A wonderful historical piece, and a surprisingly fine little guitar despite its homey appearance! Carvin instruments are a product of the same Southern California spawning grounds as many of the great electric guitar lines of the 20th century; Fender, Rickenbacker, National, Bigsby and Mosrite all emerged from the same general time and place. The confluence a lively progressive "hillbilly' music scene, proximity to the entertainment colossus of Hollywood and numerous untraditionally minded craftsmen resulted in a radical re-thinking of the electric guitar, and the emergence of the solidbody instrument as its ultimate form.
Carvin founder Lowell Kiesel moved his fledgling steel guitar operation from Nebraska to California around 1948, and by 1950 had changed the name from Kiesel to Carvin, which combined his two sons' names. (see our stock #2604 for an extremely rare and early Kiesel steel guitar) Carvin became famous for selling primarily electric instruments only thru mail order, becoming one of the few sources selling individual parts for do-it-yourself electric guitar tinkerers in the '50's. Carvin's most remembered products of the era are the spectacular sounding AP-6 pickups, the early favorite of Semie Moseley for his handmade guitars.
For more informatins See Carvin #3-SGB Two Pickup Solid Body Electric Guitar (1957)
