With Carvin's custom shop you now have more choices than ever to create your own custom instrument.  In the last couple of years we have added options like birdseye maple fingerboards, rosewood fingerboards and stainless steel frets in standard and jumbo sizes.  New deep stained finishes are available to compliment the beauty of our highly figured maple tops.  To enhance the tone of our guitars, more models of Carvin pickups are available than ever before, not to mention the acoustic bridge options that are offered for many of our instruments.  However, more important than our growing list of options is our commitment to building high quality guitars.  Our modern 82,000 square foot plant in San Diego is equipped with the finest guitar building machinery in the industry.  The use of high quality woods and our constant improvement in manufacturing methods are an ongoing quest at Carvin. Several years ago we began to cycle all of our necks and fingerboards through a long conditioning process in our de-humidification chambers to remove any possible stress in the wood.  Stress in the wood is what causes your neck to warp or twist, and it may not fully develop for months or years after an instrument is built.  This painstaking extra step is one of the reasons why our guitars and basses are known for their longevity and consistent playability.

If Carvin guitars were available in retail stores, you would pay up to three times more than our factory direct prices.  By selling direct, Carvin not only gives incredible value but also provides you with a direct connection to the guitar builder.  This is something you do not get when purchasing retail.  With the best build up times in the industry along with our risk free 10-day money back guarantee, there has never been a better time to order your Carvin Custom Shop instrument.