I get the humour, and maybe ive just been lucky or really careful. But ive owned a hand full of Les Pauls, and at least 10 Sg’s and ive not one had an issue with the neck breaking, or any other major issues. I just bought and returned a brand new 61 reissue because it had 9 cracks in the finish, out of the box. But that’s the worst I’ve seen.
@@Podcastforthewin Literally at a filming gig... everyone left their guitars and equipment sitting in the studio. The nextg morning my boss' les paul headstock is literally dangling by the strings it had. Maybe a ghost broke the headstock but that was insane.🤣
I've been playing a lot of Carvin basses for almost four decades. Bought my first Carvin LB40F fretless from their store in Hollywood in 1987. I have a Kiesel Osiris five string fretless bass with the hard as nails fingerboard. Sometime you don't ask why, you just enjoy them.
Thanks Jeff for doing these videos. I own 4 Kiesel guitars and 2 had two others when they were called Carvin. I've also owned the Carvin V3m Amp head and a solid-state SX200 combo amp. I have never had one issue with the guitars or the amps - and they have always stood out amongst the standard ones on stage. I visited the showroom about 20 times and their customer service and knowledge is incredible.... far beyond what you typically expect at your local guitar store. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks Kiesel/Carvin for your excellent products. Rock On!
Finally got fed up with quality problems with all my guitars and ordered a Kiesel. They seem like they are a step above most guitars that are out there.
The 7-piece neck on my KM7 is so stable it defies the laws of physics, when I put on a new set of strings I've gone 3 months without even tuning a single string.
Wow man. Thank you for your time and attention to educate us. I have a fond respect for Kiesel Guitars simply because you make these videos. Well done.
Jeff! You guys make beautiful Guitars! I hope one day I can afford to buy one! I know that you have a lot of options for different types of bridges and what not, I was wondering if in the future you will consider also adding the Schaller roller saddle Hardtail to your options. I have 2 guitars with the Hipshot amd it’s a great bridge, but I also have one with the Schaller and it’s even better, Plus I like the fact that the strings don’t have to go through the body.
Really great video on Kiesel's dedication to tuning and overall stability of the neck. On stage or in the studio, this attention to innovation and detail really makes a difference.
Purchased my first CT-6 in 2005....have NEVER had to adjust my neck! That guitar has been put through the wringer....still plays as great as the day i got it👍👍
Next time you find an animal on a glue trap, squirt some rubbing alcohol on the trap and it will deactivate the glue and they can just walk off after a few minutes without having to worry about their legs breaking from trying to escape the glue or trying to pry them off
Wow fist time I’ve heard that about flame maple not being as stable. Make sense my roasted flame maple neck doesn’t seem as stable as my standard maple.
Is it possible to get an older Carvin updated ? Refret electronics cleaned new locking tuners Carvin contour 66 2010 model ,can’t find anyone that knows about the PCB board the coil taps and fishman powerbridge .
I have an old (88) V220 and a newer JB200C and they're both fantastic guitars that I can't ever see myself selling. I've had the V220 for 34 years. I've got other brands, other US made guitars, and a couple Japanese Ibanez ('88 JEM and RG). I may actually love a couple of them as much as my V220 and JB, but there are none of others that I love more. One of these days I'm going to get a new Hyperdrive or V220. Good video, great guitars.
It's a stable neck system. I'm impressed . Serious utility. I like you using the term "bonding agent" . Very pleased with my Kiesel... my turnaround time was slightly under the estimate . 18 weeks or something. No problems with fulfillment at all.
I'm a yamaha fan but I'm looking at getting a cc275. I'm going to support kiesel because they are a great company that's honest. I don't think a normal person who isn't skilled would spend 2k for a guitar, but I fell they quality warrents the price.
I've had a lot of carvin and kiesel guitars, they are the best sounding and workmanship guitars in the world that I've ever owned, thank you dude.🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶💥💥💥
So, the thermotreating/kiln process is done by default on all neck woods? And this is entirely different from the torrification process used to created “roasted maple”?
Quarter sawn is good if your gonna use the neck for a baseball bat,Fender have been useing flat sawn sense the start .It was good enough for Hindrix,Clapton, S.R .V. Ive used lots of necks .I do believe Warmoth Has them all beat on feel and price and Quality,Very little dressing needs to be done.
