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Hink · Post by **Hink** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:51 pm

https://reverb.com/news/carvin-audio-an ... n-business

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:13 am

Interesting, but not unexpected really. Their biggest advantage in their heyday was price/value. My friend used to say "Peavey makes cheap gear, Carvin makes cheap gear that sounds decent." The problem is that companies like Behringer have really competed on that front quite well.

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:14 am

It's just the "carvin" part that is going out. The guitars are fine under the Keisel name.

Other than Steve Vai*, who's the last person you saw using carvin pa/amps/etc? Exactly.

*he has been using Orange and others for a while now too, well see about his stage rig.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:25 am

incubus wrote:

It's just the "carvin" part that is going out. The guitars are fine under the Keisel name.

Other than Steve Vai*, who's the last person you saw using carvin pa/amps/etc? Exactly.

Guitar player in one of my bands really liked his Carvin amp, it sounded good. I considered buying a PA amp from them a few years back but they weren't as competitive as they used to be.

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:30 am

But it's not mainstream by any stretch of the imagination. Good stuff, like you said, better than Peavey, but not popular.

I skipped over that stuff when they sent the ads.

Scrubbing Monkeys · Post by **Scrubbing Monkeys** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:19 am

Always liked their gear. I wish I had lived near a factory store. Really enjoyed those days of dreaming into their catalogs.

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:58 pm

I used to get stuff from the Carvin store on Sunset blvd. The store closed in 2014. They carried cheap cables when I couldn't be bothered to make them. I still have a Carvin mixer that has lasted more than 10 years now. I picked it, when I could have gotten a pricier mixer, because it had 6 sends and 4 groups on a 12 channel mixer. Some cross-talk between channels but no worse than a comparable Mackie mixer.

It must have been tough staying competitive while assembling products in the US. I don't think they had any international distributors.
I may buy a pair of their PA speakers and some mics while they are available.

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:59 pm

Well, I definitely sucks.

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 6:13 pm

incubus wrote:... Other than Steve Vai*, who's the last person you saw using carvin pa/amps/etc?... .

Yorkshire lass Chantel McGregor does...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TRlYBhDfhA

SJ_Digriz · Post by **SJ_Digriz** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 6:38 pm

kind of from another thread we keep going OT, incubus and I were discussing Frank Gambale and Alan Holdsworth. Both played signature Carvin. I think Holdsworth exclusively played that really tiny guitar with the crazy narrow scale length for a long time.

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 7:18 pm

Keisel is going strong. They aren't going anywhere.

@Googly: Yeah, I mean of course others use them, but what I mean is that they were not at the top of the charts.

Again, sucks that division is going out.

masterhiggins · Post by **masterhiggins** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:35 am

Holy shit! I just got an email indicating that they're launching a new store! I wonder if this means they're going to keep the factory open. That would be amazing!

https://carvinaudio.com/blogs/news/carv ... naudio-com

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:08 am

masterhiggins wrote:Holy shit! I just got an email indicating that they're launching a new store! I wonder if this means they're going to keep the factory open. That would be amazing!

https://carvinaudio.com/blogs/news/carv ... naudio-com

Judging by what they're offering, they've basically downsized themselves.

Carvin going out of business