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Post by eastmark on May 28, 2015 0:01:02 GMT
Well....do tell. Looks sweet on vid. Any details ?
So how bout a picture Buck.....Heard good things about the sound.
I know its still got that new car smell to it but how are you liking it so far.
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Post by Buck on May 28, 2015 0:55:39 GMT
I'm liking this guitar a lot. It's a Kiesel Vader. Jeff Kiesel is an heir to the original founder of the Carvin company. Recently, he and other members of the family agreed to split the company into two, one being the guitar makers, and the other being the electronics and sound reinforcement makers. So the guitars are now called Kiesel and the rest remains Carvin. The Kiesel Vader is a headless neck through solid body with chambered wings, passive electronics and bridge/tuner hardware made by Hipshot. It's tuned from the bottom like Steinbergers, but takes regular strings fastend at the head end with setscrews. There's two Kiesel humbuckers with splits for single coil use. The Vader neck width is a bit wider than I'm used to, on 'bergers or Gibsons, but I'm quickly getting used to playing it. Jeff K. tells me it's what his customers largely ask for in a neck dimension. The construction, finishes and materials on the guitar are top notch. The guitar sounds very sweet, I suppose because of the wood, the chambered body, the passive pickups. It really does have a different headless personality from the Steinberger. I'm playing both of them in current BOC shows. The contrast with the Steinberger "Cheeseburger" is complimentary. When I first got the Keisel, I noticed the passive pickups were louder than the active Steinberger EMG's. I opened the hatch on the 'berger, and adjusted a trim pot inside, and equalized the outputs. The Cheeseburger is a now to my ear a new ax, and they're both sounding great, unique and showing their own personalities. If anyone is planning to see BOC in the future, you'll hear what I'm talking about. I'm very happy to have discovered and obtained a Keisel Vader. Here's a picture of the Vader when I got it. I'm looking to get some good live shots of me with it. If anyone here has one, I'd like to see it!  |
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Post by eastmark on May 28, 2015 1:30:15 GMT
Thats one beautiful guitar.
By the time we see you in NH end of June Im sure there will be some good live pics around. If not I will get a few.
Enjoy. Exciting to hear about the tweak on the Berger too ! Great stuff.
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Post by warrior21 on May 28, 2015 1:57:02 GMT
I read on the Internet that the Vader is the perfect guitar to play "Subhuman" on. Hey, I'm just passing that along. But since it was on the Internet, it must be true!
:-)
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Post by Marina on May 28, 2015 2:49:31 GMT
I've heard people saying they can hear the difference live too. I guess I'll find out for myself in August. My father has a quilted maple Carvin DC400A and although it looks and sounds beautiful, I wouldn't be able to do much with it myself since I'm left handed (and a novice player on top of that). Not too many photos floating around yet, but I found this one on the bocfans forum. I hope the photographer doesn't mind me sharing it here.  |
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Post by tom on May 28, 2015 9:12:04 GMT
Are you going to bring it to the UK in July or just take the "CHEESEBURGER"?
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Post by agent on May 28, 2015 11:14:50 GMT
Can't wait to hear and see it on June 12th at Grand Prairie, TX.
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Post by duckbarman on May 28, 2015 13:38:00 GMT
Wasn't Kiesel Vader in the last series of Game of Thrones?
BTW: looking at that photo above, I can't help thinking that all that's missing from Richie's "Green Goblin" is a set of tasteful flashing strobe inlays on the fretboard...
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Post by GtrM8kr on May 28, 2015 21:07:01 GMT
Quite nice!
A little more than three years left for me at doing guitars on any full time basis. Then I can give my lungs and various pieces a needed break. Lots of wear and tear over the last 23 years. Anyway, very nice looking and sounding guitar.
Rock on!
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Post by Parker Dude on May 28, 2015 23:08:28 GMT
If I read this right Buck, they no longer make Carvin guitars?
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Post by Buck on May 29, 2015 9:38:46 GMT
They make them, but the Kiesel name is on them. Still made in San Diego.
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Post by Parker Dude on May 29, 2015 15:43:08 GMT
Thanks, I meant that they no longer put Carvin on their guitars then. I wonder if my Carvin guitar is collectible now.  |
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Post by edosaurus on May 30, 2015 12:48:49 GMT
Was at the show last night in Springfield, and had a blast as usual; my 40th anniversary this year of my first BOC show. New guitar sounded sweet Buck, loved the tone and solo during LDOM. Way too short of a show, but Kansas was fun. You guys sounded really good from the start in that boombox of a room. Kansas suffered in the beginning of their set but dialed it in after a few songs in and put on a nice show.
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Post by duckbarman on May 30, 2015 16:37:57 GMT
Ed - did you make a note of the setlist, by any chance...?
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Post by edosaurus on May 31, 2015 1:21:36 GMT
Here you go Ralph
TR&TB
GAOL
Burnin4U
LDOM
COE
Zilla
DFTR
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