The Carvin / Kiesel thread

[spudmunkey]

Black limba + royal ebony

 

[c7spheres]

Gas'ing hard for a zeus for a graduation present for myself. I was wanting one with a black limbabody/maple neck/maple fretboard but thinking if I should opt for the free upgrades (roasted maple neck + royal ebony board). I'm looking to keep it a simple build and worried the black limba body and royal ebony board may look to busy :S

Sounds like a good combo to me. I'd go for that over roasted personally.

 

[bassplayer8]

Black limba + royal ebony

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Thank you for linking this! Solidified my decision on not going for the royal ebony board for sure cause having both is def gonna be loking too busy for me. Gonna go for the normal maple/black limba combo.

 

[r3tr0sp3ct1v3]

Thinking about a Delos 7. With the free options its almost impossible to find somethign comparable in the 7 string maket. The closet thing is the Charvel NOVA but the guitar I have specced out is only 1179 and that is with a metallic finish

 

[spudmunkey]

Last call on the Jason Becker-themed Osiris. When it was launched, they said they'd only make 100. They said they just took the last order today, so the only ones left are in the in-stock store:


https://www.kieselguitars.com/guitars-in-stock/142709
https://www.kieselguitars.com/guitars-in-stock/142737
https://www.kieselguitars.com/guitars-in-stock/142738
https://www.kieselguitars.com/guitars-in-stock/142746
https://www.kieselguitars.com/guitars-in-stock/142891

 

[BigViolin]

Think it's odd they did these with 14" radius, if they were 20" with the normal neck I'd be tempted.

 

[spudmunkey]

I imagine because 14" is normal on their "normal" JB Numbers guitar.

 

[NoodleFace]

NGD for me. There's no 7 string thread and I don't want to make a NGD thread. Absolutely hands down best guitar I've ever played

 

[Seabeast2000]

So what is the type/design of the Kiesel 7 string singles? I'm assuming they are a 7 version of one of their 6es?

 

[spudmunkey]

So what is the type/design of the Kiesel 7 string singles? I'm assuming they are a 7 version of one of their 6es?

The ones in the photo are EMG's. They have 7-string singles of their Lithiums, for sure, and i think Berylliums. They *might* have their old A13.

 

[NoodleFace]

He did ship.the lithium set with the guitar but I can't imagine I'll use them

 

[lurè]

Do you guys have any experience with the Holdsworth pickup set and how would you compare It to the lithiums?

I've ordered a VM7 with the KH set and was looking for reviews.
For what I've seen on demos they seems more well rounded and less treble-focused then the lithiums.

 

[Seabeast2000]

The ones in the photo are EMG's. They have 7-string singles of their Lithiums, for sure, and i think Berylliums. They *might* have their old A13.

Asking for a friend who juuussst bought an sss 7.

So going through the builder they only show Lithium 7 singles for the SSS option at least. But maybe there are others on the secret menu/phone call.

 

[NoodleFace]

Asking for a friend who juuussst bought an sss 7.

So going through the builder they only show Lithium 7 singles for the SSS option at least. But maybe there are others on the secret menu/phone call.

Yeah I would assume so. When I get home I'll take them out and show you what I got

 

[spudmunkey]

"New model" coming tomorrow morning, but based on the low-key, short-term teaser, and how were not near NAMM, I'm expecting it to just be something like an options package for the Delos for Frank Gambale (a similar sort of thing they did for their Cam Liddell model), or maaaaaaybe a multiscale headless version of the Vader or Osiris basses.

 

[NoodleFace]

Stupid question but these Floyd roses like on mine, are they OFR 7s or something different?

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Stupid question but these Floyd roses like on mine, are they OFR 7s or something different?

They are the Korean made 1000 series.

Same materials as a German Schaller made unit, just cheaper (and with different string spacing).

 

[cardinal]

1000 also has a flatter nut radius. I think the OFR7 is 10", so unless it's a compound radius, a lot of these guitars are better off with the 1000 nut, which I think is 15"? Makes a big difference. I've struggled to get some guitars set up before I realized what was going on.

 

[kisielk]

I'm like this >>><<< close to ordering an HH2, even though they're still building my Zeus... if I wasn't so indecisive about colour I probably would have done it already.

 

[NoodleFace]

They are the Korean made 1000 series.

Same materials as a German Schaller made unit, just cheaper (and with different string spacing).

1000 also has a flatter nut radius. I think the OFR7 is 10", so unless it's a compound radius, a lot of these guitars are better off with the 1000 nut, which I think is 15"? Makes a big difference. I've struggled to get some guitars set up before I realized what was going on.

Ah cool,.thanks! Can definitely tell.the flatter nut radius
Ah cool thanks. You