Starting in the 1970s, Carvin developed a niche in the musical instrument world by selling directly to the public via mail order. In the 1960s and early 1970s, they used Höfner necks on guitars they made. They were an authorized manufacturer and reseller for Fender and Martin guitars, DeArmond pickups, and Sonola accordions. įrom 1950 to 1970, Carvin manufactured and assembled several types of guitars and amplifiers.
Manufacturing then shifted to producing entire steel guitars.īy 1947, operations briefly moved to Kiesel's home town of Gothenburg, Nebraska and back to Southern California in 1949, where Kiesel named the company Carvin, a portmanteau derived from the first names of his two eldest sons, Carson and Ga vin. The company's first self-manufactured items were guitar pickups, which were wound using an old sewing machine. Kiesel Company, in 1946 in San Diego, California. Hundreds of available optionsĪllow you to order your Icon exactly the way you want it.Founded by Lowel C Kiesel as the L.C. USA-made bass at a price that can't be beat. Instruments, and because we sell direct to you, you can design a fully-custom
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The new Icon Series basses haveĮxcellent playability and premium features usually reserved for boutique Provide all the tone any bassist could want. The new curved control layout is more modern, and our new 18V active/passive electronics The pickups have alsoīeen re-positioned slightly, in a more tone-enhancing "sweet spot". Well as optional single-coil radiused pickups available. Humbuckers (as on the Vanquish), with a split-coil neck pickup optional, as New electronics consist of plain enamel wire radiused Reinforcing rods and a two way fully adjustable truss rod make the neck Woods are available, including 4A quilted maple, California Claro walnut,īurled maple, and newly-added zebrawood and purpleheart. A 4Aįlamed maple top with matching headstock is standard, and other exotic top
Like the body (the main neck wood, the matching exotic wood overlay, and a thinīlack layer in the middle), with a metallic gold Kiesel logo standard. With a deeper body cutaway for improved comfort, a chambered body option hasīeen added to reduce weight, and the headstock now is a 3-piece design just
The contemporary, ergonomic shape of the Icon has been improved To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Carvin Guitars' popular Icon Series 4, 5Īnd 6 string basses, these models have been updated with new features andĮlectronics to further improve upon their already exceptional tone and Most of our guitars and basses use the highest quality, hand-selected Eastern hard rock maple for the neck while other models, such as our popular California Carved Top models, use premium hand-selected mahogany. This is a time-consuming process, but helps insure you'll have a trouble-free neck for years to come. This process removes any stress in the wood, which helps prevent future warping or twisting. To start with, we utilize a lengthy conditioning process on all our neck and fingerboard woods in our state-of-the-art de-humidification chambers. The neck of your instrument is arguably the most important component when it comes to playability, and Kiesel Guitars and Carvin Guitars Custom Shop guitars and basses have the strongest, most stable necks you can get! The Custom Shop pays a great deal of attention and care to our guitar and bass necks so that you don't have to. Contact: Manny Huerta, 858-484 8277, Reinforcing Rods Add Strength & Stability to All Custom Shop Guitar & Bass Necks.
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