the brass inserts and copper lining in the electronics housing is genius. i wish all companies did that. really good attention to detail.

@VicSellsPeace

3 жыл бұрын

It's kind of a standard mod that most people do when they want to eliminate electronic issues in the housing. Guitars above 1K should honestly all have that

Jeff just killed that tour, the man knows his job really well, awesome tour

@javierherrera8782

4 жыл бұрын

And today, Jeff is killed by his OWN VOICE hahahha

@babyyoda2190

3 жыл бұрын

@@javierherrera8782 true lol

Such a well-spoken representative of his company, you can tell he cares a lot!

@MitchBakerMusic

9 жыл бұрын

***** Tell that to Peavey ;)

@drmoshie

9 жыл бұрын

Mitch Baker yeah, he's really good. Likeable and knows what he's talking about. You can tell there's a lot of thought that has gone into their process

@RootsRockRebel

7 жыл бұрын

I didn't like how he went out of his way to try to bash other companies though, big and small. I get that it's a competitive marketplace but let your product speak for itself, if it can.

@drkaplin98

6 жыл бұрын

If his way is superior, it's not bashing, just informing. I can tell you by experience, their instruments are immaculate and the best quality for price- bar none.

@fekkyb

6 жыл бұрын

RootsRockRebel * Totally agree. That is so low class! * Also pulled the guitar out of Employee's hand while he was sanding Semi Hollow body. RUDE! *

Jeebus...I used to be a huge Carvin fan, then I moved to Fender Telecasters....but now I'm salivating over these new Kiesel guitars.....

That was an absolute stellar presentation of how a guitar should be built. Well spoken and knew every aspect down to pole pieces. Jeff represents his company with absolute attention to detail. Great job! Great guitars! Great company! I have four Carvins and every one of them is pristine to play.

Funny enough yesterday I ordered a guitar through Kisel with an unlisted color and the salesman said it would take extra weeks because Jeff would have to do it. And now I know who Jeff is. This is some great stuff

Plek is not a substitute for leveling a fingerboard before fretting. After the fingerboard is properly leveled, you fret and then level the frets with or without a Plek. The Plek is the same comparison as Jeff uses here which I agree with when he talks about CNC. If you want that accuracy in other aspects of the build, why not in the leveling of the frets while the neck is under string tension. A Plek is simply a CMM, software and a CNC based fret leveler. To use it as a Bandaide would be wrong but the majority of Plek users don't use it that way.

Jeff Kiesel is a awesome person to have a conversation with in person. I met him last week and he brought out a few Vaders to check out and we were blown away with the look and sound of the instruments. Nothing to compare them to in the market. Got a chance to play the first 8 string Vader ever made while there, amazing experience totally worth the money. Can't wait to see what my Custom Vanquish 6 string Bass looks like in person. #customshoppride

He is wrong about the Plek machines. It's fine to make sure the fretboard is perfect before pressing in frets (which I think any manufacturer would do), but it's the unpredictable way the neck will move when under string tension that you can't plan into the fretboard. That is what Plek does - it takes readings of the neck with strings installed and tuned to pitch, then without strings on, and factors in any changes between the two when dressing the frets.

@Terrysoddy

4 жыл бұрын

George Tsikouras yea I think your right ,I would rather have one plek,d

I really give credit to companies like Carvin,Suhr,PRS,Vigier,MusicMan because they're run by people who are instrument builders and care about making quality products.Sure,they are also businessmen and wanna make profit,but just compare this video with the factory tour of Gibson,on the PremierGuitar channel and you will see what I mean.Plus,their instruments are really reasonable priced,even with the VAT taxes & shipping,a custom made Carvin will cost me far less then a similar instrument,of one of the aforementioned companies.

@mqbitsko25

8 жыл бұрын

+greekfreak1980 That depends on the PRS. It looks to me like these guys don't have a "cheaper" line. They just have different levels of "fancy", but they're all made to the same standards with the same quality materials. A "cheap" PRS is a pretty good guitar, but there is a distinct difference between the cheap ones and the good ones.

@greekfreak1980

8 жыл бұрын

+Mickey Bitsko Nothing against PRS,I own a second hand US Cu24 and a SE Tremonti Custom,both great.BUT,they're charging you an absurd amount of money for options that Carvin offers as standard.Not to mention they don't do some options,unless you're endorsed by them or a famous rockstar.For example,try to get a Cu 24 7-string,with OFR,stainless steel jumbo frets and burl maple top with a finish like the one in my avatar pic.You got a 50% change they will say no and even if they agree,they will charge you a fortune.Kiesel/Carvin offers a CT7 with these options as standard and for a much reasonable price.

