Carvin 2015 - New Models & NAMM Thread

[ferret]

Well, I figured, why not.

Lots of hints of things to come have been posted on Carvin's various social media accounts. Here's a brief list of things I'm aware of, to some degree, though details may be slightly fudged. Some of these might not be full official "Carvin" options but relegated to the new "as yet not fully explained" Kiesel Custom Shop.

1. Greg Howe signature Bolt Classic model, 24-fret bolt on.
2. Greg Howe signature Bolt Plus model, 24-fret bolt on.
3. Non-signature 24-fret Bolt Classic
4. Non-signature 24-fret Bolt Plus
5. Official release of Kiesel pickups, new humbuckers for 6, 7 and 8 strings, in two flavors: Normal and High output. 6 string still in prototyping
6. Possible headless 8- (and presumably 7-) string models, based on teasers from Jeff.
7. New Jason Becker Numbers signature/tribute model (24 fret?)
8. Colored acrylic inlays, as seen in two of Jeff's recent builds.

There's also been a couple of rumors I've seen about new woods including purple heart and bloodwood.

Any other bits I missed?

 

[TIBrent]

Yeah there was an instagram thing posted between Jeff & Lee from Born of Osiris about a signature guitar. Though no other details about it yet.

 

[Carvinkook]

All good things! Roll on..

 

[Chrisjd]

I would love a simple carvin 7 with a compound board, baritone scale, and hipshot bridge with their new proprietary passive pickups. Get this to me for around a grand and I'll buy.

 

[Lorcan Ward]

Holloway posted in another thread that their is going to be a bolt-on 7 string model?

 

[gigawhat]

Holloway posted in another thread that their is going to be a bolt-on 7 string model?

I think he was saying that in regards to the "headless"8-string.

 

[ChrisH]

Heh, 2 weeks isn't that far away

Some of those things on that list though may or may not be wrong.

 

[7 Strings of Hate]

I'd just keep doing high kicks with my HH2

 

[Curt]

all I care about is the kiesel pickups. haha

 

[ferret]

Yeah some of this stuff is definitely rumor category, but still some basic idea of things.

 

[ferret]

Some "not quite NAMM" details from Mike Jones on CarvinBBS yesterday....

A) "For the time being, just about any Carvin guitar with a cool Option 50 on it can get the Kiesel logo put on the headstock like it's big brothers the Kiesel Editions. This includes special tops, special finishes (trans white, trans black, Kiesel racing orange, etc.), Kiesel treated fingerboards, flamed or quilted backs, you name it!" - M. Jones

B) There is a Gold on Black drop shadow Kiesel logo available.

C) Silver logos are on the way.

 

[kevdes93]

new woods would be cool!

 

[jl-austin]

Some "not quite NAMM" details from Mike Jones on CarvinBBS yesterday....

C) Silver logos are on the way.

Silver as in the metal? Or silver as in a "satin chrome"?

 

[ferret]

He simply said "Silver logo" so unsure if actually silver or a chrome.

 

[7 Strings of Hate]

If its shiny and silver, who really cares

 

[ceiling_fan]

A guy on Facebook (seems legit already, haha) said that while he was ordering a SCB7 over the phone, a sales guy let slip that a headless 7 is coming.

Not a reliable source, but I BELIEVE

 

[mnemonic]

So whats the deal with the Kiesel logo carvins? Is Jeff trying to do some offshoot boutique brand? Or is he going for a soft name-change and in five years time will we be calling them Kiesel rather than Carvin?

 

[TheWarAgainstTime]

[*]Non-signature 24-fret Bolt Classic

[*]Official release of Kiesel pickups, new humbuckers for 6, 7 and 8 strings, in two flavors: Normal and High output. 6 string still in prototyping

This excites me.

 

[xwmucradiox]

Im hoping the baritone 6 string happens.

 

[NemesisTheory]

I tried the Kiesel 7 string pups. I like their original 7 string passives better and find them more naturally toneful and unique per what guitar they're in. As always it could've been the guitar itself, but I found the Kiesels to be somewhat noisy and sterile. They have a bit extra bass woof in them which I didn't dig either. Similar to some other modern 'metal' pups. They did at least look really nice.

I'm hoping for the return of the X220 but in 7 string. I'd take a 6 though. Something really modern, aggressive and sleek like Misha's signature Jackson would be cool.