My top 3 players! <3

[HighGain510]

Well for now at least, when my Sherman comes I fear my Carvin will be knocked down a few pegs! Anywho, tooks some recent pics of my three favorites and figured I'd share:

Each guitar has a very unique sound thanks to the various woods, fretwire and pickups chosen for all three. I'm looking forward to hearing my Sherman in a few months to see where it fits in the tonal spectrum as I haven't heard a 7-string set of BKPs in person yet so I'm excited to see how that turns out. For now, I'm pretty darn happy with my guitars!

 

[Lucky Seven]

Hmmm, I always liked the dragonburst, but next to the other guitars, I think it's kinda meh. Great collection though.

 

[Edroz]

Matt, your all walnut Thorn is the most flawlessly constructed guitar i've ever come across . for those that have never seen this guitar in person are truly missing out on the work of art that it is. the attention to detail is unlike anything you will ever see. pictures do it a horrible injustice.

 

[Michael]

I love the one on the right.

 

[Shawn]

That Carvin rules.

 

[FortePenance]

Thorn teles look mighty fine.

 

[Apophis]

Awesome trio

 

[the.godfather]

That's a pretty damn cool group shot right there!

 

[Sephiroth]

That Carvin is

 

[technomancer]

Tasty

 

[Russ]

Tell us how well that Carvin plays, cause damn, does it look sweet...

 

[noodles]

Well for now at least, when my Sherman comes I fear my Carvin will be sold to Noodles!

 

[noodles]

Matt, your all walnut Thorn is the most flawlessly constructed guitar i've ever come across . for those that have never seen this guitar in person are truly missing out on the work of art that it is. the attention to detail is unlike anything you will ever see. pictures do it a horrible injustice.

The Tele is better. There, Matt, I said it.

The walnut guitar is definitely the showpiece. It looks absolutely stunning in person. It sounds and plays great. That Tele is one of the top five guitars I have ever played. The Thorn P90 pickups are the most dynamic, musical, and diverse pickups I have ever played. It has so much vibe that it is the one guitar that no one can put down. When he stopped by with the two of them, the walnut guitar sat in the corner while Mike and I fought over the Tele. Best Tele ever, seriously.

 

[HighGain510]

The Tele is better. There, Matt, I said it.

The walnut guitar is definitely the showpiece. It looks absolutely stunning in person. It sounds and plays great. That Tele is one of the top five guitars I have ever played. The Thorn P90 pickups are the most dynamic, musical, and diverse pickups I have ever played. It has so much vibe that it is the one guitar that no one can put down. When he stopped by with the two of them, the walnut guitar sat in the corner while Mike and I fought over the Tele. Best Tele ever, seriously.

My Carvin will stay, I just get the feeling that the craftsmanship and tone of the Sherman is going to be amazing.

In terms of tone, I agree... I really love the way the Tele sounds. I think the one thing I'm tempted to try is buying a Nailbomb 6 set and throwing it in the bridge of my Artisan Deluxe though. The Rebel Yell is awesome, very smooth but I think the overall feel of the pickup isn't aggressive enough in both the bridge and neck positions. The middle position is pretty killer though! I think once I get all my guitar stuff paid off I'm putting in a call to Tim and swapping the pickups in the Artisan to see if that spruces it up more... it's not quite metal enough and that's really what I want to hear from that guitar.

The Junior 90 is one of the greatest guitars I've ever owned. Seriously. Noodles hit it right on the mark... in the past week I've played nothing but that guitar! Considering how many nice ones I own, that one gets a ton of my playing time. Ron just released a press note on the TNDP site saying he's discontinuing them for now so he can fully concentrate his focus on the Artisan backlog because it is short enough now that he's predicting the gates to open up again in late 2008. I'm hoping he brings them out again because I'd love to have one more Artisan and another Junior someday. The combination of construction, wood choice and those insanely awesome P-90 pickups makes that guitar a winner for sure. I dropped the setup to Eb on the Junior and MAN it's just growly and aggressive like a good P-90 should be!

Ed, I haven't brought my Junior 90 up for you or Billy to check out yet... maybe when I stop by this weekend I'll bring my Carvin AND my Jr 90! It's going to be sensory overload between the Lundgrens, the Stapletop P-90s and the Brunetti R-EVO!

 

[loktide]

man, i want a carvin