Carvin Vader

[brutalwizard]

 

[Blood Tempest]

I'm probably beyond redemption, but thanks anyway.

Based on that Instagram photo, the next flashpoint of criticism will probably be the disappearing top on the forearm cut....

Is it bad that I think that looks good?

 

[xwmucradiox]

Why does Carvin even show at NAMM if they don't have a dealer network? I understand the artist exposure angle but it seems like they could put all those resources into direct meetings with artists they are courting instead of showing a bunch of stuff to MI folks who wont be able to become dealers.

 

[celticelk]

Is it bad that I think that looks good?

Not at all, but based on past experience I think it's likely to be a contentious point. You just keep on with your bad self.

 

[brutalwizard]

Why does Carvin even show at NAMM if they don't have a dealer network? I understand the artist exposure angle but it seems like they could put all those resources into direct meetings with artists they are courting instead of showing a bunch of stuff to MI folks who wont be able to become dealers.

I imagine to show off there cool instruments in a gathering of there peers. The Exposure They get is probably 100% worth the money they spend. Just because they sell direct to consumers doesn't mean they wont benefit attending (as a seller) one of the biggest north american guitar expos.

 

[7stg]

Why does Carvin even show at NAMM if they don't have a dealer network? I understand the artist exposure angle but it seems like they could put all those resources into direct meetings with artists they are courting instead of showing a bunch of stuff to MI folks who wont be able to become dealers.

The costs are not that bad- $30.75 per-square-foot fee and exhibitors requiring no special handing receive a 1,000-pound material handling allowance per 100 sq. ft, and there is a lot of exposure besides dealers.

https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2015/exhibitors

 

[Mangekyo]

I do want a tiny guitar, that is the whole damn point of going headless - make the guitar smaller for storing it in tiny places and playing it in tiny spaces.

Well the strandbergs are smaller but they look like full body guitars. Steinberger's GMs are headless but they aren't a damn ukulele.


Well if that's how tops are going to look I don't think I'm going to be getting any fancy tops! Which helps me make my decision easier (and saves me money).

Didn't realize how "sharp" that top horn was on that one side. I like the upper horn reveal but didn't think it'd be that carved, especially on that side (which I'm glad they chose to bevel that top part of it instead of the inside of the horn).

My opinion of this guitar has raised. Still, I think I'd prefer a CT like CODA's variant.... This is still cool. Cant' wait to see more pictures.

 

[Blood Tempest]

Not at all, but based on past experience I think it's likely to be a contentious point. You just keep on with your bad self.

Must be us short/standard scale fans and our twisted brains

 

[Mangekyo]

Honestly, nothing much really excites me at NAMM as much as carvin. The big companies that produce similar models each year are usually nothing too surprising. You don't get many options.

I can't help to feel that 2016 and 2017 will have more/most guitar companies offering headless models. Probably closer to 2017. Everybody is jumping on the "lets make a seven string with a killswitch" bandwagon at last year's namm.

 

[teamSKDM]

I wish they would have continued the beveling instead of leaving the forearm area at a soft bend, but man that is hot

 

[Mangekyo]

I wish they would have continued the beveling instead of leaving the forearm area at a soft bend, but man that is hot

Understandable, but in terms of comfort I think we'll prefer this because or arm is going to cover it, so in terms of looks it won't be as noticeable anyway, yet we'll always feel it because most people anchor their arm anyway.

Anybody notice that the pick ups have seven poles ? It's a seven string (well you could have counted the strings to get the same conclusion).

I hope the hipshot bridges will come in more than black. Silver, here I come.

 

[Insinfier]

Hipshot Headless System is available in gold, black and chrome in the Hipshot store. You can expect Carvin to have all of them.

However...

Gold has black saddles.

 

[Mangekyo]

Do they have chrome saddles? If the saddles are black.... I'd probably just go with black hardware :/ the "two tone" effect works good on some guitars. I could see it going well with gunmetal gray but...

I think I'm going white for this one.

 

[Blood Tempest]

I'm gonna order one with two opt 50s:

1. It's gonna be standard scale length, maybe Gibson length.
2. It's gonna have a headstock.

/trolling

 

[Insinfier]

 

[Dominoes282]

*GASP*. That's amazing....

A bit more than an hour before the reveal!

 

[TemjinStrife]

The sides on that headless bridge have always looked uncomfortable to me. Why are they so unnecessarily high?

 

[HurrDurr]

And then there's the whole "hurr durr order a Holdsworth or an old Steinberger" argument...

Hey! I never said "hurr durr!" Stop putting words in my mouth!

Alright, so what should the specs be then?

 

[stevexc]

Alright, so what should the specs be then?

Anything you want so long as you put my address in the "Shipping" field

 

[cardinal]

The sides on that headless bridge have always looked uncomfortable to me. Why are they so unnecessarily high?

While that wouldn't bother me, my first thought seeing that bridge was how could SSO love that bridge while going completely nuts over the edges of the original Ibanez Gibraltar bridge.