Carvin Guitars

themeinside

Having a look at the US prices, these seem like phenomenal guitars for the price, with a great range of options and top quality. However, when ordered through a UK dealer, these can top £2000 in some cases. Anyone here own a Carvin?

xmrchi

IMHO Hugely capable guitars and criminally underrated, I would say on par with higher end godin's for desirability, quality and tone , but unfortunately suffer with the same issue of resale value, which is a shame as they really are great guitars. :-)

Antique_Guitars

Used to own a CT6, very nice guitar cost me just under £1k but I sold it when I needed some money. Had some minor aesthetic issues like bleeding of the stain into the wood binding etc etc but other than that a really well made guitar with very high spec woods and hardware.

Bucket

Never had a proper play on one.

They're meant to be great, but I'd never buy one over here. They cost very reasonable money in America but over here they're extortionate.

viz

Through necks ftw.

Hertz32

They are proper good if you buy used in the UK. If you have to pay import they stop being such good value and end up on a par with Almost anyone else.

Cabicular

I've got one.. great guitar but not really my thing. It doesn't get much use tbh

Cabicular

Its a dc127 what ever that is

I don't know if I'm just too vain. I must dig it out and have a play again

themeinside

@Cabicular If you could get a couple of pictures up, that would be excellent. I might even send you an offer! 

Stevepage

Great guitars, had a dc135 for a couple of years and sold it for something different. Wouldn't pay over 2k for one though as the pickups were crap and needed rerouting to fit different ones

Bidley

I love and use their amps.

Their guitars are really, really well made and feel great. And for the price they go for second hand over here, they're a massive bargain. But definitely something you want to try before you buy.

beed84

I had a DC127 and a TL60 and couldn't really fault either of them.  Personally, I really like their own pickups, especially the C22N and M22SD.  Overall, they're great value for money if you can get one used.

drwiddly

Had a DC135 for a bit but it wasn't a keeper for me. Sold it on at a small profit though so no regrets!