This was another one of those pawn shop guitars. I can seem to grasp the concept of sacrificing my guitar for pennies on the dollar. I guess if it came down to starving, they'd find my shriveled shrunken carcass laying among my treasures! In my opinion Carvin makes some of the best mainstream custom guitars available on the market today. I think the only thing I would improve on is the selection of pickups. They could stand to benefit from offering a set of smokers in their pickup lineup.