The Carvin / Kiesel thread

[soliloquy]

 

[Tyler]

Placed my order a couple weeks ago for a DC600 with a natural glossed black limba body/neck with 2 white limba stripes. Ebony board, Jumbo SS frets, and a hipshot bridge. I couldn't be more stoked

 

[JustinG60]

I've never been a fan of tele's but since the scb's came out, this guitar just looks amazing to me. Such a classy look.

I think I'd go option crazy if I ordered an scb7 but I'd keep a tele just clean and simple.

i had to keep telling myself not to go too stupid on my SCB7 build i just ordered yesterday. the wait is going to kill me haha

 

[pushpull7]

What is the wait right now?

 

[mbardu]

What is the wait right now?

Well my ct424 has been 4 months in the making and is not close to being ready anytime now

Then again it has some one-off option, so that's fine.

Apparently the general wait time is back to ~2 months

 

[FantasyMetal]

I'm waiting on an HH1X should be ready at the beginning of August.

Black Limba back and neck
Flame maple Dragonburst
Satin finish
Stainless med-jumbo frets
Ebony board with no markers

It's going to be the hawtness.

 

[Tommy]

Well I might as well post my specs for my upcoming DC800 build since I'm so excited to get it.

Flamed Koa top with matching flamed Koa headstock
5 piece maple neck
Swamp ash wings
"Streaky" Ebony fretboard
All black hardware with black logo
And finally the brand new passive Carvin 8 string pickups.

I really can't contain my excitement for it. It should be done near the beginning of August. I'll be sure to make a really nice NGD for it with a review and clips of the new pickups.

 

[that short guy]

Well I might as well post my specs for my upcoming DC800 build since I'm so excited to get it.

Flamed Koa top with matching flamed Koa headstock
5 piece maple neck
Swamp ash wings
"Streaky" Ebony fretboard
All black hardware with black logo
And finally the brand new passive Carvin 8 string pickups.

I really can't contain my excitement for it. It should be done near the beginning of August. I'll be sure to make a really nice NGD for it with a review and clips of the new pickups.

I approve of this... you can look at the picture in my signature and you'll understand why lol

 

[Tommy]

I approve of this... you can look at the picture in my signature and you'll understand why lol

Yeah man, I've seen your thread about yours. It turned out amazing looking. I hope mine turns out just as nice. Of course mine won't "pop" as much as yours but that's because I'm going with a all tung oil finish. I want it to be an extremely beautiful guitar but in a subdued natural way.

Also, your clip involving the Holydivers sounds immense. That might be an option down the road depending how much I enjoy the passive Carvin pickups.

 

[MrHelloGuitar]

For anyone wanting an HH, I highly recommend them. The one thing that I love about them is how consistent the action is across the board. There's no such thing as playing fatigue on this bad boy. Video for proof:

 

[that short guy]

Yeah man, I've seen your thread about yours. It turned out amazing looking. I hope mine turns out just as nice. Of course mine won't "pop" as much as yours but that's because I'm going with a all tung oil finish. I want it to be an extremely beautiful guitar but in a subdued natural way.

Also, your clip involving the Holydivers sounds immense. That might be an option down the road depending how much I enjoy the passive Carvin pickups.

I like the way you described that. Makes think I'm going to be stalking your post until I see the ngd

But as far as the holydivers go, they're amazing but I've been recently coverting all my guitars to the emg 57/66 set. I haven't done it to the Carvin yet but when I do you can believe I'm gonna pay a comparison.

 

[pushpull7]

Well my ct424 has been 4 months in the making and is not close to being ready anytime now

Then again it has some one-off option, so that's fine.

Apparently the general wait time is back to ~2 months

Ah. That is a patient man!

 

[Tommy]

I like the way you described that. Makes think I'm going to be stalking your post until I see the ngd

But as far as the holydivers go, they're amazing but I've been recently coverting all my guitars to the emg 57/66 set. I haven't done it to the Carvin yet but when I do you can believe I'm gonna pay a comparison.

You'll definitely have to post your opinion on the 57/66 set. I really do want to try them out eventually. I'd love see what you think between the two.

 

[JustinG60]

What is the wait right now?

my only semi one off option was a paint request to make sure it was done how i wanted it. they told me 9-10 weeks. 9 is average they advised but expect a little longer of a wait because the number of guitars they have being built

 

[zilla]

questions about the HH2:

if you have the non-trem version, how easy is it to switch tunings? I have 0 experience with these types of bridges. is the trem version like a steinberger trans-trem?

also, what does the 20" radius fingerboard feel like? I don't think that i've ever played anything that flat.

 

[Tyler]

They told me 8-9 weeks, but I got an invoice the other day saying it wont be done until September now, which is around 11 weeks.

 

[jerm]

I ordered June 5th/6th. I got a card in the mail saying Aug 8th it should be completed. That's 9 weeks

 

[MrHelloGuitar]

questions about the HH2:

if you have the non-trem version, how easy is it to switch tunings? I have 0 experience with these types of bridges. is the trem version like a steinberger trans-trem?

also, what does the 20" radius fingerboard feel like? I don't think that i've ever played anything that flat.

I have the trem version, but I don't use it a lot (I just like having the option). I'd imagine it'd be really easy to change tunings on the fixed bridge model. I have the bridge in fixed mode right now and haven't had any problems switching back and forth from E standard to dropped D.

 

[zilla]

you can lock out the trem? \m/

 

[Tyler]

I ordered June 5th/6th. I got a card in the mail saying Aug 8th it should be completed. That's 9 weeks

Thats strange, I ordered mine around the same day