I just wanted to let you know that the Carvin AE 185 guitar arrived safely last Saturday in perfect condition. I wanted to wait a week before I sent you an evaluation of this guitar so I would respond on actual experience and not emotion. First of all I now know why you stuck to your price on this guitar it was brand new and it looked like it has never been played and well worth every penny I paid and more. I must confess I don't know much about electric guitars but my friend who owns multitudes of them really was very impressed with quality of this guitar. Now to the good stuff and that is sound of this guitar. I have been playing finger style guitar now for many years and I have never had a rig that gave me the sound that this guitar gives. I run my Fender Bassman for the electric side and my Fender Acoustasonic for the Acoustic side of this guitar. The results are truly amazing the solo songs I play come alive like never before. The action on this guitar is perfect. I hit notes so easily that on my acoustics were hard to handle. Any way thanks for the guitar Rick and once again I appreciate your professionalism.