Well thanks for the replies guys.. I guess now I'm on the market for something else.. The thing with the pickups its a MAYOR turn off..
I've owned 4 Carvins (DC727, SC90, Holdsworth H2, Cobalt acoustic) and absolutely loved every single one of them. I still own the H2 and Cobalt. I think the Carvin pickups are a bit underrated. I prefer passive pickups, though. I know I changed the bridge p'up on the SC90 and I don't remember having to do any routing on it. I may have modded the pickup tabs to get it to fit, though....been a long time. I had to drill out the string slot on the 727 with a Dremel to accommodate bigger string gauges....was really easy and the tuner still functioned just fine. They're not perfect guitars, but I find it hard to beat the bang for the buck.
Edit: Forgot to mention that all of my Carvin's have had either Tune-o-matic or fixed trems.
After over three and a half years of regular playing I can say I haven't had any problems with it. But I'm not a real heavy trem abuser. Only complaint might be that the finetuners feel a bit cheap compared to an other licensed FR I own.And what about the trem ?? Is it good ??
damn it ! fuck the carvin I'm getting an Ibby the rg 1527.. and some pup's...