The '50s vintage Carvin solid body guitars look and sound awesome. The neck on the originalsl is just too giant for me. Bigger than any Les Paul. So I decided to have a replica made of the 1956 version with a 59 Les Paul profile neck. It was a much more involved process than I realized when I got into it. The maker is on Instagram as guitargarageusa and can answer anything I have not covered. I am selling the prototype which is made of beautiful figured maple with a very flamey neck. The pickup is the replica that Curtis Novak makes. For another $150 I will sub a real Carvin. If you wanted to make this into a two pickup model it would be very simple and you can get another pick up from Novak. I find the one pickup enough with clear highs and great definition in the lows. It has a tone that some have described as piano- like. There are a couple of more in production as once the templates were made it didn't make sense to only make one. So I am not in a rush to sell. If it doesn't sell by the time I take delivery on another one I will lower the price. Ships in a gig bag, case shown is not for this model. Thanks!