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Frenchy-Lefty
 Post subject: Old (and ugly) Carvin
PostPosted: February 26th, 2013, 11:01 am 
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 Post subject: Re: Old (and ugly) Carvin
PostPosted: February 26th, 2013, 11:25 am 
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that is ugly.
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 Post subject: Re: Old (and ugly) Carvin
PostPosted: February 26th, 2013, 12:18 pm 
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Would have looked OK to me with a regular headstock :P

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 Post subject: Re: Old (and ugly) Carvin
PostPosted: February 26th, 2013, 6:24 pm 
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Reminds me of the old Yamaha SBV...
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 Post subject: Re: Old (and ugly) Carvin
PostPosted: February 27th, 2013, 9:23 am 
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Agreed, the reversed headstock kills it.
Great color though.

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 Post subject: Re: Old (and ugly) Carvin
PostPosted: February 27th, 2013, 12:32 pm 
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As a 60s garage rock fanatic, I can't help but want to like those Yamaha SGs and their connection to the period. I was pretty thrilled when the late-90s garage revival lead to their updated reissues. But everyone I know who bought one didn't really like them and moved back to more traditional guitars - I mostly see them today as a "party piece" for live shows or videos. I found this chart of 1960s Yamaha guitar evolution online, and it's a laugh.


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 Post subject: Re: Old (and ugly) Carvin
PostPosted: February 28th, 2013, 6:33 am 
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Some strange looking shapes in there indeed.... ;)

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 Post subject: Re: Old (and ugly) Carvin
PostPosted: February 28th, 2013, 8:10 am 
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Soft guitars designed by Salvador Dali?
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 Post subject: Re: Old (and ugly) Carvin
PostPosted: February 28th, 2013, 9:46 pm 
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Just noticed how the shapes aren't too out-the-norm in 1966, but get progressively odd-looking through 1967 to 1968... could be more shipments of psychedelics coming into the design dept. by then.... ! 8-)

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