francelj Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 What do you think about this combination: DC747 with Floyd Rose tremolo gold hardware maple neck and walnut body 5 piece neck with two walnut stripes walnut headstock overlay Birdseye maple fingerboard / no inlays low wide frets Pickups phase switch Dunlop Straploks Engraved TrussRod Cover any suggestion, opinion? For my opinion it will be killer lookin' guitar. I just dont know if guitar will have too bright sound because of the wood combination. What about mahagony instead of walnut. What about floyd roses on these guitars? Anybody knows them? Couple of people told me that they're very good.....any suggestion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 Sounds killer One question though about the walnut body and this is purely for looks. Are you looking at the plain walnut or the figured walnut for the body? With so many options it's almost to hard to choose these days While I have heard nothing but good things about Carvin the only negatives I have heard are in the resale value. Of course this mainly pertains to the United States and may not apply where your located. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francelj Posted September 21, 2002 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 Probably will be plain walnut... it looks sexy i havent decided yet about woods anyway. Maybe it will be mahagony or koa. Other specifications will stay the same. Resale value is not important to me, because i'm buyin' it to stay in my collection instead of PRS :ph34r: . PRS is very good (and too expensive) guitar but its so specific for me. Peace :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francelj Posted September 27, 2002 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2002 Ok .....i ordered this configuration (different wood): DC747 7 string with Floyd Rose Tremolo (no locking nut but locking tuners) Gold plated hardware Dunlop Strap Locks phase switch for humbucker Dunlop Low-Wide frets installed Birdseye maple fingerboard/ without inlays 5 piece maple neck with two koa stripes Tung Oil finish back of neck Koa headstock overlay Engraved Truss Rod Cover Maple neck and Mahogany body with Tung Oil finish Vintage Tweed premium plywood hardshell guitar case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 Very nice sounding guitar. One question. Why did you go with mahogany body sides as opposed to koa? Personally I like the mahogany. Just idle curiosity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francelj Posted October 2, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 First choice was walnut. Probably the first combination would make guitar too bright sounding. Then i looked again on list of avaiable options. Koa would be probably good too, but mahagony costs a lot less and it is even more dark sounding. Lots of people said to me also that on guitar with neck through body is the most important wood of neck. I didnt want to walnut help gutar to be more bright ....So i think that my final combination will be well balanced 7string guitar P.S. Patrick cool Smilies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 Very cool indeed my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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