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After all these years of desire, I now own a California Carved Top! :mrgreen:

MOP block inlays, M22SD and C22J pickups, single piece mahogany back! Never had any of these features in a Carvin before. Can't wait to plug her in and try her out!

Now, lest Kyle accuse me of cowbelling, I realize pics are obligatory. Here are a couple of junky pics taken here at work.

I love the natural binding effect of the maple cap on the mahogany!

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Me likee!

Well done, Elf. Sweet! :)

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Looks good, is that board rosewood?
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Sir Myghin wrote:Looks good, is that board rosewood?
No, it's ebony. Just the way I like it. :cool:
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ElfDude wrote:
Sir Myghin wrote:Looks good, is that board rosewood?
No, it's ebony. Just the way I like it. :cool:
hard to tell on some carvins, I love how they don't dye their ebony black, it has much more character.
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Bea-u-ti-ful! :-)

What a sexy cut of wood! Watch out it doesn't catch fire due to over-use! :-)
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Oh beautiful! :-D She passes muster for looks, now we need a report on her sound (expecting it to be top notch!).
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I bet it sounds like a guitar........LOL
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Walkinghairball wrote:I bet it sounds like a guitar........LOL

damn, I had my bets on clarinet!
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awip2062 wrote:Oh beautiful! :-D She passes muster for looks, now we need a report on her sound (expecting it to be top notch!).
I've only been able to plug her in for a few minutes... and spent some of that time adjusting the bridge height and pickup height. She's definitely a different animal than my other Carvins, with a different pickups than I've ever used before.

So, I still need to do some more playing, adjusting, A - B testing etc.

I already know I'm in love with the feel and playability, though. Professional in every way. I'm sure I'll get the right tone dialed in soon.
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I can still hear the sustain from here! LOL

That's a sleek lookin' weapon you got there.
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I really like this video... the making of a California Carved Top (my new guitar). If you guys have ever watched "How It's Made" it's a lot like that.
And I bet the site hasn't been blocked at Cyg's work either. :)

http://www.carvinchannel.com/play.php?vid=107
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That was incredible Elf!

Luthiers haven't escaped technology these days either!

I was glad to see some old-school "elbow grease" there towards the end.

I was thinking that the machine was going to do everything!

Thanks for the chance to see how it's done threre.

(makes it even MORE special to hold a new one, doesn't it?) :-)

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Hadn't watched that before, hate to think of having to program that robot..

Neat to see how much can be done by the beast too, a leap ahead for luthiers, saves many painstaking hours with less chance of error.

It did how ever make me feel an itching need for aCt after watching it ... boo :P. I am sure all itches will be temporary cleared up when I get the c66, wonder if I could write it off as a perscription drug :P
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Carvinitis!
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