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thanks!
It feels like the Berlin Wall was just demolished. 
ChrisH said:Hello from Anaheim!!! I just got home from setting up our booth for NAMM
I really wish I could have been at corporate for the big news, I didn't find out it was made official until I got the email blast on my phone this morning.
ferret said:
All that really means is that options that aren't on the builder, i.e. Option 50 stuff falls under the Kiesel category. Whereas previously we just called them Opt 50s for lack of a better name now the custom requests can be in the realm of a Kiesel guitar.
When we say there is more customization than available on Carvin models it just goes to what people on this board have been doing forever. You want trans white on your guitar next guitar? That option is not in the builder and therefore a customization that isn't available on Carvin's website. What does that become? In our computer it is listed as a 50 option since it's not a standard Carvin option. That essentially qualifies for a Kiesel logo if you wish to have it on there. If you still want the Carvin logo, knock yourself out. The name does not take away from the instrument at all in quality or overall priority or care. Non-returnable Option 50's (like custom knob placements, deleting a neck pickup, ultra custom colors, etc), returnable Option 50's (faded denim, colors on burl or spalt, california bursts, trans white, trans black, etc), really cool looking packages that Jeff designs (i.e. Guitar Porn GP7X, aqua DC600 w/ aqua board, trans white CT with faded board), and so on are considered customizations beyond what the Carvin line technically offers.
So, if that wasn't clear or TL;DR
ANYTHING NOT IN THE BUILDER ONLINE IS WHAT "FURTHER CUSTOMIZATION" REALLY MEANS.
So nothing really different from what you Carvinites already know and love
You guys have to realize that while we as a very dedicated and loyal Carvin following here on the board may know all about these sorts of things, our name as a brand and our presence in the musical instrument scene and social media has exploded in just the past year alone. Our facebook page has more than quadrupled in size since last year, our instagram has experienced exponential growth since the previous year, and people all over various forums and pages are talking non-stop about Carvin. Many of these people have never purchased or even played a Carvin so they don't know anything about Option 50s or that you can even do stuff outside of what our normal builder offers. More and more people are hearing about Carvin every day so all this is new to people outside of this forum. You have no idea how many emails we all get every day about "I see this on a guitar online. I don't see it in the builder. How do I order this?" We get newbies on this forum asking about stuff like that all the time as well. You Carvinites are just in the "know" like some sort of cool kids club 8)
Aside from the 3 usual suspects from this board that took part in the run, almost every single person who took part in the Guitar Porn GP7X run were first time customers. Out of 50 customers, the vast majority were people who had never played a Carvin before so that definitely says something!
Hope that helps. I'll be chiming in from time to time over the course of the week from NAMM!
Come visit us if you're gonna be there!
Carvin Lee Mckinney Signature 6 and 7 strings, looks like DC600/DC700 is the base model, with Piezo floyds.
See other thread for more photos: http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/se...lee-mckinney-signature-7-6-a.html#post4279189
