IChuckFinleyI
Banned
I agree 100%. They went overboard with it in what was probably an attempt to be different. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though.
Kiesel Aries (New model)
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I agree 100%. They went overboard with it in what was probably an attempt to be different. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though.
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Captain Butterscotch
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It will look cool in a solid color, but figured tops look stupid with that lazy bevel.
Zado
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absolutorigin
Well-Known Member
I never really liked the Carvin/Kiesel aesthetic too much, so I'm not too much of a fan of the figured top version. The solid opaque ones do look pretty cool though.
SandyRavage
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I don't totally understand what makes this so different than other carvin offerings. Sure it fleshes out the line slightly and fills some gaps but this doesn't look better or worse than any of their other lineup, and don't understand the love/hate. This is more of the same from Carvin and not particularly interesting (or as well designed) compared to the Vader.
narad
Progressive metal and politics
HeHasTheJazzHands
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I actually really like the shape. It's probably my favorite Superstrat one they've done since the Bolt.
They really should have fixed the bevels, though. Just throwing the single huge-ass bevel covering 1/3rd of the guitar seems like a huge afterthought. Should have REALLY shrunk the bevel, add a matching in-horn bevel on the top horn, and added a lower-body bevel much like the SCB.
Also, more headstock options. The non-pointy standard 6-in-line would have been perfect for this one, and the 3x4 non-pointy one would have been perfect for the 7-string. At least there's the option for the 6-string Jackson ripoff on the 6-string.
They really should have fixed the bevels, though. Just throwing the single huge-ass bevel covering 1/3rd of the guitar seems like a huge afterthought. Should have REALLY shrunk the bevel, add a matching in-horn bevel on the top horn, and added a lower-body bevel much like the SCB.
Also, more headstock options. The non-pointy standard 6-in-line would have been perfect for this one, and the 3x4 non-pointy one would have been perfect for the 7-string. At least there's the option for the 6-string Jackson ripoff on the 6-string.
Adam Of Angels
The GAS Man
I think Carvin is trying to repeat previously successful methods (hype, new model, influx of new orders, repeat). More options is never a problem, so hopefully it works for them.
Opion
Sir Mattafer
I might actually be in the minority here with this model. The more I see it, the more I like it - i've always felt that Carvin's aesthetic choices were always just...a little off, kinda cheap looking, and different for the sake of being different (I see some people agree with me on that one). But I kinda sorta dig this model, and not just on the basis of looks - I specced on a pretty awesome Aries with stainless jumbo frets, a custom stain finish, Wilkinson trem, ebony board, luminlays, alder body/maple neck, with a hardshell case added, and my total came to a whopping $1200. That, to me, is pretty magnificent, considering Ibanez is charging that much for Iron Labels. 
HeHasTheJazzHands
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Do any real people care that the maple top is an inch smaller, or that the burst is 'off-center' (duh) - or is it just the OCD nutjobs with too much internet time?
Dude, it's a guitar. No one's trying to insult your first-born son.
It's lazy design. End of story. Add a single oversized forearm bevel and make it seem like the next best thing.
Jaxcharvel
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That is pure sex. Mine is a tung oiled claro walnut, which looks similar, but I really dig this ebony.
atticus1088
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The more I see the guitars in real photos, the more I could see myself getting a build of one. I can definitely see how some builds just won't work well for this model. I'm considering going for one with a 1pc Swamp Ash body and with the Ultra-Thin raw-tone finish in black which is no upcharge (I called and asked).
Like this SCB7:
Or
Here's one from Jeff's Facebook:
I like on this one, how the flamed maple end/bevel is some-what concealed by the burst.
Like this SCB7:
Or
Here's one from Jeff's Facebook:
I like on this one, how the flamed maple end/bevel is some-what concealed by the burst.
TheWarAgainstTime
"TWAT" for short
I was on the builder earlier today thinking to myself that the standard reverse in-line would look great with this model
there aren't any hard points on the body, so why force them on the headstock? That's why I got the reverse standard (3 on top of 4) headstock on my DC7X. Honestly, I'm fine with how the bevel goes across most of the top of the guitar (bridge-to-neck-ways) I just wish that they had gone with a more steep bevel that didn't intrude so much into the middle of the guitar towards the pickups, you know?
Like I said before, I'd probably go with a solid color on this model, or maybe a 1-piece ash body with the antique treatment
Hollowway
Extended Ranger
The more I see the guitars in real photos, the more I could see myself getting a build of one. I can definitely see how some builds just won't work well for this model. I'm considering going for one with a 1pc Swamp Ash body and with the Ultra-Thin raw-tone finish in black which is no upcharge (I called and asked).
Like this SCB7:
Now THAT is hot. I'd rock that one without question. Understated, but far from boring.
bloc
tha vagina finda
Agreed, that's the best SCB I've ever seen by a mile
i really wenge,it's beautiful
hope carvin will have wenge option soon
runbirdman
Lackawanna County Volunteer Sheriff's Deputy
I just haven't been able to get on board with all of the heavily beveled Kiesels. I think the LPMs and NZs are great but the SCBs and the Aries just look terrible to me. The X220s are in the same boat as all of the rest of the extreme- shape Carvins: cringe worthy.