When did keisel start the carbon rods in the necks? I have a 2013 DC 127 and the neck is just solid, it's never moved after I adjusted it to taste. It has to be said I own several custom shop Gibson fender charvel etc and the build quality and fret work of the carvin stands out. If I wasn't in the UK I would own more.
I buy flat sawn kiln dried jatoba, wenge, and figured maple from a local supplier for my necks. I rip the blanks lengthwise into three pieces, flip each piece 90°, and then glue them back together to make an engineered quartersawn blank. I also use cabon fiber rods and two-way truss rods. My necks do not move. I use a flat headstock, like Fender uses. I'm not opposed to tilt-back headstocks, but in my opinion, unless a scarf joint is used, there is too much waste wood produced by using a blank that is thick enough to accommodate the depth a tilt-back requires. Ironically, Gibson used 3 and 5-piece maple necks in the 70s (with a volute), and those necks of theirs in particular are their strongest and least break prone.
Considering a five-string headless Kiesel bass. Stock, these instruments come with a quarter sawn maple neck with two carbon rods. Sounds pretty darn stable to me. My question is does it make sense, in addition, to get a roasted maple neck? Now if you're just going for aesthetic because roasted maple has a pretty cool look, then go for it. But in my case this is strictly for set it and forget it neck stability. And if that's the case, is ordering a roasted maple neck in addition to what the stock neck already comes with, complete overkill? Anyone? Thanks!
Dude carvin is great brand and so is kiesel.The price of these guitars that you guys had and especially how your your father ran the company made these damn things affordable through years and years of inflation price of living it's still kept them at a sweet moderate price now these guitars or being sold at to higher price and you're raising the prices again and you're taking away from that section of humans that don't live at home and still live with their parents and work and able to afford a 2500 on guitar .The brand was for a hard-working man they wanted to USA guitar for you know 895 probably 1200 which I got my DC 125 for hell it'd probably be $2,200 now and it's the same old stuff but you're not catering to the average person now. man pretty soon these guitars are going to be so high-end exxpensive only your artist are going to make out cuz the deals that they get.
Come on dude use some common sense. The rods are their for rigidity. A long rod of any material is less rigid that's why they don't even go close at all to the ends of the neck.
I work at Ecovantage. We do thermally modified lumber. I personally hand stack and process the guitar wood for Ernie Ball, fender, and several other manufacturers who buy through American Specialty hardwoods.
Can I still buy a threw neck blank like u guys sold when you dudes went by Carvin. I bought I think 3 of them and they made a bad ass foundation to build from.
You had me sold after the first lefty I seen sometimes after almost fading away beauty makes you feel confident enough to go for a gig or jam at even church but it's gonna have inspire my whole Album almost completely Instrumental guitar and probably 3 Original written and sung songs after feeling well it's my time to get a album on Spotify and all other platforms I'm in a area were I'm gonna have to start at church trying to find players of bass and drums and even put out ads my town has 5 to 8 hundred people congratulations on all the beautiful progress 😎💯✌️❤️
Thanks for valuable information man. I have one question about carbon rods. Im designing and buidling semi hollow neck through 6 string guitar. For neck, I have one piece of perfectly quarter sawn european maple (not flame maple). Neck will with 12 inch radius and pretty standart neck thickness, I would say 21mm at 1th fret and 22mm at 12th fret. Do I need to use carbon reinforcement or not? Or its just more of preference in this case? Im asking because of that neck through design... thanks very much for answer.
Hey so I just have one question. I am going to dye my fingerboard green. Only thing I need to know is what you used/use to finish it. Some people say shellac some say other products like Odie's oil, Osmo's and ect. But your looks so good I just figured Id ask. Im just building for me. Just think regular colored necks are bland. If you could help me that would be awesome
Just ordered an 8 string Aries with walnut body, hearing Jeff say he'd steer people away from that has me a bit worried. I feel like I maybe pulled the trigger to early, didn't even realize the K series existed and the pointier horns look way more brutal than the Aries. Ordered an almost 4k guitar, so the extra money for K wouldn't have been an issue. Well, you live and learn I guess.
