Your choice of a fixed bridge, Tune-o-ma- tic bridge, Wilkinson tremolo or Original Floyd Rose in chrome, black or gold. Ebony, Rosewood, Bird’s Eye & hard rock Maple fingerboards are available along with your choice of inlays: dot, block and diamond shapes available in white Mother of Pearl & Abalone. Various headstock shapes along with your choice of exotic woods. Sperzel lock- ing tuners, graphite nut and the tilt-back headstock all contribute to pure tone and rock-solid tuning stability. No string tree needed! Your choice of 10”, 12”, 14” & 20” fingerboard radii along with your prefer- ence of 3 different Nickle-Silver and 2 Stainless Steel fretwire profiles. Carvin Classic Alnico-V humbuckers offer incredible warmth and definition. Many op- tional models and colors to choose from. 2424 With Carvin’s custom shop you now have more choices than ever to create your own custom instrument. In the last couple of years we have added options like bird’s eye maple and rosewood fingerboards along with stainless steel frets in both standard and jumbo sizes. New deep stained finishes are available to compliment the beauty of our highly figured maple tops. To enhance the tone of our guitars more models of Carvin pickups are available than ever before not to mention the acoustic bridge options that are offered for many of our instruments. However, more important than our growing list of options is our commitment to building high quality guitars. Our modern 82,000 square foot plant in San Diego is equipped with the finest guitar building machinery in the industry. The use of high quality woods and our constant improvement in manufacturing methods are an ongoing quest at Carvin. Several years ago we began to cycle all of our necks and finger- boards through a long conditioning process in our de-humidification chambers. What this does is remove any possible stress in the wood. Stress in the wood is what causes your neck to warp or twist, and it may not fully develop for months or years after an instrument is built. This painstaking extra step is one of the reasons why our guitars and basses are known for their longevity and consistent playability. If Carvin guitars were available in retail stores, you would pay up to three times more than our factory direct prices. By selling direct, Carvin not only gives incredible value but also provides you with a direct connection to the guitar builder. This is something you do not get when purchasing retail. With the best build up times in the industry along with our risk free 10-day money back guarantee, there has never been a better time to order your Carvin Custom Shop instrument. 5 Year Warranty All Custom Shop guitars & basses carry a 5 year limited warranty against manufacturing defects. Carvin installs and registers the SNAGG™ microchip in every guitar and bass ($50 value). The hidden micro-chip carries its own registration number docu- menting your ownership. If your instrument is ever lost or stolen, once scanned, will identify the rightful owner. For more visit snagg.com. Optional Acoustic-Electric System Fishman™ Wilkinson™ acoustic tremolo 3-Way humbucking pickup selector Master volume Active humbucking tone Pan control for blending between humbuckers and acoustic pickups Active acoustic tone Coil splitters for C22’s Phase switch for C22’s Dual outputs allow you to separate the electric Fishman™ acoustic fixed bridge. & acoustic signals, or The FA series option is available in a fixed combine them into one jack Carvin.com features an inventory list or tremolo version on the following models: of guitars and basses ready to ship! Contour 66, TL60, DC127, DC200, DC400. 800.854.2235 carvin.com 25 AVERAGE BUILD-UP TIME FOR YOUR woods and finishes CUSTOM SHOP INSTRUMENT IS 5 TO 9 WEEKS! Custom shop features and options Optional body woods (see price l i s t ) 1-800-854-2235 Hard Rock Maple (N. East USA) Alder (North West USA) Genuine Mahogany (Honduras) Swamp Ash (Southern USA) Black Walnut (Eastern USA) Koa (Hawaiian Islands) We use premium Eastern Alder is the standard body Genuine Mahogany has an This vintage wood comes Eastern Black Walnut is a Koa is an exotic medium hard rock maple for our necks wood for Carvin solid body inherent warm quality with from Southern swamps. dense medium hard wood weight wood grown exclusively because of its time proven guitars and basses. Due to accentuated low-midrange. The portion of the tree that is that is slightly heavier than in the Hawaiian Islands. It was strength and stability. As a its relatively light weight, this Mahogany is also considered suitable for high quality light- Mahogany. Its tonal quality used by ancient Hawaiians to body wood, hard rock maple wood is very resonant with to be a classic tone wood. weight Swamp Ash, is actu- is warm with a growling low build canoes and surfboards. being very heavy and dense, upper