Renamed after lowell s sons carson and gavin the family owned operation began producing electric guitars and basses at first using hofner bodies and necks in the 1950s.
Carvin laminated necks.
However if you like to use your neck as a whammy bar adding laminates will make doing that increasingly difficult and eventually impossible.
Laminated arched 4 5 ply backs 3 or 5 piece laminated necks no scarf joints neck mounts to body with mortise and tenon joint and fastens with bolts and barrel nut no insert bone nut and bone or corian bridge saddle 4 or 5.
All carvin necks come standard with a 24 fret.
You can order your new custom shop guitar exactly the way you want it by choosing from hundreds of available options.
That s ok but be sure to choose your hardware first and then plan.
Today carvin is known for its high quality original instruments that offer the customer a surprising number of options including choice of woods on even their basic instruments.
The finish options include tung oil and hard finishes.
That said a laminated neck is a seriously stable neck no matter what its made out of.
If you have a crabby fret board ebony and live in climatic hell like i do they can pull your neck way out of adjustment.
They simply don t get pulled out of whack anywhere near as easily as some single piece necks.
Factor in the fret board material as well.
You can choose guitar and bass necks in bolt on and neck through configurations and you may also select a variety of woods fingerboards inlays.
Carvin basses in my experience are one of the best examples of weak neck one peice necks for basses esp 5 strings.
Porperly laminating necks is somewhat more expensive then just regular run of the mill single peice.
Kiesel guitars has been offering project replacement necks for guitars and basses since the late 1980s.
The carvin neck blank is only 1 7 thick at the body so if you go with any neck angle you ll end up with a body thinner than 1 7 if you don t put a cap on the back.
Kiesel guitars custom shop guitars feature hand selected premium woods and are loaded with features.
Carvin must ve added some options since you bought your neck.
Carvin s one piece necks have no stability issues.
However if you like to use your neck as a whammy bar adding laminates will make doing that increasingly difficult and eventually impossible.