Newbe from the Washburn BBS

[Ascension]

Been cruzin around here for a few days and finally joined.
I'm a semi pro player from Birmingham who for the last few years has been the house guitarist for a 6700 + member Mega Church.
This looks like a nice civilized site and I see some familar folks here : so HOWDY from Birmingham Alabama!

[Robert****]

Welcome, Ascension! Didn't John Hiatt write a song about your home town?

[warren0728]

welcome Ascension....this is a great forum....i think you will like it here....

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[sunvalleylaw]

Welcome! Glad to have you here.

[Tone2TheBone]

Welcome.

[mrmudcat]

cool brother welcome aboard!!!!!

[Spudman***]

Hi Ascension.
I'm a Bama boy too. Born just outside of Enterprise.

[bigoldron]

Welcome aboard Ascension. This seems to be a really great bunch of guitar players!

[just strum]

Glad you could make it Ascension. I know you will find this place very inviting. I sound like a broken record, but good people and good subject is what you will find here.

[tot_Ou_tard]

Been cruzin around here for a few days and finally joined.
I'm a semi pro player from Birmingham who for the last few years has been the house guitarist for a 6700 + member Mega Church.
This looks like a nice civilized site and I see some familar folks here : so HOWDY from Birmingham Alabama!

Yowza, howz't feel to play in a mega-church?

Oh, & welcome.

[Brian Krashpad]

Welcome!

I used to play guitar and bass for our little church but unfortunately things got a little "political" and now we're looking for a new church home. That's one big congregation you're playing to!

[bigoldron]

Gators got religion? I guess miracles do happen... :

[duhvoodooman***]

Welcome to TheFret, Ascension. Happy to have you here! :

How do you like those Carvins? I've been drooling over the Cali Carved Top CT6M model lately....

[M29]

Welcome aboard Ascension:

M29

[Guitar Gal]

Nice to see you here Ascension :

GG

[Ascension]

Welcome to TheFret, Ascension. Happy to have you here! :

How do you like those Carvins? I've been drooling over the Cali Carved Top CT6M model lately....

Carvin builds some NICE stuff. For years I was a big time Carvin supporter but kinda got pretty burned by them over that last couple of years and sold off a bunch of my Carvin stuff because of it. Something changed a couple of years ago and all the guys I had known for years in sales and customer Service were suddenly gone. They burned me on three of my parts orders in a row and the way they treated me blew me orering a tricked out $1500 V220 from them. The product is still STELLAR but they can be REALLY difficult at times to deal with now. It's a shame because for years the were as good as it gets in Customer Service.
The CT's are super nice guitars and I would take one of those ANYDAY over a PRS. If you decide to have one built yell I can give you some advice on how to deal with them and not get scorched.

[Ascension]

Welcome!

I used to play guitar and bass for our little church but unfortunately things got a little "political" and now we're looking for a new church home. That's one big congregation you're playing to!

Sadly Brian I'm kinda in the same shape you are right now bro. We lost our Senior, Executive and Associate Pastor all with in two weeks in June. Afterwards it suddenly got really political there and I walked away from playing at COC in July. We just found a new Senior Pastor who is starting this Sunday so I am looking hard at possibly coming back on board as a player.
I am very active in local and State politicts here in my area and am the acting party chairman for one of the largest third political parties in the USA for my State ( United States Constitution Party PM me if you want more info ). I will absolutely NOT play politicts in my Church!! I feel ya man!

[mrmudcat]

Carvin builds some NICE stuff. For years I was a big time Carvin supporter but kinda got pretty burned by them over that last couple of years and sold off a bunch of my Carvin stuff because of it. Something changed a couple of years ago and all the guys I had known for years in sales and customer Service were suddenly gone. They burned me on three of my parts orders in a row and the way they treated me blew me orering a tricked out $1500 V220 from them. The product is still STELLAR but they can be REALLY difficult at times to deal with now. It's a shame because for years the were as good as it gets in Customer Service.
The CT's are super nice guitars and I would take one of those ANYDAY over a PRS. If you decide to have one built yell I can give you some advice on how to deal with them and not get scorched.

This is rare if you ask me . There has been some changes in workers from painters to c.s. /sales etc etc. But I recently had an issue with fender and they basically told me to F-OFF nicely of course When my ct-6 came without the 60th anniversary strap carvin sent me 2ude: I still think they are among the top in C.S. but that is my opinion of course.

I have had nothing but a good relationship with them since the 80's : But I know Ascension to be an honest ,great guy and if he says he had a problem with carvin then he did im sure!!!


My new v220 will be shipping next week!!:

[Ascension]

This is rare if you ask me . There has been some changes in workers from painters to c.s. /sales etc etc. But I recently had an issue with fender and they basically told me to F-OFF nicely of course When my ct-6 came without the 60th anniversary strap carvin sent me 2ude: I still think they are among the top in C.S. but that is my opinion of course.

I have had nothing but a good relationship with them since the 80's : But I know Ascension to be an honest ,great guy and if he says he had a problem with carvin then he did im sure!!!


My new v220 will be shipping next week!!:

I played Carvin allmost exclusively from the late 80's untill about three years ago and a one time I owned 18 Carvin guitars and 5 Carvin amps. I was part of the Carvin BBS family and attended the Southeastern Bashes in 2004 and 2005. It was an obsession and the breakup I had with them was quite nasty. It still makes me quite angry to think about it.
I agree in years past that they were a great company to deal with as I also had a wonderfull relationship with Carvin for many years. But something happened there in 2005 and things changed. The values at the company are not what they once were.
The good thing I would have never bought my Fender Prosonic, Marshall or the USA Washburns with out the big break with Carvin so it's not all been a bad thing.