Holy hell man, thank you so much for educating me on this, this makes me appreciate your work that much more, i have actually contemplated buying a fretless vader, unfortunately im in canada so id have to get someone from the US to foot the bill
OMFG... the weasel story had me rolling. Yeah, you don't wanna mess with weasels. Keep in mind that Wolverines and Honey Badgers are part of the weasel family. :)
Im looking for the live recording for this week. Its not up.... i have to be at work when the live is on so the recording allows me to still watch it afterwards. But its not up. Is there a problem?
Am I the only one that's confused by 25:46? if roasted maple is more stable than regular maple, then wouldn't roasted maple be safer having a slim neck than an un-roasted would? not trying to be a smart-ass, i just genuinely don't get it.
Although I believe there are two reinforcement rods in each neck, why am I able to bend the neck so easily with my hands? I love my kiesel and have another being built but it’s something I’ve wondered about.
@@chopholtz4950 I guess the reason I’m asking is cause Jeff can’t even bend on rod with his bare hands, I would imagine two rods would be impossible lol
this darn custom tool wont let me put a floyd rose on 7 string and a sustainiac pickup. I keep trying every day for weeks and it still doesnt work, damnit... why
@@monitorlizard9971 I'm not sure what other features you are looking for, but you might want to check out the Schecter KM-7 FR S Keith Merrow Signature 7-String. it has the sustaniac and a floyd rose on a 7 string guitar.
@@naneek2 i looked at a lot of schecters and that one also. They actually have a lot of sustainiac models with their version of the floyd rose. A while back, i almost bought one of these schecters but had a hard time deciding which one and then decided I didnt want it. They have some really cool models with awesome specs but i decided to wait for ibanez to release a sustainiac 7 string because i just like their japanese models for their necks playability and the 2 different ibanez only floyds on their high ends play like butter. I would have settled for an original floyd rose if and only if kiesel would release a sustainiac 7 with a few other specs options but it doesnt look like they will.
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Gibson necks do not use a glued on headstock. Ironically, they would break less if they did.
he must of meant epiphone.
I get the humour, and maybe ive just been lucky or really careful. But ive owned a hand full of Les Pauls, and at least 10 Sg’s and ive not one had an issue with the neck breaking, or any other major issues. I just bought and returned a brand new 61 reissue because it had 9 cracks in the finish, out of the box. But that’s the worst I’ve seen.
@@Podcastforthewin Literally at a filming gig... everyone left their guitars and equipment sitting in the studio. The nextg morning my boss' les paul headstock is literally dangling by the strings it had.
Maybe a ghost broke the headstock but that was insane.🤣
Loved the weasel story. Had quite the chuckle over that one.
Awesome of you to put in so much effort to get it free !
I've been playing a lot of Carvin basses for almost four decades.
Bought my first Carvin LB40F fretless from their store in Hollywood in 1987.
I have a Kiesel Osiris five string fretless bass with the hard as nails fingerboard.
Sometime you don't ask why, you just enjoy them.
Thanks Jeff for doing these videos. I own 4 Kiesel guitars and 2 had two others when they were called Carvin. I've also owned the Carvin V3m Amp head and a solid-state SX200 combo amp. I have never had one issue with the guitars or the amps - and they have always stood out amongst the standard ones on stage. I visited the showroom about 20 times and their customer service and knowledge is incredible.... far beyond what you typically expect at your local guitar store. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks Kiesel/Carvin for your excellent products. Rock On!
Finally got fed up with quality problems with all my guitars and ordered a Kiesel. They seem like they are a step above most guitars that are out there.
This was great. I like it when you show what you are talking about. I'm fascinated by how you do finishes as well.
The 7-piece neck on my KM7 is so stable it defies the laws of physics, when I put on a new set of strings I've gone 3 months without even tuning a single string.
I just put in my 2nd build last night. Went with the Hyperdrive. Now the hard part…the waiting.
Jeff this video actually helped me decide to build my third Kiesel bass which will be a fretless bass thank you for your time to do this video. 🗨️🤓👍
Wow man. Thank you for your time and attention to educate us. I have a fond respect for Kiesel Guitars simply because you make these videos. Well done.
Great vid. Education is everything. Can't wait for my build to be ready.
Damn dude Kiesel has gone so far! I don’t care what kind of hate Jeff has gotten. The dude has put in ridiculous amounts of work!
