Even sweeter are the separate output jacks for acoustic and electric signals, allowing the player to route them to different amps or PA inputs. The Baggs piezo system has an active tone circuit, and a Pan control to blend the acoustic and electric sounds. For controls, there’s a master volume and active tone for the humbuckers, along with a three-way pickup selector. No surprise, this puppy runs on active power, so a 9-volt battery compartment is located in the rear. The test instrument also had chrome hardware (standard), abalone diamond inlays (white pearl dots are standard), tortoise body binding (another custom touch), and an abalone Carvin logo on the headstock.įor electronics, the test AE185-12 was equipped with standard Carvin humbuckers (C22J neck and C22B bridge again, custom options abound), as well as an LR Baggs Ribbon Transducer for acoustic tones. The headstock has Carvin’s new 19:1 locking tuners (six per side), so any tuning concerns flew out the window – the AE185-12 stays in tune like a champ. The neck also features a 1.69″ nut and TUSQ saddle, with the strings feeding through the body. Its 24-fret ebony fingerboard has a 14″ radius and Carvin’s popular 25″ neck scale. The AE185-12 neck is a through design and also made of mahogany. The test guitar was highly customized, featuring a mahogany body with a super-flamey maple top and a single f-hole (the stock version comes with an Englemann spruce top see the website for available custom options). The guitar also has some formidable electronics. Moreover, this Carvin sports 24 frets on a thinner electric-style neck with the kind of super-low action the company is famous for.
Should you get an acoustic or an electric? What about controlling feedback onstage? And aren’t they hard to tune? Carvin attempts to answer all of these questions with the AE185-12, a 12-string with both electric and piezo/acoustic pickups.Īt first, the AE185-12 seems too good to be true: a thinline 12-string with both acoustic and electric tones, and weighing only 6.25 pounds. Info: Most guitarists love the sound of a 12-string, but the thought of owning one often raises several questions.
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