I love to see someone that truly loves their job and is so excited to do it well. Jeff has just awesome integrity and is passionate and a perfectionist about the whole process. Really nice to see people like this out there. Really enjoyed this thanks for posting I've wanted a Carvin for years!

I really really respect what these guys are doing, and it's great to see such a quality made instrument. I know some people are turned off by Jeff's strong wording about some things, or want to pick apart what he's saying - but he is passionate and genuinely cares about what he's making. I most def respect the guy. Best of luck to Kiesel in the future.

very very impressive factory tour, this excellent presentation has put usa carvin on my radar !

Those are some special guitars you have shown us. Thank you for such an in depth view. And the individuals who shine by their craftmanship. Bless you all....

I absolutely love my Kiesel! The attention to detail these guys put in is incredible!

I've actually been watching factory tours lately and I've gotta say that this is one is my favorite. Having Jeff himself on the tour and explaining everything says a lot about the company. I only heard about Carvin last year after stumbling across the band Rivers of Nihil and I've gotta say, since looking into Carvin more I'm aching for one. I'm hoping to be able to put in an order for one day cause these are beautiful, and you can tell that a lot of love, care, and attention go into these guitars.

Thank you for taking the time to show us your factory. Cheers from the UK

Beautiful guitars and great summarization of the process each guitar goes through! Awesome!

Wow, what an amazing tour! I didn't know you folks were in San Diego. I'm very impressed by your commitment to quality. I'm going to definitely look into playing/buying one of your guitars. Thanks again.

So cool to see a company like this...still going on in the US...Makes me love my PB 5 even more..keep up the good work..and...add some vintagey bass colors!

Very cool! I have a bass on order and look forward to seeing the quality product that comes out of this factory.

i had a carvin custom built V220T made about 30 years ago.. bloody beautiful axe.. still got it today.. have no plans on selling it either.. one of my favs.. CARVIN rocks!!

Yeah, that AC375 is a stunner! Thanks for doing this video. Never knew Kiesel/Carvin guitars were such high quality builds. Now looking forward to owning a Ultra V.

Jeff seems like such an approachable chill dude, I'd love to check out the factory one day 🙏🏼 great video!

That was really interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Amazing! I'm loving this company even more . Can't wait to order my first guitar from them.

THANKS for good CAMERA work :)

19:35 That guy Jeff wears a Los Pollos Hermanos hoodie :)

I have a Kiesel custom shop Dc7x with a spalted maple top. The guitar is absolutely amazing. The quality shows. Very proud to own a guitar by Kiesel guitars

Jeff seems like a cool passionate dude. The right guy to move the company forward. Thanks for the tour!

Cool! I had to send my Carvin back to the factory to be repaired, and Albert was the guy I had to go through. It was great to actually see him, since I talked to him so many times. I usually build my own guitars, but I STILL love Cavin guitars. I have wanted one for so many years and was lucky to find one online from a guy that didn't know what he had. Strung it with giant acoustic strings and bent the neck really bad, fried the electronics and just disrespected it. After I got it and sent it in for repair... It is the top of my stable. Thanks Carvin for the fantastic guitars you build! And thanks also for showing me how to build a better guitar!

Jeff Kiesel, Manny, Albert, Mike, Flock, Chris H & the entire Carvin team just cares about every element of making these guitars! You can see it in this video & hear the passion in Jeff's voice too! 2-perfect builds & a special 3rd one being created right now as we speak. Keep going in this direction Jeff, everything that you're doing is spot on! Thanks & peace! X-Mann \m/

Great video! Always been a fan of Carvin! I miss my 80s X-100B. Sweet sweet carpet covered goodness. I'll be saving my pennies for a Carvin guitar soon.

I have 3 Carvin Custom Guitars ... THANKS Jeff ! The hardest thing is deciding what to get next.

I want to see how they color their fretboards!

@BlakeMullens

9 жыл бұрын

Hank Hill Im sure they use good ol fashion propane.

@TheKierensaysmaybe

9 жыл бұрын

It's a company secret!

@guitaristguy20

8 жыл бұрын

+Kieren Brereton it's no secret... It's called hand staining.

i had a LTD viper 400 that played really well, with the earvana nut and seymour duncan humbuckers in it. like most LTDs though, it was a little dark in the tone department. i drove off to basic in early july with it in my car packed full of stuff, and it sat in the car at Fort Sill Oklahoma from July through October in mostly 110 degree weather, just cooking durring the day, then heat cycling at night to lower 70s. When i got to virginia later on in november, it sounded so goddamn good, i can't even explain it. every note rang like a bell, from the top to the bottom, and i'm pretty sure it did something to the pickups too, because the tone coming out of that LTD sounded so sweet after that. i guess it's like accelerated aging for an instrument, going through crazy heat cycles like that. maybe that's why vintage instruments have such good tone, because they are old as hell and the wood has done been stretched to it's limit and settled in.

well I think I may buy a carvin now

Nice video, enjoyed watching it!

