Matt D's Collection
Carvin BBS ID: Matt D
Matt has a
collection that covers all the bases with Carvin - an LB20 bass, LB60 bass,
DC727 guitar, DC127M guitar,
TL60T guitar, V220 guitar, Cobalt acoustic guitar, and some other goodies. On top of that, Matt has several
Carvin amps - VM100 with a Legacy cabinet, and an R1000 bass head with a BRX10
cabinet.
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First
up, and most unique, is Matt's 2004 DC127M. For 2004 NAMM, Carvin
built a DC127 with a reverse body, and a DC200 in bright orange (see
them both here) - Matt had
Carvin combine these features in his guitar, which is made from a
left-handed body with right-handed controls and neck. It's loaded
with H22 humbuckers, and has chrome hardware. |
Next is Matt's 2003 TL60T. It's finished in greenburst, on
standard alder with a maple neck, ebony fingerboard, abalone dot
inlays, Wilkinson tremolo and chrome hardware. |
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This is Matt's Cobalt C750. It's standard issue, with spruce
top, mahogany back and sides, rosewood fingerboard and Fishman
electronics. |
Next is Matt's mid-90's LB20 bass. It has koa body wings with
a maple neck, ebony fingerboard, traditional (2X2) headstock,
Wilkinson bridge and gold hardware. |
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Here's a recent
DC727C that Matt scored on eBay in 2005. It's black with
chrome hardware, Floyd Rose tremolo and abalone block inlays on
ebony. |
This is Matt's
1987 LB60, which he bought from the Carvin Museum Webmaster.
It's finished in Platinum Pearl Pink, has chrome hardware, and
is equipped with H11B stacked humbucking pickups. |
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As if
acquiring the Webmaster's pink LB60 wasn't enough, Matt recently scored
this pink V220 on eBay. It's an '87 model, and is equipped with a
Kahler tremolo and chrome hardware.
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This
is just cool. In the summer of 2006, Matt bought
the parts from Carvin, and had this custom 7-string V220
built for him. It has a tung-oiled maple neck and
alder body and ebony fingerboard. The pickups are
DiMarzios (Tone Zone in the bridge position, Blaze in
the neck position). Notice also the headstock
inlay - an homage to 80's era Carvins. Very slick!
See more
construction photos
right here. |
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Here are Matt's
pointies - on the left, and '86 V440T bass. In the center,
his '87 V220T. On the right, his custom-made V227.
This is Matt's
CT6M (above). It's got a tung-oil finish with a
maple top and mahogany neck and body and ebony fingerboard.
It doesn't have a headstock overlay, so the headstock is
mahogany (like the neck), which actually provides for an
interesting contrast with the body. Other features
include black hardware and M-style bridge.
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This is very cool! It's a 1957 model 6512
mandolin. It's obviously seen alot in it's
50-year existence, but it's still in pretty good
shape for an instrument of that vintage.
At some point, someone removed the electronics -
the single pickup, volume and tone controls and
pickguard - but other than that, it seems to be
all original. |
And this is equally cool - a late 1940's
Kiesel model 3HGA tube amp. It has
two instrument inputs as well as a mic
input, with a mic volume, master
instrument volume and tone controls.
Very nice! |
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