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Carvin’s dual-action truss rod helps keep the neck straight and true. 5-piece necks of different combinations of maple, walnut, and koa add to the great looks of this instrument.Īll of our necks and fingerboards undergo a long conditioning process in our de-humidification chambers to remove any stress in the wood. The standard maple neck clarifies the tone of the instrument, but other neck woods, such as mahogany and koa are offered for their own slightly warmer tonal qualities. When this option is selected on the ST300, the edges are straight – they don’t have the 3/8″ radius found on ST300 models without the natural body binding option. This is a process that leaves the edges of the top wood unfinished so that the body is bordered by natural wood, which provides a nice contrast when the body is painted. In conjunction with flamed and quilted tops, you can choose Carvin’s natural body binding.

When an optional top wood is added, it is “bent” over the forearm cutaway, as on the C66. The body of the ST300 has a waist cut as well as a deep forearm cutaway on the upper bout. You can add a 5mm premium top wood, such as AAAA flamed maple, AAAA quilted maple, flamed koa, flamed spalted maple, and California Claro walnut. Although alder is the standard wood, optional woods such as swamp ash, maple, mahogany, walnut, and koa are available, all of which have their own tonal characteristics. Alder has a subtle and attractive grain that looks good in any of Carvin’s many finishes, including solid colors, translucent finishes, and our metallic solid finishes. It’s darker in color than maple, which accentuates the ST300’s maple neck. Alder is a high-quality tone wood used by many makers because of its lightweight and fine tone. With hundreds of available options and like other Carvin Guitars, you can custom build your ST300 just the way you like it.Ĭarvin Woods–The ST300 has a standard alder body and maple neck-through design. The Carvin ST300 model reflects the past 60 years of experience that Carvin has in building the best quality, USA-made instruments that are suitable for all playing styles.

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The body is more circular than the legendary DC series and has a waist and forearm cutaway for playing comfort, as found on the Contour 66. This new model offers the features and choices of Carvin’s contemporary Custom Shop guitars with the timeless body shape that they offered back in the early 1990s. Carvin is thrilled to introduce their latest model, the ST300.

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