Great shop! Thanks!

So I was watching this video and realized at 13:09 that was my guitar being built last year. How awesome. Jeff touched my guitar lol.

@battletoad1677

8 жыл бұрын

+Lesspaw41 He said in the video that he does most of the finish work, so he touches a majority of the guitars at some point. :)

Disneyland was great but I wanted to take a factory tour and now I got the next best thing! Just amazing! Loved these guys from the time I flipped thru a catalog 25 years ago. CARVIN and now Kiesel are the best! Bring back he LB90 limited run please!

Kiesel guitars are exceptional , they bring out the best of your genius !

What a great tour that was! Great company too (actually both Kiesel & Carvin). I'm sure Jeff's Grandpa would be proud. I've bought 1 guitar from Carvin and some other assorted gear, microphones etc. I sure plan on getting a few more things, like a headless guitar, tube amp, acoustic/electric nylon string guitar and an acoustic amp... and the list goes on... ;)

Great comment about how you are affordable, and in that respect, Carvin has always, at least since I got my first job in 1982, been a fantastic value. My first was a CM130 (single-cutaway solid-body baby). It was just fantastic, and I think back then only about $700.

great video, thanks!

Great video. Some beautiful work they're doing. Some people are saying he's cocky. I think he's just trying to sell his company, and the work they do. He takes a few shots at smaller companies, but he's got to push his ideas as better, he's a salesman. And he seems to know his shit, and he's a great speaker and good representative for the company.

Amazing tour! I want to work for you guys now! I'd start sweeping the floor. With the CNC machines cutting frets can't you leave the end of the board uncut so you don't have to use filler? I want to see the LB 90 return I love that shape! Beautiful guitars! Thanks for the tour.

Never heard of em. I'm in love!

Had 5 Carvins. Awesome.

I think I'm sold.

Just ordered a CT6 because of Tone Kings walk through video. I think you should give him commission!

Fucking awesome. I would drop everything to go to San Diego and be apprenticed by this guy.

So that's what the elves are reaallly building at the North Pole...

I really want my next guitar(s) to be from these guys!

That guitar at 21:30 was amazing, i really like this operation.

Holy shit. Those NAMM guitars are sick!

Wow, love it Man! Need a few axes like that! Ahaha

I'm not versed on Carvin's history, but it seems Jeff has brought the "gotta have it" factor that was always missing when I was growing up (80's - 90's). The "Kiesel" branding and great newer body and headstock designs, for instance. Also, the direct sales / custom build business model is now more relevant and viable than ever with KZread and social media word-of-mouth. I see more and more quality US made products sold this way. Nice.

I wish you had factory here in Jacksonville, FL. There are lots of possibilities re: inexpensive space for creating a second world-class space. Inexpensive real estate, tax options, world-wide shipping opportunities, and a friendly business atmosphere.

@tasteegold7772

7 жыл бұрын

daytona beach here..yeah and there'd certainly be no shortage of SWAMP ASH wood ;P

T\I think this is the best factory walk-through I've ever seen.

I think I was making the same face when he pulled that custom Accoustic/elec with inlayed body out of the rack.

that double sided quilt guitar is fappable, its gone beyond being a guitar

@davydoomz

9 жыл бұрын

I agree, I came when I saw it

Beautiful guitars

3:26 A hair is 0.003" diameter, so if that CNC had a tolerance of 0.0001, "which it doesn't" you'd have to split that hair into 30 pieces, not 4, but it doesn't matter because the heat generated by that ball mill's friction will cause the wood to expand a couple thousandths anyway.

I guess the archtop (spruce) guitars that are on the low end may be flat with a duplicarver, but I can't imagine that the better arch tops that are hand made aren't hand relieved on the back to relatively even thickness (just like a violin would be).

These guys make the most amazing guitars. I should know, I own five of 'em!

@Ninaman598

9 жыл бұрын

Love your reviews/unboxings! Got any on the way? haha

@Mooseboy08

9 жыл бұрын

Ninaman598 Well, not another Carvin at this time, but I do have a Jay Turser Strat copy on the way. Don't tell anybody, though!

@cataclysmichael

9 жыл бұрын

Bitch, please: goo.gl/TAwMFk ;)

@Ninaman598

9 жыл бұрын

***** are those yours? If so Ive seen your posts on SSO haha. Fantastic collection. Ordering myself a DC7X w/ Claro top soon ;)

@cataclysmichael

9 жыл бұрын

Yup! Sold three of them now though...

