell what model you have without any serial numbers? I have what I thought to be a dc400t but I saw a dc200t that looked similar...Mine is a green maple quilted with all the passive switches and taps, it's alot of guitar a beautiful. Also has real pearl block inlays on the neck.
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Nice guitar. I have 3 nineties Carvin. Early nineties dc 200 in pearl white with block inlay. Fancy top are dc400 pre amp etc on the 200 and 400 were the same. Mine just does not have the push pull pot to make it passive. Later ones had this. On of my mini switches is a bright switch. Keeper guitar.
I have a 90s dc127, easily the best playing guitar I have. I just wish the bozo who spec’d it out didn’t make it a maple neck with maple wings lmao, It killed my back when I played it regularly. They really were something special.
@@clunt2548 mine is all maple. But I am used to les pauls so no problem 😁
My green Carvin is quite similar, All Maple except fretboard (It's heavy lol)
Black Sperzels, Neck through with S/S frets & dots, Dual 10pole HB.
Phase mini switch, H/S mini switch
Wilkinson trem, Treb, Bass, blend & volume (coil tap push/pull pot)
I could NOT love it more, It's QUALITY through and through.
Fun fact: Wanted a Carvin since the late 80s but before that happened... I bought a used 99 Parker Fly (it's great still have it❤) While chatting when I went to pick it up I said:
"I'm curious, Why are you selling this? Too many guitars? or debt necessities? or Did you replace it with something?" He seemed upbeat & I didn't think I was going to get a tragic answer...
With a huge smile he said "I bought a Carvin Tele❤"
My reply was that a Carvin was next on my list.
CARVIN
MODUAL A500G from around 1991-1992.
I have the same module in mine which I purchased from CARVIN in San Diego, CA. Mine is a natural wood (no color).
I was just reading the instructions on how the knobs and switches work.
Typing on my phone is not fun.
Because your guitar has the module to replace the 9 Volt battery it is either newer than mine or someone has that routed out and installed it. I need to remove the cover plate on mine. It is so well fitting that changing the battery is a real pain. I've resorted to putting a piece of dental floss under the plate with a knot tied on the end under the plate to help me remove that cover without damaging the guitar body.
As far as the switches I'll try to type on my cell phone what the instructions are that came with my guitar.
Those do look like original tuners. They are locking, and my guitar stays tuned - period. Rarely do I need to adjust it and it does have a whammy bar that slides into the bridge.
39343 is on the jack. I'm guessing that is an additional clue mine is older than yours and perfect condition. I just don't like how the battery sits inside the body. It is a very tight fit, barely enough room.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1.
The pan pot only functions when the pickup selector is 'on' on both pickups. (Centered)
2.
For the phase switch to function, the pickup selector must be set to both pickups and the pan pot must be set near the center position. For a variance in or out of phase sounds, play with the pan.
(The pan knob is the one on top nearest to the three little switches).
3.
Carvin's active master treble control gives more highs with the control set in the middle of its travel than most instruments have with their tones full on, so go easy.
The rest of the document refers to obvious things such as unplugging the cord to avoid battery drain, etc.
I hope this helps.
Being as you seemed to have misconstrued the function of the switchs and knobs as I have done over the past 30+ years until I only now read the explanations of what and how each switch and knob functions.
The sad thing is I've barely played mine because I didn't want to scratch it. Now that my doctor told me not to play guitar anymore due to arthritis, bone on bone in both hands, I finally read the paperwork.
The instructions also makes references to how this guitar has a built-in headphone amplifier. I didn't know that either. It requires an HD1 Adapter. I haven't looked into that, might only be a reducer from 1/4 inch to 1/8 TRS. I doubt it's TRRS (headphones with a mic).
I do have a RUclips channel where on one of my videos (3 actually) I'm playing my Carvin without any effects. It can be found under:
Arlene August is Singing. "Arlene - Ride To The Moon (original)"
LadyMamarazzi recorded the video.
Don't expect much as I was not prepared, I was encouraged to play a song I wrote. My performance sucks, (to be honest). But, you'll be able to see my guitar. There are two other videos, but they are a bit corny 😢 and poor quality because they were recorded a long time ago.
✌️ ~Arlene~
There is a website called the carvin museum and it has all the old catalogs.
Very nice old Carvin
The influence of the phase switch will be most pronounced when both pickups are being used.
Since the coil splitting switch shorts the wire that links pickup coils to ground, flipping the phase switch on the pickup affected by the phase switch will reverse which coil is active. The effect on tone will be subtle at best.
You can narrow down the date of manufacture by visiting www.carvinmuseum.com and looking at the serial number (which puts it somewhere in the '90s), the headstock shape, the presence of Sperzels, etc.
its a dc127. i owned a 90s koa model with the active electronics, sold it, missed it, and bought a 2013 model with a maple neck. i love them.
it's a dc400.i have a 89 dc400 trans blue flame top with custom ordered Strat shape as an option.with a German Floyd.very well made guitars.going up in value now..
Nice carvin man. Happy Monday.b
Thanks! You too!
I have a very similar looking DC400. I got a sound demo of it on my channel.
Almost exact same finish, but square inlays on the fretboard and an FR
I love it. Mark is a smooth, laid back dude.
That guitar is very pretty. Love the way it sounds with a little gain.
The gold is a nice touch 👍
Beautiful guitar. Some great tonal switching features. Those are some of my favorite tuners. I'm guessing the year somewhere between 1946 to 2015. I'm never wrong. LOL. Another great video Dane, keep it up. Rock on, Dudes.
How can you tell what model you have without any serial numbers? I have what I thought to be a dc400t but I saw a dc200t that looked similar...Mine is a green maple quilted with all the passive switches and taps, it's alot of guitar a beautiful. Also has real pearl block inlays on the neck.
didn't the 400s have stereo out? id guess 127.
Agreed, the 127 could be optioned to have that control layout. I loved my 127.
it's a dc400 I have the same as the video
That’s a DC200
DC 200
i forgot about the 200.