CVS

When our first Saticoy prototype was made I thought that if I could get Carl's attention that THEN we would know that we were making a great guitar. You see Carl Verheyen is a reco gnized Strat® guru and tone wizard. Carl has done and continues to be one of the most sought after guitarists in L.A. He can do it all and does some of it every day. He does movies, TV, giant arena rock tours with Supertramp, tours worldwide with his own band and is a very busy session guitarist. And, Carl knows his guitars. He also has bat hearing. About one year after we introduced our Saticoy model, the phone rang. It was Carl. He asked if we were interested in making his signature guitar. Carl could have gone to ANY guitar company and they would have been just as giggly and falling-over elated as I was. The answer was obvious. As you might imagine, Carl has quite a collection of great guitars - no, really great guitars. The bar was set about as high as it could go. When we set out on this endeavor, the minimum requirement was to make the guitar that Carl would reach for. There was no way we would be satisfied with just another SINO (signature in name only.) This guitar had to be his number one and number one because it earned that position by being the best of the bunch. Quite a tall order. Carl is a tough cookie. So we started working with Carl. He brought in his favorites and we all set out to make it right. And after countless sessions, adjustments, reworks and re-do's, we came up with the Carl Verheyen Special. And yes, it continues to be Carl's favorite guitar. We started with our Saticoy model (which is what attracted Carl in the first place) and made it his own. Now you can have and play the same great guitar that Carl does. Carl often drops by the shop and when he's here he checks out all the CV Specials we have. He's yet to find one we wouldn't be very proud of. Show more