I love KIESEL guitar

I'd be really interested to know if they also use machine inserts instead of wood screws for the bolt-on necks.

Had a carvin once years ago. My favorite. Best guitar in my world. Then it was stolen. I Hope One day again.

Next guitar i will own, is deffinatley gonna be a kiesel!!

So many folks butt hurt because he matter of factly stated he was more confidant in his processes vs. smaller builders. Check your blood pressure.

@Terrysoddy

4 жыл бұрын

David Blair yea I feel like Kiesel really wants to give people a high quality guitar.

Say what you want, I am impressed. Check out Gibson's Factory and see how they try to CNC and automate as much as possible for maximum production output and profit. Kiesel seems like a hybrid to me. CNC where it works, and by hand where it results in better quality. The advantage Kiesel and Gibson has over the boutique builder is money. Kiesel can afford the CNC machines. They can afford to experiment to find the best methods. They can do R&D. The advantage of Kiesel over Gibson is Jeff runs the show. It's his name on there and he cares. He has the fine CNC accuracy of the a big factory, but doesn't skimp on the hand process where it counts. Gibson will Plek a neck in 10 minutes and owns 8 Plek machines while Kiesel still hand dresses which takes 45 minutes each. There are some small hand builders that are great. Some of them like PRS, Tom Anderson, and John Suhr were great and expanded to the big leagues. But with others there is no guarantee of the quality. At least with Kiesel it's simple for the everyday joe to jump on the website and order up a custom guitar, have it build to the exact same quality as every other guitar leaving the factory, have it made in a reasonable time frame, and you're paying what a standard Fender or Gibson USA costs. Get some of those custom Fender or Gibsons and you are in $5000+ territory and sometimes over $10,000.

It's to bad that Carvin doesn't do the sound reinforcement anymore....a bud of mine bought a complete PA from Carvin back in the day and it was a great PA system from the floor monitors to the amps. , bass bottoms witch were the 2x18 speakers in them to the top speakers plus the 32 channel board awesome setup and I got to play with it all the time when they did a show....one flaw in the amps, is they use to get hot and shut down but I fixed that by putting a fan behind the amp rack worked really well....but all in all it was a great system...."Nunca pare la Musica"

Great looking sweat shop

PRS Farms out the inlays, these guys do it in house!

how about single pole pieces for the bass strings and multipiece for the treble strings. How would that sound?

I have a CS6 and it's amazing

Hey jeff, your pristine builds are my next goal in life, but i was also wondering if you have any available jobs. . . I can do sweeps. . . *picks up broom and shreds shavings like a madman*

I have a question about the carbon fiber reinforcements in their 27" guitars. Is this something they've done from the beginning when they offered the DC800, or something they've started doing at a later time? I'm just wondering if my DC800's have it or not...

@KieselGuitarsTV

9 жыл бұрын

Michael, we started putting the carbon fiber rods in our DC800's around May of 2014.

@cataclysmichael

9 жыл бұрын

Carvin Guitars - Thanks for quick reply. That feel when I bought four DC800's in 2012 ;(

can i work here plzzzzzz ? i love carvin too much and i stay far far away in india. it sucks. Want to get v220 custom asap. it wld b a dream come true to visit this place.

Dear Lord that Acoustic @ 20:18 is magnificent!

Jeff is badass.

This man sells the guitars by himself!

And now that I have saved up for the Carvin amp I want CARVIN HAS CLOSED!!! no more amps. Spread the word. Only the guitars remain!

Some of the best guitars ever made... why not tell your people your thankful for them

Albert is the man!

What type of glue are they using on these guitars?

Got my eyes on that Aries AM6!

what is that finish called on that guitar at 13:29 ?

The machine is not thinking about your girlfriend?

@SocialGore

9 жыл бұрын

Bob Wreck You can't argue with that.

@fetB

9 жыл бұрын

Bob Wreck give it some time and it will do xD

@OfArgento

9 жыл бұрын

That's just what it wants you to think...

One ten thousandth of an inch (.0001) is a human hair split 40x. One thousandth of an inch (.001) a human hair split 4x. Yes, that CNC Haas Mill is accurate to .0001", but .001" is the best you'll get out of any wood. I have over 25 years on set up, programming and running both the Haas and Fadal mills. Awesome set up though!

better than many brand i will buy one

Dream job

I always wondered why guitar companies weren't using more technology in the build process.

So you make active pickups?

22:22 Thats the guy from Rivers of Nihil's guitar

veey well exp[ed

LOL at 20:23. Sup Trey?

So the fret perfections take about 45 minutes per guitar, but they do 30-40 a day..? 🤔 The average there is 35. That would equal 26.25 hours of work lol

22:27 love Brody Uttley. DC7X