This was great, and I learned a lot about guitars and the company.
I have a DC 150 ,bought in 1979 like new ,still awesome....
Killer video. The shop walk through and these explainer videos are awesome. Thanks Jeff
My two are from 2011 and 2012 and the necks are super solid. It is very rare to need any relief adjustments.
Jeff! You guys make beautiful Guitars! I hope one day I can afford to buy one! I know that you have a lot of options for different types of bridges and what not, I was wondering if in the future you will consider also adding the Schaller roller saddle Hardtail to your options. I have 2 guitars with the Hipshot amd it’s a great bridge, but I also have one with the Schaller and it’s even better, Plus I like the fact that the strings don’t have to go through the body.
Really great video on Kiesel's dedication to tuning and overall stability of the neck. On stage or in the studio, this attention to innovation and detail really makes a difference.
Thanks for a great, informative video from a great American guitar company!
Purchased my first CT-6 in 2005....have NEVER had to adjust my neck! That guitar has been put through the wringer....still plays as great as the day i got it👍👍
Hey guys great Q+A.
Ill be ordering a custom bass from you guys! A 7 string zeus with a purpleheart fretboard. Amazing. Your competition cant compare
I liked hearing about the necks the weight of walnut wood and just how in tailed you build your guitars maybe you build me one!
12:52 amazing
hey man next Q&A have the dude telling the questions have a mic so we can hear him better, thanks bud
I want to get a Kiesel so bad but they are to pricey for the specs I would like to have on it
Please make video about chambering a bass.
Next time you find an animal on a glue trap, squirt some rubbing alcohol on the trap and it will deactivate the glue and they can just walk off after a few minutes without having to worry about their legs breaking from trying to escape the glue or trying to pry them off
Wow fist time I’ve heard that about flame maple not being as stable. Make sense my roasted flame maple neck doesn’t seem as stable as my standard maple.
Thanks for the feedback lol
Love the extra education!
I want the best good job I have a dc600 great no issues you rock kiesel
Love this
Is it possible to get an older Carvin updated ? Refret electronics cleaned new locking tuners Carvin contour 66 2010 model ,can’t find anyone that knows about the PCB board the coil taps and fishman powerbridge .
How much thinner is the thinner neck profile on an Osiris 6 in mm?
Kiesel make american guitar great again .
Can I have a Zeus 6 but with a 10 inch radius neck?
Why people buy fender and Gibson, the kiesel quality is superior in every sense, colors, woods etc...
Well, thats why I can't bend the neck on my Kiesel like Jake E. Lee does with his Charvel. :)
I never bought a Kiesel because I’m into thicker necks. Do you offer that option?
Yes, they do on their website or ask their customer service by phone
Yeah I saw that they started offering a thicker neck option.
Now try to improve your lousy customer service LOL
I have an old (88) V220 and a newer JB200C and they're both fantastic guitars that I can't ever see myself selling. I've had the V220 for 34 years. I've got other brands, other US made guitars, and a couple Japanese Ibanez ('88 JEM and RG). I may actually love a couple of them as much as my V220 and JB, but there are none of others that I love more. One of these days I'm going to get a new Hyperdrive or V220. Good video, great guitars.
It's great how they make therse videos for customers. I've purchased a Kiesel and it's in the build process. Can't wait to get it!
It's a stable neck system. I'm impressed . Serious utility. I like you using the term "bonding agent" . Very pleased with my Kiesel... my turnaround time was slightly under the estimate . 18 weeks or something. No problems with fulfillment at all.
Thanks for explaining the neck build process. I’d love to see similar videos on other build steps.
I'm a yamaha fan but I'm looking at getting a cc275. I'm going to support kiesel because they are a great company that's honest. I don't think a normal person who isn't skilled would spend 2k for a guitar, but I fell they quality warrents the price.
I've had a lot of carvin and kiesel guitars, they are the best sounding and workmanship guitars in the world that I've ever owned, thank you dude.🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶💥💥💥
One of My favorite guitars in my collection is my carvin DC 400 with the fishman power bridge. What a great guitar.
I have 3 Kiesel basses - I (sometime) have to tune them before a gig begins - they stay in tune no matter how hard the gig is. Really great.
