Carvin Vader

[MetalThrasher]

Nice! I want that in a grabber blue which I'm thinking about ordering soon!

 

[Blasphemer]

I've come to a conclusion after thinking about it for a few weeks (I'm a poor wishy-washy dude. Decisions get made and then abandoned a lot.)

I'm going to pick up a 6 string vader in grabber blue to essentially make the headless version of this:

I pulled the first half of the money out of the bank today, so I'm officially halfway there towards affording it.

If somebody wanted to photoshop that for me...

 

[xwmucradiox]

Does anyone know if the 6 string Vaders can handle baritone gauge strings? Im thinking about getting one but I would need to have a .074 on the low end and its unclear if these are meant to be baritones at 27" scale since the string options from Carvin are only 9s and 10s.

 

[Chokey Chicken]

Ferret mentioned in his ngd thread that a 54 appeared to be the largest that would fit in a sixer. Not sure what the largest that would fit in a 7 or 8 though.

 

[ferret]

I'm using a 52 right now and it's a tad tight. My tech and I looked at it and decided 54 was probably the limit for a 6.

I just realized I had an leftover 75 from a DR Strings 8-string set. Just tried it, it does NOT fit in the slot.

 

[JSanta]

I was able to get a .066 for my low B on the 7 without issue.

 

[xwmucradiox]

I sent an email to Carvin to see what they say. Almost seems like these are just supposed to be long scale standard tuned guitars like a Soloway.

 

[HighGain510]

I sent an email to Carvin to see what they say. Almost seems like these are just supposed to be long scale standard tuned guitars like a Soloway.

If a 54 fits in there, you should have no problem tuning lower than standard tuning? A 52 tunes down to C on 25.5" scale and just has a little bit of looseness to it, so I would imagine if you're tuning to around B or Bb with a 54 on 27" it would be totally fine. If you're trying to tune to Drop-G, yeah, you might have a bad time.

 

[xwmucradiox]

If a 54 fits in there, you should have no problem tuning lower than standard tuning? A 52 tunes down to C on 25.5" scale and just has a little bit of looseness to it, so I would imagine if you're tuning to around B or Bb with a 54 on 27" it would be totally fine. If you're trying to tune to Drop-G, yeah, you might have a bad time.

I use a 12-60 set and replace the 60 with a 74. The tuning I use is GGCFAD so yeah that bottom string is pretty low. The dearth of high quality baritones on the market is a total bummer. There is pretty much nothing between the $600 imports I currently use and $3000 custom guitars that I'm not going to bother with. I'd love to see Carvin put out a 27" scale SC90.

 

[rifftrauma]

FYI Carvins got a Ferrari Red V7 in stock right now for $1,309. If this was a six I would have scooped it up quick!

 

[MetalBuddah]

BEHOLD. Full post incoming.

 

[Vairish]

If somebody wanted to photoshop that for me...

Not perfect, but I only had a 5 min break to do it:

 

[ThePIGI King]

^ That's a beauty. Could someone with photoshop shop me an Orange one with a birdseye board with the MoP diamonds? I know I'm asking for a lot, but any help would be appreciated.

 

[Vairish]

^ That's a beauty. Could someone with photoshop shop me an Orange one with a birdseye board with the MoP diamonds? I know I'm asking for a lot, but any help would be appreciated.

Sure why not, it's too close to the weekend for me to focus in work anyways.

 

[russmuller]

There's just something about the Vader that draws me to the satin finish. I almost always prefer a gloss, but these just look like they're on a whole 'nother level with that matte.

 

[raisingfear101]

Not perfect, but I only had a 5 min break to do it:

Holy .... man, my grabber v7 is due to be finished next week. Scrolling through quickly I thought that was mine and had a mini heart attack lol

 

[xwmucradiox]

Carvin confirmed today that the biggest string the V6 can fit is a .060. Bummer.

 

[mr coffee]

Hmmm.... .060 at 27", how low you trying to go? I run a .060 at 25.5" on my RG7321 tuned to E standard with a low B, and it's perfect.

-m

 

[JDTLH9]

Carvin confirmed today that the biggest string the V6 can fit is a .060. Bummer.

I am sure you'd be able to drill the hardware to fit bigger if you were brave enough. I did that on my first Ibby 7 string so I could put a 70 gauge through the tuning peg. I haven't seen the hipshot hardware up close yet though. My V7 won't be here for another few weeks. I will let you know if this looks easy enough when I get it

 

[JDTLH9]

I use a 12-60 set and replace the 60 with a 74. The tuning I use is GGCFAD so yeah that bottom string is pretty low. The dearth of high quality baritones on the market is a total bummer. There is pretty much nothing between the $600 imports I currently use and $3000 custom guitars that I'm not going to bother with. I'd love to see Carvin put out a 27" scale SC90.

That is a sweet tuning. I think Dimebag used it in Pantera but I came across it through experimentation. Love the octave on the bottom 2 strings! Sikth currently use that tuning with the bottom 2 tuned to G# and The Safety Fire tune to it a full step higher with a low A string.
I have since switched to 7 strings so you just have the extra 5th between the octave strings when in a dropped tuning