Pawnshop Prize, CARVIN Tele....

Jerry Hayes · From: Virginia Beach, Va.

I just picked up a Carvin Tele style guitar at my friendly neighborhood pawnbroker's shop. I went to the Carvin website but I couldn't find it on there. This thing is awesome. I've got two Fender Telecasters and a couple of strats but this one beats 'em all, hands down. It's a blue sunburst finish, neck through body, blade type single coils, Sperzel locking tuners, and on top of that it has an ebony fingerboard. The action was amazing and was playable without adjusting anything. I like low action and this one has it without any buzzing. It has a volume and tone knob and toggle switch on the front like a tele, but they're not mounted on a chrome plate. Instead they're through the wood and there's a control cavity in the back like a Les Paul for easy access to the electronics. It has a mini toggle switch next to the tone control which seems to be a treble booster or something. I can't wait until Friday night to check it out at a gig. Has anyone ever played one of these? I think that Charlie Crow with Brooks & Dunn plays one.....JH

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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.

Jim Bob Sedgwick · From: Clinton, Missouri USA

Jerry: If it looks like a Tele, it's a TL 60 Carvin. The small toggle swith that makes it brighter is a coil splitter, double to single coil. (half the ohms resistance, ergo brighter sound) Carvin guitars are a well kept secret, they are well worth the money. Pickups are some of the best in the business. In fact the Carvin line is all good equipment. Order their catalog on line, and you'll get the catalog about every 2 months. Hope you and your wife are doing better.

Mike Perlowin · From: Los Angeles CA

Are the pickups active?

LARRY COLE · From: LANCASTER, OHIO, USA

Jerry, the Carvin Tele is a TL-60. I have had one for about 5 years. I had to get special permission from the president of the company to get three single coils(blade type), then they offered it as an option. I raised the action a little when I got mine because it was a little low for me. I looked for a 3 p/u tele and they were about $1,100 and up for a Fender or G&L. The Carvin was $713 with vintage sunburst, matching headstock, the 3 s/c P/Us with a 5 way switch and a mini switch that I can get the bridge and neck P/Us together and all three, black chrome hardware, strap locks and the tweed case. I wouldn't trade it for a truck load of Fenders with bolt on necks. They have ebony fingerboards and the scale is 25'' where Less Pauls are 24&3/4 and Fenders are 25&1/2. Mine is poplar body and is real light. here is a link to the TL-60 page http://www.carvin.com/cgi-bin/Isearch.exe?CFG=2&P2=TL60&P1=GTR . Go to there homepage http://www.carvin.com/ and they have a Carvin Forum link and you can listen to different guitars and amps on their site too. I also have one of their Vintage Nomad amps. SUPER. It has a great clean and distortion channel. They have a new (I think 15 watt) amp that sounds great too. You can listen to all of them on there too. Be sure to check out the TL-60 with the acoustic saddles. It sounds more like an acoustic than a acoustic/electric. Let me know what you think. Hope this is of some help. If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask.

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Playing For JESUS,LC. WILLIAMS U12, SHO-BUD PRO1,CARVIN TL60

Jeff A. Smith · From: Angola,Ind. U.S.A.

A friend of mine has one, also in the blue sunburst. I'm not sure about the wood, but it may have been alder. I don't remember for sure what the pickups looked like, but I don't think there was a wide one. It did have the ebony fingerboard on a neck-through. I thought it was a great axe -- very versatile.

I usually play G&L's, but would have no problem at all with that Carvin. It's been awhile since I played it, but I think it was a little warmer sounding than a Tele or my G&L ASAT Classic. I thought it had its own unique tone.

He also had a different Carvin, with a wide humbucker, which he used when he wanted more of a Gibson sound. It was very nice also.

[This message was edited by Jeff A. Smith on 14 May 2003 at 11:50 PM.]

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