I am a huge fan of the older LP copies and have owned several myself, from Grecos to Orvilles, and can honestly say that the best copies were made from about 77-89, depending on the brand. Most of the brands started using set necks in '77 so if you can find one that early or earlier (some one...
That's a glorious colour, and the maple fretboard is suuuuper nice. Does is have that buttery smell to it? haha both the Carvins i've had smell abnormally good out of the box :agreed:
As you can probably tell by my name, I am a massive fan of their older stuff, Remission is a favorite of mine, I love Leviathan and Blood Mountain to death but it seems all the stars aligned when they made Crack the Skye. Not to mention the additional aspect of some very personal themes, Crack...
I have tried Ibanez Prestige 8's, Iron Label and the cheaper RG8, and I can honestly say, just get a Carvin DC800, I owned an amazing one not long ago, the build and specs you can get in one of those second hand is well worth paying instead of 'investing' in the TAM10 just because of the name...
Unearth and Trivium's album Shogun really introduced me to the 7 string as I was listening to them during the time I started really getting into guitar. I had always liked Korn before but never even noticed how many strings they had.