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[Modern Saint]

Pass....

 

[bsman]

That would be perfect for a Liberace gig...

 

[wok]

It is an assembly of materials that might be beautiful in the presence of other more subtle elements, but I swear the combination is awful! And that leopard look rug or whatever makes it worse!

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[Guitar Heel]

I keep my Thorn strat in the padded case that my Kiesel came in... with the white lettering on the bag carefully blacked out.... as a reminder of what a wasteful, smouldering, non-returnable piece of shit purchase that guitar was, as a reminder to never get swayed by oogly-googly online photos ever again. I have almost made something playable out of that guitar after I replaced the neck, the pickups, the electronics, the bridge, and did some modifications to the body so it isn't a mahogany boat-anchor of a body.

Kiesel can build something for you if you care about how the guitar looks... if you're looking for a resonant, inspiring, musical instrument... shop elsewhere.

You shouldn't hold back so much. It's not healthy.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

I keep my Thorn strat in the padded case that my Kiesel came in... with the white lettering on the bag carefully blacked out.... as a reminder of what a wasteful, smouldering, non-returnable piece of shit purchase that guitar was, as a reminder to never get swayed by oogly-googly online photos ever again. I have almost made something playable out of that guitar after I replaced the neck, the pickups, the electronics, the bridge, and did some modifications to the body so it isn't a mahogany boat-anchor of a body.

Kiesel can build something for you if you care about how the guitar looks... if you're looking for a resonant, inspiring, musical instrument... shop elsewhere.

I feel the same way about Gibson.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

Bear in mind gentle Wieners that this is a built-to-order custom. And she's someone's pride and joy.

This is the downfall of the majority of Carvins. Tasteless customers.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I keep my Thorn strat in the padded case that my Kiesel came in... with the white lettering on the bag carefully blacked out.... as a reminder of what a wasteful, smouldering, non-returnable piece of shit purchase that guitar was, as a reminder to never get swayed by oogly-googly online photos ever again. I have almost made something playable out of that guitar after I replaced the neck, the pickups, the electronics, the bridge, and did some modifications to the body so it isn't a mahogany boat-anchor of a body.

Kiesel can build something for you if you care about how the guitar looks... if you're looking for a resonant, inspiring, musical instrument... shop elsewhere.

I feel the same way about Gibson.

And this is how I ended up with a PRS.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

This is the downfall of the majority of Carvins. Tasteless customers.

Maybe we should do a "Tasteful Carvin" thread? How long do you think it would take to get to a 2nd page?

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Maybe we should do a "Tasteful Carvin" thread? How long do you think it would take to get to a 2nd page?

There's plenty of understated Carvins out there. They're just not what gets attention.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

Maybe we should do a "Tasteful Carvin" thread? How long do you think it would take to get to a 2nd page?

There is only 1 I know of, mine.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

There's plenty of understated Carvins out there. They're just not what gets attention.

I'd love to play one of the Gambale models. Note the extra tasty black hardware @Chad !

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

One of only two known pics of my Carvin. From a music school talent show. I taught the guitarist and bassist, and the drummer was a friend of theirs. Must be 2005.

 

[ellengtrgrl]

Looks like the fret material is the gold EVO frets. Do they look gold to anyone else, or is it just me?

Yeah, but that could also be the lighting. According to the luthier that does the re-fretting of my guitars with EVO Gold frets, they start off gold, but after polishing, they get just as silver colored as regular frets (which surprised my luthier, the first time he did a re-fret for me). The frets on all of my guitars look silver colored, despite being EVO Gold.

As for the Keisel - nah, I'll pass on it.

 

[Flatspotter]

It's the guitar equivalent of a car that was the victim of a tuner boy with a credit card and a JC Whitney catalog.

 

[JC777]

The best Carvin that I ever played was a bolt kit. It was weedily wet dream.

 

[DFB]

The best Carvin that I ever played was a bolt kit. It was weedily wet dream.

I had a bolt kit too.
Great guitar.
I gifted it to my cousin in Ireland.

 

[reverend1]

So that what happen when you combine a pool of vomit and oil slicks.

 

[el diablo]

I'd love to play one of the Gambale models. Note the extra tasty black hardware @Chad !

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On a totally related , and totally look at me self serving side note, I have played many of Frank's geetars in his Palm Springs CA home. Yes, he was home at the time.

 

[Lerxst]

Bear in mind gentle Wieners that this is a built-to-order custom. And she's someone's pride and joy.

Im sure he or she is crushed we hate it and decided to sacrifice it in the name of good taste to a bonfire

 

[Hubert Stumblin]

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