The only things I would have changed were the color and the unfinished neck, which are just little preference things that you decide on when you order a custom guitar. It was, as the others were, a stellar piece of craftsmanship, combining perfect playability and tone with beautiful woods and superb design. Of course, all the details of this guitar were chosen by someone else, so it’s not customized to my exact liking, but it really didn’t matter. The Kiesel/Carvin Guitars DC800 I reviewed for this week was no exception.
So this makes for a singular kind of custom instrument from a singular kind of family-owned company. Larger companies can’t seem to keep their quality control up because of the number of instruments they send out makes that level of oversight impossible, and smaller builders often just don’t have the resources to fix their mistakes (replacing an instrument due to a defect could bankrupt some builders). The sheer tenacity of owner Jeff Kiesel and his quality control obsession coupled with the company’s almost 70 years of experience results in a kind of stability you can’t really expect from other companies or builders, large or small.
The fact of the matter is that when you have designers, builders, and staff who seriously care about the end product and give a shit about their customers being happy, what you get is a consistently excellent product.
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