midrange definition. It is denser and heavier ally submerged underwater for end and a bright top end, Koa has warmth and sustain delivers a bright sustaining Alder is a classic tone wood than Alder, but lighter than years which yeilds a porous especially when used for similar to Mahogany and also tone. Maple has a wonder- and has been present in solid Maple. Mahogany along with lightweight wood. This wood bass–it will really cut through possesses the clear open tone ful light grain that looks great body electric guitars from the our flamed or quilted maple delivers slightly less mid- in the mix. Black walnut has of Alder. Koa looks wonder- with all of our translucent beginning. Alder has a medi- tops, gives great sustain and range with full low-end and medium dark beautiful grain ful whether you choose a tung finishes. um light color, slightly darker warmth. Genuine Mahogany nice singing highs. Swamp patterns and looks great with oiled, satin or gloss finish. than maple and swamp ash. should not be confused with Ash is light in color with rich gloss or satin finishes. less expensive Philippine and grain patterns and matches African Sapele. the color of our Eastern Hard Rock Maple necks–looks great with translucent finishes. Optional Body Top woods (see price list) AAAA Flamed Curly Maple (N. West USA) AAAA Quilted Maple (N. West USA) Flamed Curly Koa (Hawaiian Islands) Figured Claro Walnut (California) Engleman Spruce (USA) - for acoustics Cedar (Canada) - for acoustics Carvin’s Flamed Curly Maple Carvin’s Quilted Maple tops Flamed Curly Koa is the Claro Walnut is the most Known for its pure light color Cedar has a very nice reddish tops come from the Northwest also come from the Northwest premium wood for build- sought after figured walnut and uniform grain, Engleman brown color with even straight portion of the United States. United States. Quilted Maple ing Ukuleles and high-end on the market. A walnut top Spruce is considered one of grain and comes standard on It is lighter in weight than produces similar tones to the acoustic guitars. Whether you will add a unique look and the finest woods for Acoustic our CL40. It has been used Eastern Hard Rock Maple and Flamed Curly Maple. The fig- choose to add Flamed Curly a brighter tone in the upper Guitar tops. It has a brighter for hundreds of years as a top produces singing highs with ure can vary from large cloud Koa to the top of your acoustic register with a darker growling tone than Cedar with a very wood on classical and flamen- a tight low end. Sound’s won- shapes to smaller pockets– or solid body, the tone will low end. The figure can vary nice and even low-end co guitars. It has a very warm derful over our standard Maple looks great with all translucent benefit from added sweetness between a flame and quilted response. tone with subdued high end neck/Alder body sides or finishes and stains. and pronounced midrange. look with variations in patterns when compared to spruce. optional Genuine Mahogany. Koa looks wonderful whether and shades of brownish root you choose a tung oiled, satin beer colors and black. or gloss finish. Standard Solid Colors N/C Printed representations of paint & wood colors may vary slightly to the real instrument. Metallic Solid Colors $50 $25 NEW for 2008 B Jet Black W Classic White WW White White R Ferrari Red PB Pearl Blue Optional Translucent Finishes $50 $25 (shown on standard Alder) CP Copper Head BM Blue Mist TR Cherry Red TP Purple TG Emerald Green TE Green Burst TB Sapphire Blue TL Blue Burst EB Electric Blue CR Candy Red TY Vintage Yellow TS Cherry Burst TT Tobacco Burst TD Classic Burst TU Sunset Burst EG Evergreen PG Platinum Gold Optional Flame Maple Finishes $320 $160 FTR Crimson Red FTP Purple FTG Emerald Green FTE Green Burst FTB Sapphire Blue FTL Blue Burst FTY Vintage Yellow FTS Cherry Burst FSS Umber Stain with Sunset Burst FTT Tobacco Burst FTD Classic Burst FTU Sunset Burst FSR Ruby Red Stain FSK Black Stain FSA Antique Brown Stain FSU Umber Stain FTC Clear Finish Optional Quilted Maple Finishes $500 $250 QTR Crimson Red QTP Translucent Purple QTG Emerald Green QTE Greenburst QTB Sapphire Blue QTL Blue Burst QTY Vintage Yellow QTS Cherry Burst QSS Umber Stain with Sunset Burst QTT Tobacco Burst QTD Classic Burst QTU Sunset Burst QSR Ruby Red Stain QSK Black Stain QSA Antique Brown Stain QSU Umber Stain QTC Clear Finish Cream & black coils & black bezel (406) 26 800.854.2235 carvin.com Custom shop Features and options STANDARD FEATURES FOR Most CARVIN necK-throuGH-bodY GUITARS • Maple neck-through-construction (AC175, AC275, AE185 use mahogany neck-through) • Dual action truss rod • Smooth neck-to-body heel for effortless playability to the last fret • Sperzel™ locking tuners • Tone enhancing alder wood body sides (all thin acoustics use mahogany) • Graphite nut with teflon helps keep guitar in tune.