guitar offered a well-balanced clean tone—
very warm and bright at the same time. I then
took the CS6M to the extreme and plugged
it into my Marshall 1959RR Randy Rhoads
head with a Marshall Lead 1960 cabinet. In a
high-gain setting, the CS6M morphed into a
metal machine! It offered a strong attack with
tons of sustain. You can definitely rock out
with these Carvin S22 pickups.
Rapid Play low-action neck offered excellent
playability throughout the entire fingerboard,
and it gives those who like to play fast the
ability to shred with ease!
I have used the CS6M on many recording
sessions lately—everything from a pop/punk
band track to a jingle for a national sandwich meat commercial. The Carvin is versatile enough to handle any style of music. The
S22 pickups offer a smooth, warm tone, and
really bring out the sustain of the guitar. The
coil splitters came in very handy in achieving a wide variety of tones and doubling
the range of the pickups. I was able to get
everything from a bluesy single-coil tone to
a more funky, soulful tone with the combination of the neck pickup in single-coil setting
and the bridge pickup in humbucker setting
at the same time.
Plugging In
I plugged the CS6M into a variety of amps.
With my Roland Jazz Chorus 120 amp, the
The Final Mojo
I have owned a Carvin DC127 guitar for many
years, and the CS6M is leaps and bounds
ahead of it, in terms of construction, quality
and playability. I honestly couldn’t think of
anything I didn’t like about this guitar. Carvin
has always been known for making high-quality guitars that are built to a customer’s specifications, and they now offer even more choices
for woods, finishes and custom options. By
mixing and matching the many different
options that Carvin now offers, you can have a
guitar made in over 50,000 different combinations. Now that’s impressive! By selling direct,
Carvin is able to offer incredible value for an
amazing guitar. I also love the fact that Carvin
provides a direct connection to your guitar
builder. With many choices from a wide variety
of materials, any guitarist can custom-make a
Carvin CS6M into their dream guitar.
Buy If...
you want to custom-make a high
quality dream machine with your
own specifications.
Skip If...
you’re perfectly happy with
guitars right off the rack with
no customizing.
Rating...
5.0
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Carvin
MSRP $1349 (base model);
$1803 (as reviewed)
carvinguitars.com
