Author: mbardu
Subject: A few guitars on trade or sale Carvin/Kiesel/PRS
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:42 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 4
A few for sale or trade for Spring cleaning!
For trade, I'd be looking for a Carvin with the new piezo system (AS option) or for a Suhr or Anderson double cut with stainless steel frets at the moment.
All guitars have a 'more pictures' link to an album on imgur thanks for checking them out 
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First an amazing CT6. Surprisingly with the S22 pickups, this is one of my most articulate sounding guitars. Very clean harmonics too.
Basically all essential options:
*Honduras Mahogany body
*Five piece Mahogany/Maple neck
*Flame top with custom green burst finish (obviously)
*Ebony fingerboard
*Stainless Steel medium jumbo frets
*Locking tuners
*Custom-made wood (spalted maple) backplate (can also include original one on demand)
*Tweed Carvin G&G case
Actually started its life as a red guitar but we found it to be too dark so Jeff Kiesel personally refinished it in a custom color.
Excellent to Mint condition.
Trade value ~1200
MORE PICTURES HERE (Click)
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Next a Kiesel/Carvin SCB6.
Just a great shredder guitar all around, but a one-to-one duplicate for my DC600 at the end of the day.
Features
*Alder Body
*Maple neck finished in tung oil
*Flamed maple top with moss green finish
*Gold hardware, floyd and medium jumbo frets
*Lithium pickups
*Ebony fingerboard
*Locking tuners
*Tweed Carvin G&G case
Excellent to Mint condition.
Trade value ~1200
MORE PICTURES HERE (Click)
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Next a heavily upgraded Carvin Bolt (has upgraded VS-100 tremolo in the bridge. Gilmour signature EMG DG20 pickguard with mid-boost).
My 'Gilmour' guitar, except I don't play much Gilmour these days.
Features
*Alder Body
*5A Quilted Maple top
*White limba neck finished in tung oil. Literally the best feeling neck I've tried. Next Carvin build for me WILL have a tung-oiled white limba neck
*Bridge is an upgrade Wilkinson VS-100 (not stock VS50)
*Gilmour signature EMG DG20 pickguard with mid-boost
*Ebony fingerboard
*Locking tuners
*Carvin semi-rigid "Ultimate soft case"
Some visible scratches in the finish. Nothing that goes to the wood though. The pickguard is aftermarket (obviously) and the EMG install is not a professional one (e.g. route a battery cavity etc). Right now the battery is taped under the pickguard.
Trade value ~850
MORE PICTURES HERE (Click)
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Next a DC127 actually mixed in with a bunch of DC600 features thrown in. Direct mount pickups, 3+3 headstock.
Also one of the best burls I've seen from Carvin ever.
Features:
*Honduras Mahogany body and neck
*5A burl maple top, matching headstock overlay
*Ebony fingerboard
*Stainless Steel medium jumbo frets
*Sperzel locking tuners
*Wilkinson tremolo with a trem-lock, currently set for 'dive only'
*Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded set
*Abalone inlays and controls
Excellent to Mint condition.
Trade value ~1200
MORE PICTURES HERE (Click)
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I actually have a couple of PRS SE too:
First a PRS SE Custom 24 Vintage yellow with tons of upgrades (Locking Grover tuners, Seymour Duncan SH6 Distortion matched set, Graphtech nut).
This one was supposed to be my 'player' PRS, but I ended up lucky enough to get 3 Core PRSi this year so have no more use for it. To be honest though, it's not far behind them. Stays in tune insanely well and surprinsingly resonates and sustains better than one of my USA. Also one of the best looking SE's I've seen.
I tried a few pickups on the guitar (PRS HFS/VB, DiMarzio, a few SD sets) and the SD SH6 was clearly the best match to the guitar. Sounds gnarly when you want, but the neck cleans are also to die for. Comes in PRS SE gigbag.
Excellent to Mint condition.
Trade value ~700.
MORE PICTURES HERE (Click)
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Finally a great PRS SE Santana with nice top and upgraded pickups (Seymour Duncan Seth Lover matched set).
Plays and sounds great, sustains a ton, and looks good doing it.
Only letting go because I like the concept (double-cut short 24.5 scale) so much I'm getting a US one.
Comes in PRS SE gigbag.
Excellent to Mint condition.
Trade value ~600.
MORE PICTURES HERE (Click)