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    Aristides Guitars

    I have joined the 'tides ranks. I picked up a used 070 off Reverb and it arrived today, so I haven't had too much time with it yet. If you follow Aristides on Instagram or scour Reverb daily like I do, you've probably already seen it, but pic anyway: My initial thoughts and impressions, in no...
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    Random Pics of Your ERG's!

    My 30" Balaguer Diablo 6
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    Drop-E String Recommendation for Headless 8

    This is good advice and mirrors my own experience. I have a 30" scale length guitar in drop E1 and use a 72, so 74-76 at 28" seems like it would be good for me. I prefer my strings on the thin side though.
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    Design your dream guitar!

    https://www.balaguerguitars.com/product/guitaronlinebuilder/
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    Balaguer Semi Custom Thicket 7 string

    That looks great, really awesome top they gave you. I got my 30" Diablo from them a few months ago and I'm loving it, I'm sure this will be excellent too :metal:
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    Received this on Saturday and holy shit is it amazing. I was barely able to put it down to go to work this morning. I went with the Thorium bridge and Empyrean neck pickup and they both sound great. I've managed to get good tones out of the Lithiums in my VM7 but I like these better already...
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    Post Your GAS

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    Which bands use the lowest tunings?

    Surprised that After the Burial haven't been mentioned, pretty sure they get down to C#. Enox is a smaller band that use various tunings and all of them are really low
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    Balaguer has wenge as an option. I actually chose it 100% for the aesthetic on my incoming build but now I'm stoked to see that so many people like it.
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    I'm in this camp. Lately I've been really want a long scale 6, I was originally thinking 28". I have two Kiesels and would gladly have ordered another from them if they'd offer something like a baritone 6. Instead I ordered a Balaguer Diablo, they offer various scale lengths, including 28.5" and...
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    I never really did a NGD for my used Osiris so I’m going to give a mini review for both of my Kiesels here. Pics here I ordered a multiscale Vader 7 in March as a PhD graduation gift and received it in late June, just a few weeks late of my June 1st estimated completion date. Purple to blue...
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    What do you prefer, Medium-Jumbo, Jumbo or Extra jumbo frets?

    I only recently discovered that I definitely prefer medium-jumbo to extra jumbo. I just got two similar guitars, one with each fretsize, and I like the smaller frets. It isn't a deal-breaker for me though, I still like both guitars.
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    Speaking of blue mist metallic, I may have just done something impulsive...but my VM7 was lonely!
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    Haha I feel you, mine was a little over 3 weeks late from the estimated completion date they gave me. I ordered March 1st IIRC.
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    Yep, it's pretty incredible in person and very difficult to really capture in a photo. I'm sad it will eventually gloss up a bit from playing but oh well. For now I've been washing my hands every time I want to play it. Spud nailed it, $70 for the crescent and only in a few colors.
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    My VM7 showed up a week ago and I've barely put it down since then. They really did an excellent job. Full NGD and review when I'm not so lazy. VM7
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    2021 Kiesel Vader 7
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    Today was the estimated completion date for my VM7 so I'm getting really antsy. I had a feeling it would be a bit late, I was surprised when they quoted me June 1 since I ordered on March 1 IIRC.
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    NGD - Scored a non wood guitar from GC!

    I came in expecting 'tides and you did not disappoint. Awesome color. Must be pretty rare to find a left handed one in the wild!
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    Just ordered my first custom with Vandermeij Guitars!

    Looking great already


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