So, who's coming on a shopping trip to the US?

Dord

€1 = $1.5

:eek::eek::eek:


It's a record high now!

This does nothing but fuel my GAS!

Beecher

Joe Robot wrote: »

€1 = $1.5

:eek::eek::eek:


It's a record high now!

This does nothing but fuel my GAS!

Its insane these days! Im after buying a mint condition neck through Carvin with 24 stainless steel frets, Schaller locking machine heads, oil finished neck and an Original Floyd Rose for around 440 euro delivered to my door from the States! :eek:

Doctor J

I don't see this "guitar" in your post... perhaps my pic-o-vision is faulty on my PC?

Beecher

Doctor J wrote: »

I don't see this "guitar" in your post... perhaps my pic-o-vision is faulty on my PC?

You pic-o-vision is fine, unfortunately I only just purchased this so I'm still awaiting delivery. Heres some pretty low quality pics by the seller though:







I love the way it doesn't have a locking nut since I always set my Floyds to dive only but I kinda wish it had a quilt or flamed top. Still its a lot of guitar for the price

Yakult

$1.5



Man, why do I have to be getting rid of equipment NOW.. AGH!

Johnny Storm

Hmmmm Carvin! I almost bought one of those many moons ago except Chris ignored my emails as usual What's it like to play?



Given the title of this thread .... here's some pix of the inside of Guitar Center on 14th St in Manhattan:-

johnboy8

what about buying from the likes of chris's guitars in the states,since the mighty dollar is so low at the moment(anyone any experience from this crowd or others)is it worth it with the damn customs and vat and the likes?

unclebill98

Well I was there in aug last year....

I got a Musicman Bongo and SR5 for the same price shops charge for one here. So kind of 2 for the price of 1.

I got an exchange rate of 1:1.48 at the time.

The Guitar Centers are great. One in Boston has over 50 MM Bass to chose from. You'd be lucky to find 1 in Dublin.

My advice, if your heading over, go get yourself a deal!

I did hear that some of the Fender strats in the GC are not much little in price than those from Germany!

Guitar Centre's have a sale end of feb start of mar every year too. A proper sale unlike some of those Irish Shops.....

-=al=-

hey thres lefties in that pic, lovely

and yeah even check **** on ebay its prety cheap comin from the US

Danmcp

How did you go about ordering that guitar, was it straight from Carvin guitars factory? Its gorgeous btw

Beecher

Danmcp wrote: »

How did you go about ordering that guitar, was it straight from Carvin guitars factory? Its gorgeous btw

Thanks dude. Got it off Ebay for $460 + $80 shipping which is only 360 euro. If I get charged customs it will work out around 440. Carvin make some of the best playing guitars around but they have no resale value since people arent too familiar with them as they are all custom built and not available in shops to try. For example this just sold for 577 euro

Johnny Storm

Beecher - what's your Carvin like to play? I'm very interested in how you find the stainless frets and (is it ebony?) fretboard?

(that 5 piece neck looks nice !)

Beecher

Johnny Storm wrote: »

Beecher - what's your Carvin like to play? I'm very interested in how you find the stainless frets and (is it ebony?) fretboard?

(that 5 piece neck looks nice !)

I'm still awaiting delivery on this one (and yes it is an ebony fretboard) but I do have another Carvin, albeit without stainless steel frets and I swear to god these things have the best necks ever on them! They are quite similar to the Ibanez Wizard necks but a little thicker and more C shaped.

I do have a strat which I replaced the neck on with a Warmoth neck with stainless steel frets. Im not sure if its the neck or the frets but the guitar is a lot brighter sounding (which I like), plus the frets are super smooth which makes bending effortless. If I could find someone over here who could do stainless steel refrets for a decent price I would probably get all my guitars re-fretted with them.

Rigsby

Johnny Storm wrote: »

Hmmmm Carvin! I almost bought one of those many moons ago except Chris ignored my emails as usual What's it like to play?



Given the title of this thread .... here's some pix of the inside of Guitar Center on 14th St in Manhattan:-

I thought that was Waltons for a minute ........ if only we had just one shop like that in Ireland. Then again we'd probably buy on line anyway as the prices would be so high. :rolleyes:

Johnny Storm

Beecher wrote: »

...plus the frets are super smooth which makes bending effortless.....

Sounds great! Godd luck with the new Carvin. I think you are 100% right about them being great value for money second-hand.

FMI - Have you ever priced a stainless re-fret in Ireland?

I have a Fly with SS frets and exactly as you say bending on them is great, plus they still look and feel brand new after 5 years! It's interesting to know they feel good on other guitars too. Cheers.

Beecher

Johnny Storm wrote: »

FMI - Have you ever priced a stainless re-fret in Ireland?

I have enquired in a few places but nowhere seems to currently do them due to the fact that they would pretty much destroy the tools they use for nickel frets since stainless steel is much harder. One guy said he'd look into it further if I wanted him to do it but I would be looking at 400-450 euro.

A few places in England will do it if you ship them the necks for around 200-250 though.

As a side note Washburn are now using Parker fretboards/frets on some of their guitars. I would kill for a Nuno Bettencourt sig with those frets!

Johnny Storm

Thanks for the info Beecher.
I've read that as long as you have the right kind of tools (ie diamond coated :rolleyes:) the SS should not destroy the tools but that in any event it takes twice as long and way more physical effort to work them compared to ordinary frets. They are great though.

FYI Washburn is owned by the same company that now also owns Parker guitars (US Music)