Carvin CS6

[Doughboy]

Does anyone here own a Carvin CS6 Les Paul? They look amazing & the price is unbelievable.

I've owned Carvin gear before & they seem to make 1st rate quality products.

 

[Mor Paul]

Those images cannot be hotlinked. The guitars look great, though

 

[Cagey]

Those images cannot be hotlinked. The guitars look great, though

I've often wondered what manufacturers who maintain web sites are thinking when they deny hotlinks to their product images. Especially someone like Carvin, whose major percentage of business is done online. It's nearly free advertisement. You'd think they'd not only allow it, but encourage it. The more pictures of their products are out there, the better it is for them.

I agree the guitars look great. But, it's never clear if the price they quote in the sidebar is for what you're looking at, or for the base model. They always list the options installed on the pictured instrument, but they're options. So, it seems like a little bit of bait & switch. If you wanted what's in the picture, you'd have to call or somehow figure the price out yourself, which is almost certainly going to be higher than what's listed next to the guitar.

 

[Doughboy]

The CS6 I want is around $1,500 with all the bells & whistles. That's a pretty amazing deal for a top notch guitar like that & the fact that the back has a tummy countour & it's a neck thru feel are an added bonus.

 

[m4rk0]

I like the way they look!!

This is my problem with les pauls... I like the LP models, but rarely an actual Gibson..

Love the way the carvins look
Same for the VOX
http://www.voxamps.com/us/guitars/series55/
Of course the Electric Taylors, the Collings, even the higer end ESPs!

 

[Doughboy]

I like the way they look!!

This is my problem with les pauls... I like the LP models, but rarely an actual Gibson..

I'm the same way. I like Les Pauls, but never bougth one because the current Gibson crop are poorly made & way over priced. You're basically paying top dollar for a low quality guitar & the honor of be part of the Gibson legacy.

These Carvins, are better built, have better woods, parts, PU etc & are half the price.

I'm seriosuly thinking of getting one. It's between a CS6 & a Parker Fly Mojo.

After 8 Warmoth builds in a row, it's time to take a short break before jumping back in after the new year.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

I played one when I was in California last month.  It played, felt & sounded great.
Is it a LP?  No, but it's cool anyway.

 

[Superlizard]

Does anyone here own a Carvin CS6 Les Paul? They look amazing & the price is unbelievable.

I've owned Carvin gear before & they seem to make 1st rate quality products.

You should get one in their new color Radiation Green.  :icon_thumright:

 

[imminentG]

Oh, man, those things are so cool, they were my second choice.
Don't get the gibson-esque pickup covers, they kill the sound a little.
I personally would consider carvin's traditional headstock on one of those- makes it look more like a super Gibson than even Gibson can.

For my les Paul, I'm definitely going with one of these- but not for some time, I'm set to give W a ring this afternoon to order my TELE body and neck.

 

[CrackedPepper]

I've often wondered what manufacturers who maintain web sites are thinking when they deny hotlinks to their product images. Especially someone like Carvin, whose major percentage of business is done online. It's nearly free advertisement. You'd think they'd not only allow it, but encourage it. The more pictures of their products are out there, the better it is for them.

Me too - the logic I've most often heard is hot linking is not desirable because a viewer can jump straight to a page and many sites want to force you through their home page.  For a site like, say, ESPN.com, which is ad revenue driven, this makes sense.  For Carvin, I'd submit that it makes little sense.

 

[Cagey]

I've heard that as well, and I'm sure it's true. Some sites out there, particularly some of the news-type sites, just beat you to death with cookies, scripts, LSOs, and server-side spyware. It's wonder some pages can load in less than 5 minutes. But, Carvin doesn't have that situation. Quite the opposite - their whole site is an advertisement. It's in their best interests for people to reproduce parts of it.

 

[bigguspickus]

I've heard that as well, and I'm sure it's true. Some sites out there, particularly some of the news-type sites, just beat you to death with cookies, scripts, LSOs, and server-side spyware. It's wonder some pages can load in less than 5 minutes. But, Carvin doesn't have that situation. Quite the opposite - their whole site is an advertisement. It's in their best interests for people to reproduce parts of it.

And now stop speaking.​