Larry Carlton L7V GD Top

Electric Guitar

Image Larry Carlton L7V GD Top

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Latest User Reviews

1 year ago

On par with the best

Sounds amazing, plays amazing. The pickups don't even need to be changed. The finish was done a bit sloppy on a small part of the neck joint, but the guitar itself is, quality wise, on par with the best epiphones or gibson Les Paul guitars i played. Would reccomend it.

1 year ago

Larry Carlton Sire

Fab guitar for the money..well worth it

2 years ago

Sire P90 les paul

Nice guitar, I'll give you short evaluation for different parts:

Visuals/finish - 9.5/10

Fret job - 8.5/10 (some frets were quite high, even misaligned with board but managed to get decent action (base 1.5, trebel 1.25, however, still few fret buzz on few frets)

Hardware - 10/10

Electronics - 9/10 - pickups sound good, but I am scratching my head with no treble bleed or 50's wiring as this would add only a few EUR to the cost. If you turn the volume down - pickups go muddy, so my next mod is treble bleed as this guitar is for a more cleanish tone in MHO.

I am mostly satisfied with this guitar. The only thing that put me off was no treble bleed. Surprisingly, even with some reviews on L7 with humbuckers there are reviews with this feature included and not, so maybe I am not a lucky one :)

Update: installed treble bleed (a 150K-ohm 1/4-watt resistor (1% tolerance) in parallel with a .001uF capacitor). Cost 4 EUR, not counting labor as I did it myself.

Now this guitar is what I wanted - sounds amazing and is super versatile from nasty distortions to bell-like cleans and still with the unique sound signature of P90.

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Larry Carlton
  • Released in 2022
  • Average price : $637
  • Mahogany body
  • Maple top
  • Glued-in mahogany neck
  • Ebony fingerboard
  • Trapezoid fingerboard inlays
  • Ivory binding
  • Neck profile: C
  • Scale: 627 mm (24.7")
  • Fingerboard radius: 305 mm (12")
  • Nut width: 43 mm (1.71")
  • Bone nut
  • 22 Medium jumbo frets
  • Pickups: 2 LC Vintage P90 Soapbar single coils cream cover
  • 2 Volume and 2 tone controls
  • 3-Way toggle switch
  • Ivory pickguard
  • TOM-style bridge with aluminium stop tailpiece
  • Sire premium locking tuners
  • Chrome hardware
  • Colour: Gold
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