The NS1 Nylon Synth Access Guitar offers the flavor of a nylon string acoustic with the addition of MIDI synth access. The NS1 features Carvin's expert Custom Shop guitar design. Action, playability and comfort is guaranteed to please any guitarist. The onboard piezo pickup can be used with or without a MIDI/Synth interface. By simply plugging a standard guitar cable into the NS1, you are able to play the guitar through any acoustic amp or PA. The active EQ circuits allow for full bottom end which will fool the audience and guitarist into thinking this is a full size acoustic body. The EQ features a Mid Sweep that brings incredible EQ power to dial in the perfect acoustic tone on any amplification system.

The real magic comes when you plug the NS1 into a guitar synth module using a 13 pin cable. The Hexaphonic pickup sends a signal of each string as well as a summed signal, out via this cable. This provides both synth and acoustic sounds to be created using the one 13-pin cable. The NS1 has a stacked volume control so the player can define the volume of both the piezo acoustic sound and MIDI synth access sound separately. A mini toggle switch provides onboard scrolling of MIDI synth patches when connected to a synth module.

Carvin worked very closely with Graph Tech when developing the pickup system on the NS1. The NS1 offers the newest and fastest MIDI access available. Gone are the days of slow MIDI guitar synths, the NS1 offers the newest cutting edge technology to bring together an awesome sounding acoustic piezo system together with the fastest MIDI access tracking. This is accomplished by allowing the hexaphonic signal of each string to be converted to MIDI by the outboard synth module, rather than converting inside the guitar. This yields the fastest tracking and the best acoustic tone all in one guitar.

The NS1 took 2 years to develop. Carvin, Graph Tech and top Billboard jazz guitarist, Steve Oliver all worked together to bring this instrument to life. Steve has been playing the original NS1 prototype on the road for almost a year. This guitar has proven to be both a valuable studio instrument as well as road worthy.

The only way to appreciate the performance of a Carvin product is to use it in your own environment, giving it the test of "real world" performance. Take 10 days to try out your Carvin NS1. If you're not completely satisfied, you can return it - no questions asked. Your trial period starts when the merchandise is received by you, not when it's shipped. Really give it a workout. If you're not satisfied for any reason, send it back for a prompt refund or exchange - you would only be responsible for the return shipping.

The NS1 is built at Carvin's Custom Shop in San Diego, California.

Read Guitar Player Magazine's January 2008 review of the Carvin NS1 Synth Access Guitar right here.




Read Musico Pro's February 2008 review of the Carvin NS1 Synth Access Guitar right here (en Español).