Carvin has created
a wide variety of guitars in their history - over 50 different models in the
past 30 years alone. Many of those models, especially the long-running
DC150 and DC200 models evolved over a 20 year period, from an initial offering
of a Höfner bolt-on neck or Carvin maple set neck and maple body to the current neck-thru design with alder
body, with lots of variations in between. There have been hundreds of changes over the years, including
different headstocks, electronics and pickups, woods, finishes, hardware and
much more. In this section of the site, you can see the evolution of
Carvin's guitars, as well as see models that have long since been retired.
There is also a
significant amount of data on instruments Carvin produced early in their
history, including steel guitars, mandolins and even the
occasional banjo, violin and accordion in the sections from the 50's through
In addition to simply browsing through these sections,
you can use the Yearly Data Matrix to find a specific
year, or the Search function of the site.
If you are trying to identify a specific Carvin guitar, you can use the Guitar
On most of the pages, you can
click on a catalog page image to see the entire page for that particular model.
Click on a catalog
below to begin browsing.