Testament to the tuners nuts and bridges!
@@carlchameleon9847 Well last week I had to tune again... again again again every season of year... Four times of hard work every single year...
My Vader is amazing but its neck is more than amazing, it's literally perfect. it's the easiest, most comfortable guitar I've played.
So, the thermotreating/kiln process is done by default on all neck woods? And this is entirely different from the torrification process used to created “roasted maple”?
Quarter sawn is good if your gonna use the neck for a baseball bat,Fender have been useing flat sawn sense the start .It was good enough for Hindrix,Clapton, S.R .V. Ive used lots of necks .I do believe Warmoth Has them all beat on feel and price and Quality,Very little dressing needs to be done.
When did keisel start the carbon rods in the necks? I have a 2013 DC 127 and the neck is just solid, it's never moved after I adjusted it to taste. It has to be said I own several custom shop Gibson fender charvel etc and the build quality and fret work of the carvin stands out. If I wasn't in the UK I would own more.
so you guys make your own guitars right here in America?
I buy flat sawn kiln dried jatoba, wenge, and figured maple from a local supplier for my necks. I rip the blanks lengthwise into three pieces, flip each piece 90°, and then glue them back together to make an engineered quartersawn blank.
I also use cabon fiber rods and two-way truss rods. My necks do not move.
I use a flat headstock, like Fender uses. I'm not opposed to tilt-back headstocks, but in my opinion, unless a scarf joint is used, there is too much waste wood produced by using a blank that is thick enough to accommodate the depth a tilt-back requires.
Ironically, Gibson used 3 and 5-piece maple necks in the 70s (with a volute), and those necks of theirs in particular are their strongest and least break prone.
Considering a five-string headless Kiesel bass. Stock, these instruments come with a quarter sawn maple neck with two carbon rods. Sounds pretty darn stable to me. My question is does it make sense, in addition, to get a roasted maple neck? Now if you're just going for aesthetic because roasted maple has a pretty cool look, then go for it. But in my case this is strictly for set it and forget it neck stability. And if that's the case, is ordering a roasted maple neck in addition to what the stock neck already comes with, complete overkill? Anyone? Thanks!
Simply the best guitar 🤟🏼
To be fair, your necks were still pretty great before. I have a c66 from 2016. I've never had to make a truss rod adjustment.
A gibson neck isn't two pieces. It's cut the same way you do it FYI.
Where's Kiesel at Namm 2022!?
Unplayable necks for me. Sent my Kiesel back after two weeks. Felt like fighting the guitar. Not for me
Pickup direct mount vs pick up ring can you talk about that?
Dude carvin is great brand and so is kiesel.The price of these guitars that you guys had and especially how your your father ran the company made these damn things affordable through years and years of inflation price of living it's still kept them at a sweet moderate price now these guitars or being sold at to higher price and you're raising the prices again and you're taking away from that section of humans that don't live at home and still live with their parents and work and able to afford a 2500 on guitar .The brand was for a hard-working man they wanted to USA guitar for you know 895 probably 1200 which I got my DC 125 for hell it'd probably be $2,200 now and it's the same old stuff but you're not catering to the average person now. man pretty soon these guitars are going to be so high-end exxpensive only your artist are going to make out cuz the deals that they get.
thats how the marked works man, offert and demand.
Loved this. I like the live Q&A format, but this is awesome.
on a vader neck through construction how far do the carbon fiber rods go? all the way to the bridge or do they stop at the 24th fret?
Come on dude use some common sense. The rods are their for rigidity. A long rod of any material is less rigid that's why they don't even go close at all to the ends of the neck.
Great video, love the insight to what goes into making these guitars I keep buying 😀
I work at Ecovantage. We do thermally modified lumber. I personally hand stack and process the guitar wood for Ernie Ball, fender, and several other manufacturers who buy through American Specialty hardwoods.
Can I still buy a threw neck blank like u guys sold when you dudes went by Carvin. I bought I think 3 of them and they made a bad ass foundation to build from.
No
You had me sold after the first lefty I seen sometimes after almost fading away beauty makes you feel confident enough to go for a gig or jam at even church but it's gonna have inspire my whole Album almost completely Instrumental guitar and probably 3 Original written and sung songs after feeling well it's my time to get a album on Spotify and all other platforms I'm in a area were I'm gonna have to start at church trying to find players of bass and drums and even put out ads my town has 5 to 8 hundred people congratulations on all the beautiful progress 😎💯✌️❤️
Appreciate the different format!
