NGD: Carvin Jason Becker

[slayer]

What a great guitar. This guitar is top quality from top to bottom. Plays so nice, just like my other 2-80`s Carvins do. Jeff Kiesel puts out some serious guitars. I don`t like what he likes, but if he`ll make what I like that`s cool. Here are the specs:

Carvin DC200 JB
All maple body and thru neck
25" scale neck
24 frets
McLaren Yellow
24 6100 stainless steel frets
Ebony board(no streaking)
MOP dot inlays
Floyd Rose
Black hardware
Volume knob only
M22SD pickup
Thicker neck profile
Black faced headstock
Non-locking carvin tuners
MOP side of neck markers
Kiesel G&G case

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[toejam]

Damn, Jack, that's awesome!

[shreddermon]

Sweet guitar, congrats. Love the color.

On the logo- did they stop using "made in USA" on them?

[Johnnyryche]

That's cool. Love the color.

[kamanda]

Oh man, yellow too! Nice

[VitaminG]

dude.... seriously

[DonP]

Very cool. This is all maple? What is the weight?

[lefty]

Beautiful, classic simplicity, and great components! Great score!
What kind of fret wire did you order?

[toejam]

On the logo- did they stop using "made in USA" on them?

They use Made In USA after the smaller logos. I don't think they ever did after the large logos.

[slayer]

Thank you Fellas!! They stopped putting Made In USA around 2013-2015, not sure why though. Yes, all maple body and neck like they used up to the end of 1989. The headstock is a 1989/90 version. They won`t do the Jackson style headstock anymore. I love both so all is good!! The guitar is heavy, probably at least 10 pounds, but not as heavy as my 1986 DC125C or 1988 DC135C. The 1988 has to be north of 12 pounds, I love heavy guitars and all maple rips. The frets are German made Jescar ss frets equal to Dunlops 6100 ss frets. I wanted 6000`s like on Jackson, but Carvin/Kiesel doesn`t carry that big but 6100`s are nice as well. More like Medium/Jumbo to me.

[slayer]

I just want to add and this is no way a slam against Jackson, but to tell Fender. I would have bought a Jackson, but in no way going to pay a Master Built Fee. Now, with that said, with the Jackson I could have gotten 24.75" scale, 22 frets, shark fins and a Kahler Pro. I paid around $1800 for this one. Fender would have hammered me. I love Carvins and Jacksons so I am still very happy.

[toejam]

Maple is awesome for a body. I ordered my Carvin 7-string in 2011 with maple body but with mahogany neck (five-piece neck with the two maple stripes). It weighs about 9 pounds.

Was going to order my Carvin 8-string in 2014 with maple body, also, but figured it might be too heavy on that. Went with alder body and maple neck with a mahogany top. It weighs about the same as the 7-string.

[shreddermon]

[VitaminG]

Thank you Fellas!! They stopped putting Made In USA around 2013-2015, not sure why though. Yes, all maple body and neck like they used up to the end of 1989. The headstock is a 1989/90 version. They won`t do the Jackson style headstock anymore. I love both so all is good!! The guitar is heavy, probably at least 10 pounds, but not as heavy as my 1986 DC125C or 1988 DC135C. The 1988 has to be north of 12 pounds, I love heavy guitars and all maple rips. The frets are German made Jescar ss frets equal to Dunlops 6100 ss frets. I wanted 6000`s like on Jackson, but Carvin/Kiesel doesn`t carry that big but 6100`s are nice as well. More like Medium/Jumbo to me.

my back is hurting just thinking about that. I don't play out often but when we do, it's a 3 hour set. I'm not in good enough shape to lug a piece of wood that heavy for that long. I'd play it all night sitting on the couch though

[slayer]

Agreed, all maple is heavy for sure. I won`t even buy any solid body guitar with weight relief holes unless I am going for a semi-hollow body which I have floating in my mind right now!!