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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    New kiesel arrived last night. Very happy with it so far, will probably do a bigger ngd post once I've played it a little more. A few thoughts: The Beryllium bridge sounds much better than the Lithium in my K-Series. I don't really mind how bright the Lithium's are, but I'm really liking...
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    Padalka guitars

    Seconding this. I am waiting on my second guitar from Padalka right now. I don't think there is anyone in the market who competes with Simon across craftsmanship, good business practices, lead time, and beautiful and original designs. When you consider the price of the guitar, it's the entire...
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    Padalka guitars

    To misquote It's Always Sunny, "You do not make modifications to a Padalka, that guitar is perfect." Seriously though, painful to see someone added a killswitch. Great price though. http://padalka-guitars.com/portfolio-items/neptune-84/ I wonder if what classifies this Neptune as a 'full...
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    Padalka guitars

    I really love that Saturn, but I don't play the 8's I have enough to justify another, and I really should put the money into a new computer. Or NVIDEA could just drop the price on the RTX cards so I wouldn't feel so guilty about buying guitars.
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    Padalka guitars

    One of his videos shows his entire mock-up creation process. It's definitely a picture of the actual piece of wood to be used, and there is a lot of other fine detail work. The only consistent difference I notice is that if I'm looking on anything but my computer monitor, the mock-ups appear to...
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    Padalka guitars

    Looks incredible. It's really interesting to see how different the Pluto looks with a finish like that. That's a really great color/wood combo too. He's currently searching for a figured Walnut body to use with mine. Fingers crossed that something turns up soon. I got a mock-up today with a...
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    Vik Duality 7 Transcendence: Expected Price, Alternatives?

    Congrats on the guitar. I'm on my second Padalka order right now. I had a space 7 built last year, and I'm certain you'll be happy with the purchase. The quality is unreal, they are beautiful guitars, and Simon is someone that you can support without any moral qualms. Pics of mine...
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    Kiesel --- Never Again!

    I've played a couple of Solars, but wouldn't even consider them in the same league of guitar as my Kiesel. The Solar guitars were in line with most of the higher end Indo/Korean stuff I've played, like a 1000 series LTD or nice PRS SE. Good build quality, but definitely a worse fret job than...
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    Ibanez 2019 New Stuff

    Another issue that's pushed the SS thing may be the move to Cobalt and steel strings. I definitely started wearing my nickel frets a lot faster after I switched strings a few years ago. I had a set of nickel frets leveled, and could see the beginning dents starting to show up within a couple of...
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    Padalka guitars

    Absolutely. While it's kind of a bummer that he's killed of the MS and Moon shapes, it makes sense, since they sat outside of the styling you see with all his original body shapes. I wonder if the CS will survive. While it is probably the guitar he's made the most, it is the only one left that...
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    Padalka guitars

    Very nice choice on that quilt, I went back and forth on that one several times. I ended up putting another build in myself. I'll probably keep buying from him, even if there is a price hike. The quality on the last one was unreal.
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    The Kiesel block heel just doesn't work for me, ugly and still in the way. Which is unfortunate, since they don't seem to be invested in actively developing more set/through guitars. I wish production companies would figure out a way to adopt a deeper bolt-on design like Dell'isola had...
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    I definitely agree with this, even compared to the smaller heel on older PRS guitars. My K series is really comfortable, much more so than my custom 24.
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    The Carvin / Kiesel thread

    I have some experience with this. Last year I ordered an option 50'd out K series, and the Floyd Rose was misaligned by about a mm. It wasn't unplayable and I could have had it fixed locally pretty easy. I called in and was passed on to Albert, who asked for some pictures, then suggested I send...
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    Recommend company for custom order guitar that's trustable quality

    You should consider Simon Padalka. I just got a 7 from him, and I don't think anyone out there competes on the mix of quality, price, reliability, time, and customization. You can read the Padalka thread on here, and translate his thread on Guitarplayer.ru, which has a couple hundred pages, and...
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    Padalka guitars

    It is here! I got the guitar yesterday, and left work early to experience it in its full glory. I spent the better part of yesterday and today playing it, and I can confidently say this is the best guitar that I have ever played. I'll post a full NGD in a few days, including the small...


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