Excellent ~ I can't wait☆
Really great video....I have a custom Aries (I guess they all are, custom.... ;-) ), Really great guitar, love it!
Thanks for valuable information man. I have one question about carbon rods. Im designing and buidling semi hollow neck through 6 string guitar. For neck, I have one piece of perfectly quarter sawn european maple (not flame maple). Neck will with 12 inch radius and pretty standart neck thickness, I would say 21mm at 1th fret and 22mm at 12th fret. Do I need to use carbon reinforcement or not? Or its just more of preference in this case? Im asking because of that neck through design... thanks very much for answer.
Hey so I just have one question. I am going to dye my fingerboard green. Only thing I need to know is what you used/use to finish it. Some people say shellac some say other products like Odie's oil, Osmo's and ect. But your looks so good I just figured Id ask. Im just building for me. Just think regular colored necks are bland. If you could help me that would be awesome
Just ordered an 8 string Aries with walnut body, hearing Jeff say he'd steer people away from that has me a bit worried. I feel like I maybe pulled the trigger to early, didn't even realize the K series existed and the pointier horns look way more brutal than the Aries. Ordered an almost 4k guitar, so the extra money for K wouldn't have been an issue. Well, you live and learn I guess.
Holy hell man, thank you so much for educating me on this, this makes me appreciate your work that much more, i have actually contemplated buying a fretless vader, unfortunately im in canada so id have to get someone from the US to foot the bill
OMFG... the weasel story had me rolling. Yeah, you don't wanna mess with weasels. Keep in mind that Wolverines and Honey Badgers are part of the weasel family. :)
Im looking for the live recording for this week. Its not up.... i have to be at work when the live is on so the recording allows me to still watch it afterwards. But its not up. Is there a problem?
The weasel story sounds like Chevy Chase´s Christmas Vacation, haha!
You think like an American and Japanese company combined. Your company will a great continued success.
@kiesel guitars Does KTB make a difference with the flame maple board?
Am I the only one that's confused by 25:46? if roasted maple is more stable than regular maple, then wouldn't roasted maple be safer having a slim neck than an un-roasted would?
not trying to be a smart-ass, i just genuinely don't get it.
Throwing shade at Gibson...love it
The shape/dimensions, firstly.
Interesting talk and nice guitars!
👍Big like to the educational neck video!
how about a six string P or J bass?
Although I believe there are two reinforcement rods in each neck, why am I able to bend the neck so easily with my hands? I love my kiesel and have another being built but it’s something I’ve wondered about.
@@chopholtz4950 I guess the reason I’m asking is cause Jeff can’t even bend on rod with his bare hands, I would imagine two rods would be impossible lol
@@mattmartinez7135 Neck is longer, more leverage.
Leverage? I don’t imagine
this darn custom tool wont let me put a floyd rose on 7 string and a sustainiac pickup. I keep trying every day for weeks and it still doesnt work, damnit... why
I would call in and talk to a person instead. They're able to figure out a lot of shit for you!
They don't do floyd rose for 7 only on 6.
@@TheStratocaster112 damn well I guess I dont need a guitar then :(
@@monitorlizard9971 I'm not sure what other features you are looking for, but you might want to check out the Schecter KM-7 FR S Keith Merrow Signature 7-String. it has the sustaniac and a floyd rose on a 7 string guitar.
@@naneek2 i looked at a lot of schecters and that one also. They actually have a lot of sustainiac models with their version of the floyd rose. A while back, i almost bought one of these schecters but had a hard time deciding which one and then decided I didnt want it. They have some really cool models with awesome specs but i decided to wait for ibanez to release a sustainiac 7 string because i just like their japanese models for their necks playability and the 2 different ibanez only floyds on their high ends play like butter. I would have settled for an original floyd rose if and only if kiesel would release a sustainiac 7 with a few other specs options but it doesnt look like they will.
Why I play Aristides now, Never an issue, Ever. They make Kiesel look silly, At best.
My Aristides was extremely uncomfortable to play. Excellent instrument but I hated playing it.