[NGD] A Very Carvin Christmas (bye 56k)

VigilSerus

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I ordered this used from Reverb, it was a fantastic deal. I'll let the pictures talk first. :lol:

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Body is walnut, neck is 5 piece walnut/maple, top is claro walnut, and fretboard is ebony. The pickups were replaced with a set of BKP Aftermaths, and the regular tone was replaced with a push-pull for coil splitting. I've had a few hours to acclimate to my first 8 string. It plays fantastic, action is really nice and low. I'm getting a little buzzing, but it shipped across the states, so it might need a little bit of time to settle. I've finagled with the truss rod just a touch to alleviate some buzzing. Plugged in, the guitar sounds immense and growls hard. Only thing I found annoying was some sympathetic resonance on the strings past the nut, which I fixed with a hairband and a ziptie. Guitar is super tight, plays FAST, and looks f'n incredible. Absolutely love it.
 

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Daf57

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That's a beautiful guitar, man! Congrats and Merry Christmas! :)
 

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Congrats!

Absolutely beautiful guitar!!
 

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Carvin's 8 string neckthru goodness.... what a gift, whoever bought you that for X*mas loves you indeed, MNGD!
 

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Very nice. I love the walnut top, but the variation on them is too huge for me to ever order one. Yours is particularly nice.
 

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That whole combo is stunning, man. I only wish I could own a guitar that beautiful one day.
 

MrYakob

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Clicked on this thread solely because of the 56k resurgence. Let's bring it back!!

Also, that is a very beautiful guitar ;)
 

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Means the images are large in size and anyone on a 56k modem will be struggling to download them, not really any issue these days of course....

There are still approximately 10,000,000 americans that still use dial-up. :) my parents live in rural Wisconsin. There is no DSL or cable TV. Their only options are dial-up, or satellite service with data useage limits, and which goes out with seemingly every rain and snow storm.
 
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