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I am planning to buy the AXE FX XL within the next few weeks.
I am also planning to have a Carvin guitar made which will be Neck Thru, stainless steel jumbo frets, All Koa neck & body, with a ebony fretboard.
I'm having a Dimarzio Super Distortion put in the bridge & a Texas Special single coil put in the neck.
The guitar will be a Hardtail, string thru with a TOM bridge.
I will be replacing all of the electronics with the best wiring/electronics available.
It's a 25" scale length, 14" radius, thin neck, with sperzel tuners, and a locking nut even though it's a hardtail, I just like the feel of metal nuts.
There also will be no tone control as I dislike them.
The headstock is the pointy angled kind. 24 frets. Thin neck profile.
So those are the specs of the guitar.
I've read online where some people are saying that Carvin guitars sound cold, lifeless, sterile, mechanical.
I've read where some people say that neck thru combined with stainless frets/ebony fingerboard etc makes the guitars sound overly bright and thin. Lifeless.
I also read that neck thrus usually sound more bright & compressed due to most people use maple, which is why I'm going to use all Koa to try and avoid that issue.
What can anyone on here tell me about the compatibility of this guitar build used with the axe fx, what results would it most likely produce?
The Carvin I'm going to get built is going to be customized to a point it will not be able to be returned like most of their guitars can be in the 10 day period.
So I am trying to get some feedback from other users on here that use Carvin neck thru guitars with their Axe Fx, preferably Koa.
I just don't want to put the money into a Axe and a custom Carvin only to be held back in tone by the Carvin if in fact the Carvin is a bad match for the Axe Fx.
I really want to do this Carvin build because Gibson & Fender guitars always leave me so unsatisfied as far as playability, I hate the 25 1/2 scale and 21 frets of Fender, and I hate the neck joint/access and 22 frets and thick necks of les pauls.
Plus I prefer the tone of Alder vs Mahogany as I think Mohogany is too dark and muddy sounding, where from what I read Koa has a more balanced tone, all the benfits of Mohagany the sustain, and the warmth and top end of Alder.
So do yall think a Koa neck thru Carvin is a good match with Axe Fx or is this going to be a tone disaster that will sound horrible?
I am also planning to have a Carvin guitar made which will be Neck Thru, stainless steel jumbo frets, All Koa neck & body, with a ebony fretboard.
I'm having a Dimarzio Super Distortion put in the bridge & a Texas Special single coil put in the neck.
The guitar will be a Hardtail, string thru with a TOM bridge.
I will be replacing all of the electronics with the best wiring/electronics available.
It's a 25" scale length, 14" radius, thin neck, with sperzel tuners, and a locking nut even though it's a hardtail, I just like the feel of metal nuts.
There also will be no tone control as I dislike them.
The headstock is the pointy angled kind. 24 frets. Thin neck profile.
So those are the specs of the guitar.
I've read online where some people are saying that Carvin guitars sound cold, lifeless, sterile, mechanical.
I've read where some people say that neck thru combined with stainless frets/ebony fingerboard etc makes the guitars sound overly bright and thin. Lifeless.
I also read that neck thrus usually sound more bright & compressed due to most people use maple, which is why I'm going to use all Koa to try and avoid that issue.
What can anyone on here tell me about the compatibility of this guitar build used with the axe fx, what results would it most likely produce?
The Carvin I'm going to get built is going to be customized to a point it will not be able to be returned like most of their guitars can be in the 10 day period.
So I am trying to get some feedback from other users on here that use Carvin neck thru guitars with their Axe Fx, preferably Koa.
I just don't want to put the money into a Axe and a custom Carvin only to be held back in tone by the Carvin if in fact the Carvin is a bad match for the Axe Fx.
I really want to do this Carvin build because Gibson & Fender guitars always leave me so unsatisfied as far as playability, I hate the 25 1/2 scale and 21 frets of Fender, and I hate the neck joint/access and 22 frets and thick necks of les pauls.
Plus I prefer the tone of Alder vs Mahogany as I think Mohogany is too dark and muddy sounding, where from what I read Koa has a more balanced tone, all the benfits of Mohagany the sustain, and the warmth and top end of Alder.
So do yall think a Koa neck thru Carvin is a good match with Axe Fx or is this going to be a tone disaster that will sound horrible?